Learn to Write Chinese Characters with Video Tutorials
Watch the video of writing the Chinese character "纖", learn the correct stroke order (笔顺) of the character "纖", and master the standard way of writing the character "纖".
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纖
纖 xiān
[形]
【本义】: 細小 (Fine; minute)
1. 細小;微細。
(Fine; minute.)
例如:《書•禹貢》:“厥篚玄纖縞。”
(E.g. in "Book of Documents, Yu Gong": "His basket is made of fine black silk.")
2. 吝嗇。
(Stingy.)
例如:《史記•貨殖列傳》:“周人既纖,而師史尤甚。”
(E.g., "Records of the Grand Historian": "The Zhou people were already stingy, and the historians were worse.")
3. 脆弱,小巧。
(Delicate.)
例如:司馬相如《上林賦》:“嫵媚纖弱。”
(E.g. in "The Ode to the Upper Forest": "Charming and delicate.")
4. 衣薄的樣子。
(Thin.)
5. 祭服的顏色,黑經白緯曰纖。
(A kind of color.)
例如:《禮記•間傳》:“禫而纖。”
(E.g., "Book of Rites": 'The offerings are black with white wefts called fine.')
纖
纖 xiān
[名]
1. 細紋絲帛。
(Fine silk.)
例如:《楚辭•招魂》:“被文服纖,麗而不奇些。”
(E.g. in "Chuci": "Draped in fine silk, beautiful yet not extravagant.")
2. 纖維。
(Staple.)
例如:晋張望《蜘蛛賦》:“吐自然之纖緒。”
(E.g. in "Ode to the Spider": "Emit naturally delicate threads.")
3. 古代計量單位。
(Ancient measuring unit.)
4. 一寸或一兩的千萬分之一。
(One ten-millionth of an inch or tael.)
5. 記時單位。
(Time unit.)
例如:清阮元《疇人傳•湯若望》:“太陽一日平行五十九分八秒一十九微四十九纖。”
(E.g. in "The Chronicle of the Miners": "In one day, the sun travels fifty-nine minutes, eight seconds, nineteen microseconds, fourty-nine 'xian'.")
纖
纖 xiān
[形]
【本义】: 細小 (Fine; minute)
1. 同本義 (Fine; minute)
2. 吝嗇,花錢小氣 (Stingy)
3. 脆弱,小巧 (Delicate)
4. 衣薄的樣子 (Thin)
5. 祭服的顏色,黑經白緯曰纖 (A kind of color)
纖
纖 xiān
[名]
1. 細紋絲帛 (Fine silk)
2. 纖維 (Staple)
3. 古代計量單位 (Xian)
4. 一寸或一兩的千萬分之一
5. 記時單位
1. 通“殲”。刺。
(Refers to stabbing.)
例如:《禮記•文王世子》:“其刑罪,則纖剸。”
(E.g. "Book of Rites": "For severe punishment, one inflicts a stabbing punishment.")
2. 通“籤”。用竹木削成的細小而端尖的小棍。
(Refers to a small pointed stick made from bamboo or wood.)
例如:晋陸雲《與兄平原書》:“纖綖皆在。”
(E.g. in "Letters to Brother Pingyuan": "The fine points are all there.")