# 仙

| 仙 | U+4ED9, &#20185; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-4ED9 |
| ← 付 [U+4ED8] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 仚 → [U+4EDA] |

## Translingual
### Han character

仙 (Kangxi radical 9, 人+3, 5 strokes, cangjie input 人山 (OU), four-corner 2227$_0$, composition ⿰亻山)

#### Derived characters

* 𣳈, 苮, 𥬍, 𬏣

#### Related characters

* 僊 (archaic form of 仙)

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 92, character 13
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 374
* Dae Jaweon: page 196, character 3
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 114, character 3
* Unihan data for U+4ED9

## Chinese

* 仙

### Glyph origin

* Historical forms of the character 仙
* Transcribed ancient scriptsL31826L31827L31828L06560L06561L06562L06563L06564L06565
* References:
* Mostly from Richard Sears' Chinese Etymology site (authorisation), which in turn draws data from various collections of ancient forms of Chinese characters, including:
* Shuowen Jiezi (small seal),
* Jinwen Bian (bronze inscriptions),
* Liushutong (Liushutong characters) and
* Yinxu Jiaguwen Bian (oracle bone script).
| | Old Chinese |
| 山 | *sreːn |
| 疝 | *sreːn, *sraːns |
| 邖 | *sreːn |
| 汕 | *sreːnʔ, *sraːns |
| 訕 | *sraːn, *sraːns |
| 仙 | *sen |
| 秈 | *sen |
| 苮 | *sen |
| 屾 | *srin |
Ideogrammic compound (會意 / 会意) and phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *sen) : semantic 亻 (“person”) + phonetic 山 (OC *sreːn, “mountain”) — a person moving into a mountain to practise becoming immortal.
Originally 僊. The current form is first attested in the clerical script of the Han dynasty.

### Etymology 1

A relatively late word, perhaps Sino-Tibetan (Schuessler, 2007). Compare Tibetan གཤེན (gshen, “shaman”), as in Tibetan གཤེན་རབ (gshen rab, “Shenrab”), the founder of the Tibetan religion Bon, although this might be a loan from Chinese (ibid.). Starostin sets up Proto-Sino-Tibetan *s[ă]n (“a kind of demon”), comparing it to Tibetan བསེན་མོ (bsen mo, “female devil”) and Jingpho sawn (“malignant female nat”).

#### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Standard)
       (Pinyin): xiān (xian$^1$)
       (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄢ
    (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): xian$^1$
* Cantonese
    (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): sin$^1$
    (Taishan, Wiktionary): lhen$^1$
* Gan (Wiktionary): xien$^1$
* Hakka (Sixian, PFS): siên
* Jin (Wiktionary): xie$^1$
* Northern Min (KCR): síng
* Eastern Min (BUC): siĕng
* Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): sing$^1$ / seng$^1$
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): sian
    (Teochew, Peng'im): siêng$^1$ / siang$^1$
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^1$shi
* Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): sienn$^1$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: xiān
*** Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄢ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: sian
*** Wade–Giles: hsien$^1$
*** Yale: syān
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shian
*** Palladius: сянь (sjanʹ)
*** Sinological IPA : /ɕi̯ɛn⁵⁵/
** (Chengdu)
*** Sichuanese Pinyin: xian$^1$
*** Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: xian
*** Sinological IPA : /ɕiɛn⁵⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: sin$^1$
*** Yale: sīn
*** Cantonese Pinyin: sin$^1$
*** Guangdong Romanization: xin$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /siːn⁵⁵/
** (Taishanese, Taicheng)
*** Wiktionary: lhen$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /ɬen³³/
* Gan
** (Nanchang)
*** Wiktionary: xien$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /ɕiɛn⁴²/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: siên
*** Hakka Romanization System: xien$^ˊ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: xian$^1$
*** Sinological IPA: /si̯en²⁴/
* Jin
** (Taiyuan)
*** Wiktionary: xie$^1$
*** Sinological IPA (old-style): /ɕie¹¹/
* Northern Min
** (Jian'ou)
*** Kienning Colloquial Romanized: síng
*** Sinological IPA : /siŋ⁵⁴/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: siĕng
*** Sinological IPA : /sieŋ⁵⁵/
* Puxian Min
** (Putian, Xianyou)
*** Pouseng Ping'ing: sing$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /ɬiŋ⁵³³/
** (Putian, Xianyou)
*** Pouseng Ping'ing: seng$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /ɬɛŋ⁵³³/
* sing1 - vernacular;
* seng1 - literary.
* Dialectal data
| Variety | Location | edit仙 |
| Mandarin | Beijing | /ɕian⁵⁵/ |
| Mandarin | Harbin | /ɕian⁴⁴/ |
| Mandarin | Tianjin | /ɕian²¹/ |
| Mandarin | Jinan | /ɕiã²¹³/ |
| Mandarin | Qingdao | /siã²¹³/ |
| Mandarin | Zhengzhou | /sian²⁴/ |
| Mandarin | Xi'an | /ɕiã²¹/ |
| Mandarin | Xining | /ɕiã⁴⁴/ |
| Mandarin | Yinchuan | /ɕian⁴⁴/ |
| Mandarin | Lanzhou | /ɕiɛ̃n³¹/ |
| Mandarin | Ürümqi | /ɕian⁴⁴/ |
| Mandarin | Wuhan | /ɕiɛn⁵⁵/ |
| Mandarin | Chengdu | /ɕian⁵⁵/ |
| Mandarin | Guiyang | /ɕian⁵⁵/ |
| Mandarin | Kunming | /ɕiɛ̃⁴⁴/ |
| Mandarin | Nanjing | /sien³¹/ |
| Mandarin | Hefei | /ɕyĩ²¹/ |
| Jin | Taiyuan | /ɕie¹¹/ |
| Jin | Pingyao | /ɕie̞¹³/ |
| Jin | Hohhot | /ɕie³¹/ |
| Wu | Shanghai | /ɕi⁵³/ |
| Wu | Suzhou | /siɪ⁵⁵/ |
| Wu | Hangzhou | /ɕiẽ̞³³/ |
| Wu | Wenzhou | /ɕi³³/ |
| Hui | Shexian | /se³¹/ |
| Hui | Tunxi | /siɛ¹¹/ |
| Xiang | Changsha | /siẽ³³/ |
| Xiang | Xiangtan | /siẽ³³/ |
| Gan | Nanchang | /ɕiɛn⁴²/ |
| Hakka | Meixian | /sien⁴⁴/ |
| Hakka | Taoyuan | /sien²⁴/ |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | /sin⁵⁵/ |
| Cantonese | Nanning | /ɬin⁵⁵/ |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | /sin⁵⁵/ |
| Min | Xiamen (Hokkien) | /sian⁵⁵/ |
| Min | Fuzhou (Eastern Min) | /sieŋ⁴⁴/ |
| Min | Jian'ou (Northern Min) | /siŋ⁵⁴/ |
| Min | Shantou (Teochew) | /siaŋ³³/ |
| Min | Haikou (Hainanese) | /tin²³/ |
* Middle Chinese: sjen
Rime :
| Character | 仙 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 心 (16) |
| Final (韻) | 仙 (77) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | III |
| Fanqie | 相然切 |
| Baxter | sjen |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /siᴇn/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /siɛn/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /sjæn/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /sian/ |
| Li Rong | /siɛn/ |
| Wang Li | /sĭɛn/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /si̯ɛn/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | xiān |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | sin$^1$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Baxter–Sagart): /*[s]a[r]/
    (Zhengzhang): /*sen/
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014) :
| Character | 仙 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) | xiān |
| Middle Chinese | ‹ sjen › |
| Old Chinese | /*[s]a[r]/ |
| English | immortal (n.) |
| Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary. ||
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 仙 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 11060 |
| Phonetic component | 山 |
| Rime group | 元 |
| Rime subdivision | 2 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 仙 |
| Old Chinese | /*sen/ |

#### Definitions

仙
* (Taoism) xian (an immortal; celestial being)
* (figurative) extraordinary person
    詩仙／诗仙 ― shīxiān ― great poet; epithet of Li Bai
* (agent affix, chiefly Southern Min, honorific) expert; a title for a person with a specific expertise
    相命仙 [Taiwanese Hokkien] ― siòng-miā-sian [Pe̍h-ōe-jī] ― fortuneteller
* (agent affix, chiefly Southern Min, ironic) person with some specific hobby or addiction
    筊仙 [Taiwanese Hokkien] ― kiáu-sian [Pe̍h-ōe-jī] ― gambler
* a euphemism for the deceased
    仙逝 ― xiānshì ― to pass away
* (Southern Min) Classifier for deity, idol, statue, doll. Alternative form of 身 (sian)
    Synonym: 尊 (zūn)
       Tōa sian--ê ông-iâ kong, sè sian--ê ông-iâ kiáⁿ. [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]
       (idiomatic) Idols of Wang Ye's are everywhere. Literally, “The bigger idol is a senior Wang Ye; the smaller idol is a junior Wang Ye.”
* (Southern Min) (with negative) whatsoever, any way
    仙講都毋聽／仙讲都毋听 [Taiwanese Hokkien] ― sian kóng to m̄ thiaⁿ [Pe̍h-ōe-jī] ― won't listen (to you) no matter what you say
* a surname

##### Descendants

* → Japanese: 仙(せん) (sen)
* → Korean: 선(仙) (seon)
* → Vietnamese: tiên (仙)
Others:
* → Thai: เซียน (siian) (via Hokkien)

#### Compounds

* 七仙女
* 上仙
* 世仙
* 九天仙女
* 乩仙
* 人間仙境 / 人间仙境
* 仙丹 (xiāndān)
* 仙人 (xiānrén, “sage”)
* 仙人拳
* 仙人掌 (xiānrénzhǎng)
* 仙人擔 / 仙人担 (xiānréndàn)
* 仙人放屁
* 仙人渡 (Xiānréndù)
* 仙人跳 (xiānréntiào)
* 仙仗
* 仙公
* 仙公廟 / 仙公庙 (xiāngōngmiào)
* 仙劍 / 仙剑 (“paladin”)
* 仙后座 (Xiānhòuzuò)
* 仙域
* 仙境 (xiānjìng, “wonderland”)
* 仙壇 / 仙坛
* 仙女 (xiānnǚ, “female sage”)
* 仙女山 (Xiānnǚshān)
* 仙女座 (Xiānnǚzuò)
* 仙女廟 / 仙女庙
* 仙姑 (xiāngū)
* 仙姿
* 仙姿玉色
* 仙子 (xiānzǐ)
* 仙官
* 仙客
* 仙居 (xiānjū)
* 仙履奇缘
* 仙山瓊閣 / 仙山琼阁 (xiānshānqiónggé)
* 仙巴掌 (Min Nan)
* 仙府
* 仙度瑞拉
* 仙才
* 仙拚仙 (Min Nan)
* 仙方 (xiānfāng)
* 仙曹
* 仙木
* 仙果
* 仙桃 (xiāntáo, “Peaches of Immortality”)
* 仙樂 / 仙乐 (xiānyuè)
* 仙樹 / 仙树
* 仙機 / 仙机
* 仙氣 / 仙气
* 仙法
* 仙洞
* 仙海
* 仙源
* 仙燈 / 仙灯 (xiāndēng)
* 仙王座 (Xiānwángzuò)
* 仙班
* 仙界 (xiānjiè)
* 仙真
* 仙童
* 仙童仙女
* 仙筆 / 仙笔
* 仙籍
* 仙經 / 仙经
* 仙茅 (xiānmáo)
* 仙草 (xiāncǎo)
* 仙草蜜
* 仙蒂瑞拉
* 仙藥 / 仙药
* 仙術 / 仙术 (xiānshù)
* 仙貝 / 仙贝 (xiānbèi)
* 仙逝 (xiānshì)
* 仙遊 / 仙游 (xiānyóu)
* 仙郎
* 仙鄉 / 仙乡 (xiānxiāng)
* 仙都唔仙
* 仙霞嶺 / 仙霞岭
* 仙露明珠
* 仙顏 / 仙颜
* 仙風道骨 / 仙风道骨
* 仙館 / 仙馆
* 仙骨 (xiāngǔ)
* 仙鶴 / 仙鹤 (xiānhè)
* 仙鶴草 / 仙鹤草 (xiānhècǎo)
* 仙鼠
* 修仙 (xiūxiān)
* 做仙 (Min Nan)
* 假仙 (Min Nan)
* 八仙 (bāxiān)
* 八仙山
* 八仙桌 (bāxiānzhuō)
* 八仙花 (bāxiānhuā)
* 八仙過海 / 八仙过海 (bāxiānguòhǎi)
* 六仙桌
* 凌波仙子
* 列仙
* 劍仙 / 剑仙
* 半仙
* 半仙戲 / 半仙戏
* 南極仙翁 / 南极仙翁
* 和合二仙
* 四仙桌
* 地理仙 (Min Nan)
* 坡仙
* 大仙 (dàxiān)
* 大仙爺 / 大仙爷
* 大細仙 / 大细仙 (Min Nan)
* 大羅神仙 / 大罗神仙
* 天仙 (tiānxiān)
* 天仙聖母 / 天仙圣母
* 妃祿仙女 / 妃禄仙女
* 學仔仙 / 学仔仙 (Min Nan)
* 廣寒仙子 / 广寒仙子
* 張仙 / 张仙
* 得道成仙
* 懵仙 (Min Nan)
* 成仙 (chéngxiān, “becoming immortal”)
* 扮仙 (Min Nan)
* 攀仙桂
* 散仙 (Min Nan)
* 昇仙 / 升仙 (shēngxiān)
* 梅仙
* 歌仔仙 (Min Nan)
* 水仙 (shuǐxiān)
* 洞仙 (dòngxiān)
* 活神仙
* 游仙窟
* 焦三仙
* 狐仙 (húxiān)
* 王祿仔仙 / 王禄仔仙 (Min Nan)
* 玉天仙
* 甲仙 (Jiǎxiān)
* 癮仙 / 瘾仙 (Min Nan)
* 登仙 (dēngxiān)
* 盜仙草 / 盗仙草
* 看命仙 (Min Nan)
* 睡仙
* 碟仙
* 神仙 (shénxiān)
* 神仙中人 (shénxiānzhōngrén)
* 神仙思想
* 神仙眷屬 / 神仙眷属
* 神仙魚 / 神仙鱼
* 秋水仙素 (qiūshuǐxiānsù)
* 筊仙 (Min Nan)
* 箕仙
* 綠野仙蹤 / 绿野仙踪
* 練仙 / 练仙 (Min Nan)
* 美國仙丹 / 美国仙丹 (Min Nan)
* 羽化登仙
* 肉飛仙 / 肉飞仙
* 臭屁仙 (Min Nan)
* 英仙座 (Yīngxiānzuò)
* 莆仙 (Pú-Xiān)
* 莆仙戲 / 莆仙戏 (púxiānxì)
* 葛仙米
* 葛仙翁
* 蓋仙 / 盖仙
* 蓬瀛仙境
* 蓬萊仙境 / 蓬莱仙境
* 蓬萊仙島 / 蓬莱仙岛 (Pénglái Xiāndǎo)
* 虎膦仙 (Min Nan)
* 詩仙 / 诗仙 (shīxiān)
* 話仙 / 话仙 (Min Nan)
* 請仙 / 请仙
* 諞仙 / 谝仙 (Min Nan)
* 謫仙 / 谪仙
* 赤腳大仙 / 赤脚大仙
* 赤跤仙仔 (Min Nan)
* 走街仔仙 (Min Nan)
* 遊仙 / 游仙
* 遊仙枕 / 游仙枕
* 遊仙詩 / 游仙诗
* 道骨仙風 / 道骨仙风
* 酒中仙
* 酒仙 (jiǔxiān)
* 酒八仙人
* 閒仙仙 / 闲仙仙 (Min Nan)
* 阿仙藥 / 阿仙药 (āxiānyào)
* 陸地神仙 / 陆地神仙
* 雞犬皆仙 / 鸡犬皆仙
* 雲仙雜記 / 云仙杂记
* 風水仙 / 风水仙 (Min Nan)
* 飄若神仙 / 飘若神仙
* 飄飄欲仙 / 飘飘欲仙 (piāopiāoyùxiān)
* 飛仙 / 飞仙
* 鳳仙子 / 凤仙子
* 鳳仙花 / 凤仙花 (fèngxiānhuā)
* 鴉片仙 / 鸦片仙 (Min Nan)
* 麻衣仙翁

#### See also

* 真人 (zhēnrén)

### Etymology 2

Borrowed from English cent.

#### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): xiān (xian$^1$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄢ
* Cantonese
    (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): sin$^1$
    (Taishan, Wiktionary): lhen$^2$
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): sián / sian
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: xiān
*** Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄢ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: sian
*** Wade–Giles: hsien$^1$
*** Yale: syān
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shian
*** Palladius: сянь (sjanʹ)
*** Sinological IPA : /ɕi̯ɛn⁵⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: sin$^1$
*** Yale: sīn
*** Cantonese Pinyin: sin$^1$
*** Guangdong Romanization: xin$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /siːn⁵⁵/
** (Taishanese, Taicheng)
*** Wiktionary: lhen$^2$
*** Sinological IPA : /ɬen⁵⁵/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sián
*** Tâi-lô: sián
*** Phofsit Daibuun: siern
*** IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Taipei): /siɛn⁵³/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /siɛn⁴¹/
** (Hokkien: Philippines)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sian
*** Tâi-lô: sian
*** Phofsit Daibuun: siefn
*** IPA (Philippines): /siɛn³³/

#### Definitions

仙
* (Cantonese, Southern Min, Malaysian and Singapore Mandarin) cent (Classifier: 個／个 c)
    五仙硬幣／五仙硬币 [Cantonese] ― ng$^5$ sin$^1$ ngaang$^6$ bai$^6$ [Jyutping] ― five-cent coin
       keoi$^5$ hai$^6$ si$^1$ sang$^1$ zi$^2$, keoi$^5$ lou$^5$ dau$^6$ sei$^2$ go$^2$ zan$^6$ jat$^1$ go$^3$ sin$^1$ dou$^1$ mou$^5$ fan$^1$ bei$^2$ keoi$^5$. [Jyutping]
       He is a son born out of wedlock, so when his dad died, he didn't even inherit one cent.

##### Synonyms

| Variety | Location | Words |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 分 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 分 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 分 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Malaysia | 仙 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 分 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 分 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 分 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 分 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 分 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 分 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hefei | 分 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 分 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 仙, 仙士 dated |
| Cantonese | Taishan | 分, 仙 |
| Cantonese | Singapore (Guangfu) | 分 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 分 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 分 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 分 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 分 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 分 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 占, 分 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 占 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 占 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 仙 |
| Southern Min | Penang (Hokkien) | 鐳, sen |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hokkien) | 占 |
| Southern Min | Manila (Hokkien) | 仙 |
| Southern Min | Chaozhou | 分 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Teochew) | 占 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hainanese) | 占 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 分 |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 分 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 分 |
| Xiang | Shuangfeng | 分 |

#### Compounds

* 仙塔沃
* 仙士 (xiānshì)
* 仙股 (xiāngǔ)
* 仙都唔仙
* 巴仙 (bāxiān)
* 派仙
* 無半仙 / 无半仙

#### See also

* 斗零, 神沙, 鏰／镚 (bèng)

### Etymology 3

From clipping of English senior.

#### Pronunciation

* Cantonese (Jyutping): sin$^1$
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: sin$^1$
*** Yale: sīn
*** Cantonese Pinyin: sin$^1$
*** Guangdong Romanization: xin$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /siːn⁵⁵/

#### Definitions

仙 (Hong Kong Cantonese, university slang)
* senior
* (of a senior) to berate a junior

##### Derived terms

* 仙制
* 仙氣 / 仙气
* 大仙 (daai$^6$ sin$^1$)

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Jōyō kanji)

#### Readings

* Go-on: せん (sen, Jōyō)
* Kan-on: せん (sen, Jōyō)
* Nanori: そま (soma)、のり (nori)、ひさ (hisa)

#### Compounds

* 仙(せん)界(かい) (senkai): dwelling place of hermits
* 仙(せん)客(かく) (senkaku): immortal mountain wizard, crane
* 仙(せん)宮(きゅう) (senkyū): hermit's residence, retired emperor's palace
* 仙(せん)境(きょう), 仙(せん)郷(きょう) (senkyō): fairyland, enchanted land
* 仙(せん)窟(くつ) (senkutsu): enchanted cave
* 仙(せん)骨(こつ) (senkotsu): sacrum, sacral bone; hermitry
* 仙(さん)術(じゅつ) (sanjutsu): wizardry, secret of immortality
* 仙(せん)女(じょ) (senjo), 仙(せん)女(にょ) (sennyo): fairy, nymph, elf
* 仙(せん)台(だい) (Sendai): Sendai city
* 仙(せん)丹(たん) (sentan): elixir, elixir of life
* 仙(せん)椎(つい) (sentsui): sacral vertebra
* 仙(せん)人(にん) (sennin): immortal mountain wizard, mountain man
* 仙(せん)翁(のう) (sennō): Lychnis species
* 仙(せん)薬(やく) (sen'yaku): panacea, elixir of life
* 仙(せん)蓼(りょう) (senryō): Sarcandra glabra (formerly Chloranthus glaber)
* 仙人掌(さぼてん) (saboten): cactus
* 仙(せん)花(か)紙(し) (senkashi): reclaimed paper
* 仙(せん)洞(とう)御(ご)所(しょ) (sentō gosho): palace of a retired emperor
* 求(きゅう)仙(せん), 九(きゅう)仙(せん), 気宇(きゅう)仙(せん) (kyūsen): multicolorfin rainbowfish
* 詩(し)仙(せん) (shisen): great poet
* 神(しん)仙(せん) (shinsen): immortal mountain wizard, Taoist immortal, supernatural being
* 酒(しゅ)仙(せん) (shusen): heavy drinker
* 水(すい)仙(せん) (suisen): daffodil, narcissus
* 登(とう)仙(せん) (tōsen): becoming a saint, death of a high-ranking person
* 銘(めい)仙(せん) (meisen): meisen silk
* 腰(よう)仙(せん) (yōsen): lumbosacral
* 天仙果(いぬびわ) (inubiwa): Ficus erecta, species of fig
* 鳳(ほう)仙(せん)花(か) (hōsenka): balsam
* 雲(うん)仙(ぜん)岳(だけ) (Unzendake): mountain in Nagasaki Prefecture
* 三(さん)仙(せん)叉(さ) (sansensa): trident dagger
* 画(が)仙(せん)紙(し) (gasenshi): drawing paper
* 中(なか)仙(せん)道(どう) (Nakasendō): Nakasendo, Edo-period Edo-Kyoto highway
* 阿(あ)仙(せん)薬(やく) (asen'yaku): gambir, gambier, catechu, cutch
* 神(しん)仙(せん)思(し)想(そう) (shinsen shisō): Shenxian thought
* 黄(き)水(ずい)仙(せん) (kizuisen), 黄(き)水(すい)仙(せん) (kisuisen): jonquil
* 夏(なつ)水(ずい)仙(せん) (natsuzuisen): belladonna lily
* 羽(う)化(か)登(とう)仙(せん) (uka tōsen): sense of release
* 鍾(しょう)馗(き)水(ずい)仙(せん) (shōkizuisen): Lycoris aurea (formerly Lycoris traubii), species of spider lily
* 喇(らっ)叭(ぱ)水(ずい)仙(せん) (rappazuisen): trumpet daffodil

### Etymology 1

* Kanji in this term
* 仙
* せん Grade: S
* on'yomi
From Middle Chinese 仙 (MC sjen, literally “immortal”). Compare modern Mandarin reading xiān and Cantonese reading sin$^1$.

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: [sẽ̞ɴ]

#### Noun

仙(せん) • (sen)
* a sage or hermit, an enlightened person, usually immortal and ageless
* (mythology) short for 仙人 (sennin): a wizard or mage; an immortal living as a hermit in the mountains
* by extension, the region or area where a sennin lives
* the supernatural techniques for becoming immortal and ageless
* a person of exceptional talent

### Etymology 2

* Kanji in this term
* 仙
* せんと Grade: S
* irregular
Borrowed from English cent. The kanji spelling is an example of jukujikun.
For pronunciation and definitions of 仙 – see the following entry. :
| 【セント】 | [noun] [1860] cent (various national currencies, $^1$⁄$_{100}$ of a unit) [noun] [1872] saint |
(This term, 仙, is an alternative spelling (obsolete) of the above term.) :

#### Usage notes

This word is almost always spelled in katakana as セント.

#### See also

* 弗(ドル) (doru)

### References

* ↑ Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
* ↑ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

## Korean
### Etymology

From Middle Chinese 仙 (MC sjen). Recorded as Middle Korean 션 (syen) (Yale: syen) in Hunmong Jahoe (訓蒙字會 / 훈몽자회), 1527.

### Pronunciation

* (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA: [sʰʌ̹n]
* Phonetic hangul: [선]

### Hanja

Wikisource 仙 (eumhun 신선 선 (sinseon seon))
* hanja form of 선 (“a sage or hermit, an enlightened person, usually immortal and ageless”)

#### Compounds

* 선녀 (仙女, seonnyeo)
* 선도 (仙道, seondo)
* 선인 (仙人, seonin)
* 선인장 (仙人掌, seoninjang)
* 선학 (仙鶴, seonhak)
* 신선 (神仙, sinseon, “celestial or divine being; an immortal”)

### References

* 국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會 大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전／電子字典.

## Vietnamese
### Han character

仙: Hán Nôm readings: tiên

### Noun

仙
* xian, Immortal (Taoism)
* fairy
* celestial