鮮

音読おんよみ: セン

訓読くんよみ: あざやか

画数かくすう: 17

部首ぶしゅ: うおへん(魚)

Meaning

Fresh / Vivid / Clear

  • あざやか — vivid; bright; striking
  • 新鮮しんせん — fresh (food; ideas)
  • 鮮魚せんぎょ — fresh fish
  • 鮮明せんめい — clear; distinct
  • 生鮮せいせん — perishable/fresh foods
  • 鮮烈せんれつ — vivid; intense
  • 鮮度せんど — degree of freshness
  • 鮮血せんけつ — fresh blood

A phono-semantic character: the radical 魚 (fish) plus 羊 as the sound element. Originally evoked “fresh fish,” then broadened to “fresh,” “vivid,” and “clear.”

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