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Words containing 先:

There are 11 words starting with 先 and at least 11 other words containing 先 in this database. The average frequency of words in the database containing this character is rank red very high

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Other characters containing 先 as a component:

There are 13 character descriptions containing a reference to this character of which 10 so far have been determined to contain this as a phonetic component. The average frequency of all characters in the database containing this component is rank yellow medium


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Phonetic:
Simp Trad Pinyin English Semantic Phonetic Frequency Words
㤅 㤅 ai4 to love 心 先 rank darkblue 0
侁 侁 shen1 crowd 人 先 rank lightblue 0
诜 詵 shen1 inquire 言 先 rank darkblue 0
姺 姺 shen1 name of an ancient state 女 先 rank darkblue 0
駪 駪 shen1 crowd 馬 先 rank darkblue 0
洗 洗 xi3 to wash 水 先 rank orange 18
铣 銑 xian3 shining metal 金 先 rank lightblue 3
毨 毨 xian3 moult 毛 先 rank darkblue 0
跣 跣 xian3 barefooted 足 先 rank darkblue 0
宪 憲 xian4 constitution 心 目 害 rank orange 8

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Other: (Back to top)
Simp Trad Pinyin English Semantic Phonetic Frequency Words
兟 兟 shen1 advance 二 先 rank darkblue 0
珗 珗 xian1 rank darkblue 0
烍 烍 xian3 rank darkblue 0
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Some common words starting with 先: (Back to top)
Simp Trad Pinyin English Frequency
先生 xian1sheng1 Mr. rank red
先进 xian1jin4 advanced rank red
先后 xian1hou4 ascending order rank red
先行 xian1xing2 precession rank orange
先锋 xian1feng1 vanguard rank orange
先前 xian1qian2 before rank orange
先令 xian1ling4 shilling rank yellow
先驱 xian1qu1 pioneer rank yellow
先决 xian1jue2 predetermine rank yellow
先例 xian1li4 precedent rank yellow
先知 xian1zhi1 prophet rank yellow

Other common words containing 先: (Back to top)
Simp Trad Pinyin English Frequency
首先 shou3xian1 first of all rank red
预先 yu4xian1 beforehand rank orange
事先 shi4xian1 before(hand) rank orange
祖先 zu3xian1 ancestor rank orange
优先 you1xian1 with priority status rank orange
原先 yuan2xian1 original rank orange
最先 zui4xian1 (the) very first rank orange
领先 ling3xian1 to lead rank orange
在先 zai4xian1 onwards rank yellow
率先 shuai4xian1 inventively rank yellow
起先 qi3xian1 to begin with rank yellow
女祖先 nv3zu3xian1 ancestress rank darkblue