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shǎn

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shǎn Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
shǎn | shan3
English translation
mountain pass; the Shanxi province

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About shǎn

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Number of strokes

8

Traditional form

shǎn

Contains the radical

Part of speech

Place name / 地名 dì míng Dìmíng

Learning hint

A place  wedged in a valley  jiā

Etymology of shǎn

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Type

ideographic

Positional decomposition

阝夹

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Words with shǎn

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
陕西 Shǎn xī Shaanxi province (Shensi) in northwest China, abbr. shǎn | shǎn [Shǎn], capital Xi’an 西安市 Xī ān Shì [Xī​'ān​Shì]陝西
陕西省 Shǎn xī Shěng Shaanxi Province (Shensi) in northwest China, abbr. shǎn | shǎn [Shǎn], capital Xi'an 西安 Xī ān [Xī​'ān]陝西省
shǎn abbr. for Shaanxi 陝西|陕西 Shǎn xī province shǎn
陕北 Shǎn běi Shanbei, northern Shaanxi province, including Yulin 榆林 Yú lín and Yan'an 延安 Yán ān , a Holy Land of Mao's revolution 革命聖地|革命圣地陝北
陕南 Shǎn nán Shannan, southern Shaanxi province陝南
陕甘 Shǎn Gān Shaanxi and Gansu provinces陝甘
陕西师范大学 Shǎn xī Shī fàn Dà xué Shaanxi Normal University陝西師範大學
陕甘宁 Shǎn Gān Níng Shaanxi, Gansu and Ningxia provinces陝甘寧
陕县 Shǎn xiàn Shan county in Sanmenxia 三門峽|三门峡 Sān mén xiá [Sān​mén​xiá], Henan陝縣
陕西科技大学 Shǎn xī Kē jì Dà xué Shaanxi University of Science and Technology陝西科技大學
宁陕县 Níng shǎn Xiàn Ningshan County in Ankang 安康 Ān kāng [An​kāng], Shaanxi寧陝縣
宁陕 Níng shǎn Ningshan County in Ankang 安康 Ān kāng [An​kāng], Shaanxi寧陝

shǎn Decomposition & Compounds

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