Radical:

meaning for xián:

  • - worthy or virtuous person
  • - honorific used for a person of the same or a younger generationa sage
  • - wise and holy man
  • - virtuous ruler
  • - Buddhist lama
  • - wineworthy predecessor
  • - distinguished person of the past
  • - former sageto appoint people according to their merits (idiom)
  • - appointment on the basis of ability and integrityvariant of 贤慧 (of a man) able and virtuous