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shàn

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shàn Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
shàn | shan4
English translation
bamboo; basket for catching fish; Shantou

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About shàn

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Number of strokes

6

Traditional form

shàn

Contains the radical

shuǐ

Part of speech

Place name / 地名 dì míng Dìmíng

Learning hint

water

Etymology of shàn

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

氵山

Semantic compound

shuǐ

Phonetic compound

Shān

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. shuǐ represents the meaning and Shān represents the sound.

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Words with shàn

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
shàn bamboo fish trap shàn
汕头 Shàn tóu Shantou (formerly romanized as Swatow), prefecture-level city in Guangdong汕頭
潮汕 Cháo shàn Chaoshan, conurbation in the east of Guangdong 廣東|广东 Guǎng dōng [Guǎng​dōng]潮汕 Cháo shàn
汕头市 Shàn tóu Shì Shantou prefecture-level city in Guangdong汕頭市
汕尾 Shàn wěi Shanwei prefecture level city in Guangdong汕尾 Shàn wěi
汕头大学 Shàn tóu Dà xué Shantou University汕頭大學
汕尾市 Shàn wěi shì Shanwei prefecture level city in Guangdong province汕尾市 Shàn wěi shì
汕头地区 Shàn tóu dì qū Shantou prefecture, Guangdong汕頭地區

shàn Decomposition & Compounds

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