山 Shān

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Number of strokes

Radical frequency

636

Traditional form

山 Shān

Contains the radical

山 Shān

Part of speech

Noun / 名词 míng cí Míngcí

Learning hint

Three mountain peaks

Type

pictographic

Positional decomposition

⿶凵丨

Explanation

Pictograph of a mountain.

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小山向 Xiàng 海岸 hǎi àn 下 xià 斜 xié .

The hills subsided toward the shore.

几 jī 棵 kē 青松 qīng sōng 挺立 tǐng lì 在 zài 山坡 shān pō 上 shǎng .

Several pine trees stand erect on the hillside.

山峰 shān fēng 赫然 hè rán 耸 sǒng 现在 xiànzài 我们 wǒmen 面前 miàn qián .

The peak loomed up before us.

四 sì 周 Zhōu 青山 Qīng shān 突起 tū qǐ , 又 yòu 高 Gāo 又 yòu 陡 dǒu .

All around it rose , high and steep, the green hills.

她 tā 隐退 yǐn tuì 二十年后 Hòu 又 yòu 东山再起 dōng shān zài qǐ .

After a quietus of twenty years she returned.

Explore 23 words and sayings that include the Chinese character 山 Shān in their composition.

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Simplified	Meaning	Traditional
山 Shān	hill	山 Shān
山东 Shān dōng	Shandong province (Shantung) in northeast China, abbr. 魯 lǔ \|鲁 Lǔ , capital 濟南\|济南 Jǐ nán	山東
旧金山 Jiù jīn shān	San Francisco, California	舊金山
山上 Shān shàng	Shanshang township in Tainan county 台南縣\|台南县 Tái nán xiàn [Táinánxiàn], Taiwan	山上 Shān shàng
山羊 shān yáng	goat	山羊 shān yáng
山西 Shān xī	Shanxi province (Shansi) in north China between Hebei and Shaanxi, abbr. 晋 Jìn capital Taiyuan 太原 Tài yuán	山西 Shān xī
火山 huǒ shān	volcano	火山 huǒ shān
山谷 shān gǔ	valley	山谷 shān gǔ
亚历山大 Yà lì shān dà	Alexander (name)	亞歷山大
山区 shān qū	mountain area	山區
山顶 shān dǐng	hilltop	山頂
山洞 shān dòng	cavern	山洞 shān dòng
登山 dēng shān	climbing	登山 dēng shān
山东省 Shān dōng Shěng	Shandong Province (Shantung) in northeast China, abbr. 魯 lǔ \|鲁 Lǔ [Lǔ], capital Ji'nan 濟南\|济南 Jǐ nán [Jǐnán]	山東省
上山 shàng shān	to go uphill	上山 shàng shān
山庄 shān zhuāng	villa	山莊
高山 gāo shān	alpine	高山 gāo shān
冰山 bīng shān	iceberg	冰山 bīng shān
山脉 shānmài	mountain range	山脈
山坡 shān pō	hillside	山坡 shān pō
中山 Zhōng shān	refers to Dr Sun Yat-sen	中山 Zhōng shān
泰山 Tài Shān	Tarzan (fictional character reared by apes in the jungle)	泰山 Tài Shān
佛山 Fó shān	Foshan prefecture-level city in Guangdong	佛山 Fó shān

See all 540 Chinese words that contain the character 山 Shān in their composition.

山 Shān

出 chū

屈 Qū

掘 jué , 窟 kū , 倔 jué , 崛 jué , 堀 kū , 啒, 崫, 淈, 煀, 誳, 镼, 鶌

粜 tiào

础 chǔ , 祟 suì , 拙 zhuō , 咄 duō , 茁 zhuó , 绌 chù , 黜 chù , 朏 fěi , 柮 duò , 窋 zhú , 诎 qū , 昢, 欪, 泏, 炪, 笜, 絀 chù , 聉, 胐, 袦, 詘, 貀, 趉, 鈯, 韷, 飿, 饳

密 Mì

嘧 mì , 樒, 滵, 蔤

岁 suì

秽 huì , 刿 guì , 哕 huì , 翙 huì

岛 dǎo

捣 dǎo

岸 àn

堓, 婩, 硸, 錌

崩 bēng

蹦 bèng , 嘣 bēng , 镚 bèng , 磞, 漰 pēng , 傰, 剻, 塴, 繃 běng , 鏰

仙 xiān

崇 Chóng

崔 cuī

摧 cuī , 催 cuī , 璀 cuǐ , 漼 cuǐ , 獕 cuī , 磪 cuī , 膗 chuái , 凗, 嗺, 墔, 慛, 槯, 熣, 皠, 繀, 鏙

岩 yán

啱 yān , 碋

崖 yá

嘊, 漄 yá

炭 tàn

碳 tàn , 羰 tāng , 湠

岳 Yuè

岂 kǎi

凯 kǎi , 恺 kǎi , 觊 jì , 铠 kǎi , 皑 ái , 剀 kǎi , 垲 kǎi , 桤 qī , 硙 wéi , 闿 kǎi

岑 cén

涔 cén , 梣 cén , 侺, 埁, 琌, 硶

豈 qǐ

螘 yǐ , 凒, 剴, 塏, 嵦, 愷 kǎi , 暟, 榿 qī , 溰, 皚 ái , 磑, 鎧 kǎi , 闓, 隑

島 dǎo

搗 dǎo , 槝

佡 xiān

崑 kūn

熴 kūn

崙 lún

嵒 yán

癌 ái , 澏

耑 duān

瑞 ruì , 端 duān , 喘 chuǎn , 踹 chuài , 揣 chuāi , 湍 tuān , 惴 zhuì , 圌 chuí , 遄 chuán , 鍴 duān , 颛 zhuān , 偳, 剬, 媏 duān , 椯, 歂, 煓, 猯, 篅, 腨, 褍, 諯, 貒, 輲, 顓 zhuān

幽 yōu , 遥 yáo , 峰 fēng , 谣 yáo , 岗 gǎng , 峡 xiá , 崽 zǎi , 岔 chà , 崎 qí , 崭 chán , 灿 càn , 讪 shàn , 嵌 kǎn , 岌 jí , 巅 diān , 峻 jùn , 岭 lǐng , 屿 yǔ , 峙 zhì , 崛 jué , 疝 shàn , 峭 qiào , 崴 wǎi , 岖 qū , 屹 yì , 岱 dài , 岐 qí , 岬 jiǎ , 峦 luán , 巍 wēi , 嶙 lín , 峋 xún , 嵩 sōng , 氙 xiān , 岚 lán , 瑶 yáo , 岘 xiàn , 峨 é , 嶋 dǎo , 嵴 jǐ , 鳐 yáo , 舢 shān , 岀 chū , 峥 zhēng , 岷 mín , 嵘 róng , 嶂 zhàng , 巔 diān , 汕 shàn , 崁 kǎn
崂 láo , 峒 dòng , 崗 gǎng , 冚, 乢 gài , 仚 xiān , 傜 yáo , 喦 niè , 屴 lì , 屺 qǐ , 屼 wù , 岊 jié , 岍 qiān , 岒 qián , 岙 ào , 岝 Zuò , 岢 kě , 岣 gǒu , 岧 tiáo , 岨 qū , 岫 xiù , 岵 hù , 岹 tiáo , 岽 dōng , 岿 kuī , 峀 xiù , 峁 mǎo , 峂 tóng , 峄 yì , 峇 bā , 峓 yí , 峞 wéi , 峠 xx , 峣 yáo , 峤 jiào , 峪 yù , 峹 tú , 峿 wú , 崀 làng , 崃 lái , 崄 xiǎn , 崆 kōng , 崋 huá , 崌 jū , 崏 mín , 崒 zú , 崓 gù , 崚 léng , 崞 guō , 崟 yín
崠 Dōng , 崤 xiáo , 崦 yān , 崧 sōng , 崮 gù , 崯 yín , 崱 zé , 崳 yú , 崶 fēng , 崿 è , 嵂 lǜ , 嵄 měi , 嵊 shèng , 嵋 méi , 嵎 yú , 嵓 yán , 嵙 kē , 嵚 qīn , 嵛 yú , 嵝 lǒu , 嵞 tú , 嵡 wěng , 嵫 zī , 嵬 wéi , 嵯 cuó , 嵼, 嵾, 嶌 dǎo , 嶒 céng , 嶓 bō , 嶖 yān , 嶝 dèng , 嶞 duò , 嶡 guì , 嶨, 嶪 yè , 嶫 yè , 嶭 è , 嶰 xiè , 嶲 xī , 嶷 yí , 巃 lóng , 巆 róng , 巇 xī , 巉 chán , 巌 yán , 巓 diān , 巘, 巚 yǎn , 徭 yáo
愮 yáo , 猺 yáo , 秈 xiān , 籼 xiān , 謡 yáo , 豳 bīn , 赸 shàn , 輋, 辿 chān , 亗, 圸, 奾, 屲, 屵, 屶, 屷, 屸, 屻, 屽, 屾 shēn , 岃, 岄, 岅, 岆, 岇, 岈 yá , 岉, 岋, 岎, 岏, 岓, 岕, 岜 bā , 岞 Zuò , 岟, 岠, 岤, 岥, 岦, 岪, 岮, 岯, 岰, 岲, 岴, 岶, 岺, 岻, 岼, 岾
峃 xué , 峅, 峆, 峈, 峉, 峊, 峌, 峍, 峎, 峏, 峐, 峑, 峔, 峕, 峖, 峗, 峘, 峚 mì , 峛, 峜, 峝, 峟, 峢, 峧, 峩, 峫, 峬, 峮, 峯, 峲, 峳, 峴 xiàn , 峵, 峷, 峸, 峺, 峼, 峽 xiá , 峾, 崅, 崈, 崉, 崊, 崍, 崐, 崕, 崘, 崜, 崝, 崡
崢 zhēng , 崣, 崥, 崨, 崪, 崫, 崬, 崰, 崲, 崵, 崷, 崸, 崹, 崺, 崻, 崼, 崾 yǎo , 嵀, 嵁, 嵃, 嵅, 嵆, 嵈, 嵉, 嵍, 嵏, 嵐 lán , 嵑, 嵔, 嵕, 嵖 chá , 嵗, 嵜, 嵟, 嵠, 嵢, 嵣, 嵤, 嵥, 嵦, 嵧, 嵨, 嵪, 嵭, 嵮, 嵰, 嵱, 嵲, 嵳, 嵵
嵶, 嵷, 嵸, 嵹, 嵺, 嵻, 嵽, 嵿, 嶀, 嶁, 嶃, 嶄 zhǎn , 嶅, 嶆, 嶇 qū , 嶈, 嶉, 嶊, 嶍, 嶎, 嶏, 嶐, 嶑, 嶔, 嶕, 嶗 láo , 嶘, 嶚, 嶛, 嶜, 嶟, 嶠, 嶢, 嶣, 嶤, 嶥, 嶦, 嶧 yì , 嶩, 嶬, 嶮, 嶯, 嶱, 嶳, 嶴, 嶵, 嶶, 嶸 róng , 嶹, 嶺 lǐng
嶻, 嶼 yǔ , 嶽 yuè , 嶾, 嶿, 巀, 巁, 巄, 巈, 巊, 巋, 巎, 巏, 巐, 巑, 巒 luán , 巕, 巖 yán , 巗, 巙, 旵, 杣, 梤, 榣, 滛, 潂, 熎, 瑤 yáo , 磘, 窰, 訔, 訕 shàn , 謠 yáo , 軕, 遙 yáo , 邖, 銟, 鎐, 閊, 鰩, 黴 méi

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