Chinese Character Dictionary

This dictionary collects useful information about Chinese characters, including stroke order, structure, pinyin, zhuyin, Cantonese romanization, Minnan romanization, Chaozhou romanization, words, idioms and explanations.
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Stroke order, structure, pinyin, zhuyin, romanization, words and explanations for ""

Basic information
Strokes: 14 Radical: 釒 Structure: 左中右结构 简体:
Pinyin: xián Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄢˊ Yueping: haam4 Guangdong: ham4
Minnan: hâm Chaozhou: gan5 Tang: *ham
Stroke order:
Words:燕子銜食人銜會銜藉銜入銜關銜軍銜冰銜列銜前銜加銜單銜颱銜名銜頭銜學銜官銜憲銜
Idioms:捲甲銜枚反哺銜食口銜天憲寸草銜結抱屈銜冤月銜半規楊雀銜環枯魚銜索燕子銜食結草銜環銜冤負屈銜勇韜力銜華佩實銜口墊背銜哀緻誠銜尾相屬銜尾相隨銜恨濛枉
Xiehouyu:嘴裡銜燈草----說得輕巧蚊子銜秤砣----好大的口氣雞銜骨頭----替狗纍猴子銜煙鬥----混充人猴子銜煙鬥----裝人樣猴子銜煙鬥----假裝
English meaning: bit; hold in mouth, bite; gag
Detailed explanations by pronunciation
Pinyin 1: xián
Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄢˊ
(会意。从金,从行。骑马或驾马车与行走有关,故从“行”;“马勒铁”是金属制品,故从“金”。本义:马勒铁,又称马嚼子)
同本义 衔,马勒口也。——《说文》<br>断镳衔以驰骛兮。——《楚辞·灵怀》。注:“铺口铁也。”<br>诡衔窃辔。——《庄子·马蹄》
又如:衔环背鞍(当牛作马,力图报答);衔橛背鞍(橛:马口衔的横木。指当中作马,效劳报恩);衔璧舆榇(指国君投降)
头衔,官阶,官位衔接晋升的名称 官衔亦曰头衔。所以名为衔者,如人口衔物,取其连续之义。凡衔必备书所官,由今职陆续历数旧职,包含无遗也。——《封氏闻见记》
又如:衔名(官衔和姓名);衔称(官衔职称)