山
mountain; hill (CL:座[zuo4]); (coll.) small bundle of straw for silkworms to spin cocoons on
3 strokes
Dict coverage rank #8 U+5C71
How 山 is formed
Pictograph (象形字)
Three mountain peaks
components: 凵 丨
How to remember it
mountain · Heisig RSH #688
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Characters built with 山 as their sound component
These characters all use 山 (shān) as their phonetic component — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 山 sound component | shān | mountain, hill, peak |
| 仙 | xiān | god; fairy; immortal, transcendent |
| 炭 | tàn | carbon, charcoal, coal |
| 灿 | càn | vivid, illuminating, brilliant |
| 汕 | shàn | bamboo; basket for catching fish; Shantou |
| 讪 | shàn | to abuse, to slander, to vilify; to ridicule |
| 籼 | xiān | non-glutinous long-grain rice |
| 舢 | shān | sampan, wooden boat |
| 赸 | shàn | to jump; to leave |
| 疝 | shàn | hernia; to rupture |
| 氙 | xiān | xenon |
Words containing 山
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 山子 | shān zi | rock garden; rockery |
| 大山 | Dà shān | Dashan, stage name of Canadian Mark Henry Rowswell (1965-), actor and well-known TV person… |
| 山区 | shān qū | mountain area; CL:個|个[ge4] |
| 山水 | Shān shuǐ | Sansui, Japanese company |
| 山水 | shān shuǐ | water from a mountain; mountains and rivers; scenery; landscape |
| 中山区 | Zhōng shān Qū | Zhongshan or Chungshan District of Taipei City 臺北市|台北市[Tai2 bei3 Shi4], Taiwan; Zhongshan … |
| 山头 | shān tóu | mountain top, esp. one occupied by a mountain stronghold; (fig.) clique; power base |
| 中山大学 | Zhōng shān Dà xué | Sun Yat-sen University (Guangzhou); Sun Yat-sen University (Kaohsiung); Sun Yat-sen Univer… |
| 中山 | Zhōng shān | see 中山市[Zhong1 shan1 Shi4]; see 中山區|中山区[Zhong1 shan1 Qu1]; Nakayama (Japanese surname); se… |
| 中山市 | Zhōng shān Shì | Zhongshan, prefecture-level city in Guangdong Province 廣東省|广东省[Guang3 dong1 Sheng3] |
| 人山人海 | rén shān rén hǎi | (idiom) multitude; vast crowd |
| 天山区 | Tiān shān Qū | Tianshan, a district of Ürümqi City 烏魯木齊市|乌鲁木齐市[Wu1 lu3 mu4 qi2 Shi4], Xinjiang |
| 马山县 | Mǎ shān Xiàn | Mashan, a county in Nanning City 南寧市|南宁市[Nan2 ning2 Shi4], Guangxi |
| 山地 | shān dì | mountainous region; hilly area; hilly country |
| 天山 | Tiān Shān | Tian Shan, mountain range straddling the border between China and Kyrgyzstan |
| 天山 | Tiān shān | see 天山區|天山区[Tian1 shan1 Qu1] |
| 马山 | Mǎ shān | see 馬山縣|马山县[Ma3 shan1 Xian4] |
| 拉山头 | lā shān tóu | to start a clique; to form a faction |
| 白山市 | Bái shān Shì | Baishan, prefecture-level city in Jilin Province 吉林省[Ji2 lin2 Sheng3] |
| 金山区 | Jīn shān qū | Jinshan suburban district of Shanghai |