岸
bank; shore; beach; coast
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How 岸 is formed
Ideographic compound (会意字)
A mountain 山 cliff 厂; 干 provides the pronunciation
How to remember it
shore · Heisig RSH #1278
山 mountain + cliff + clothesline
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Words containing 岸
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 苦海无边，回头是岸 | kǔ hǎi wú biān , huí tóu shì àn | The sea of bitterness has no bounds, turn your head to see the shore (idiom). Only Buddhis… |
| 黄金海岸 | Huáng jīn Hǎi àn | name of various places including Gold Coast (Australian city), Gold Coast (former British … |
| 落水狗上岸 | luò shuǐ gǒu shàng àn | like a dog who fell in the river and climbs out—shaking all over |
| 通商口岸 | tōng shāng kǒu àn | treaty port, forced on Qing China by the 19th century Great Powers |
| 美国海岸警卫队 | Měi guó Hǎi àn Jǐng wèi duì | United States Coast Guard |
| 两岸三地 | liǎng àn sān dì | China, Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macau (media term used esp. since 1997) |
| 南岸区 | Nán àn Qū | Nan'an, a district of central Chongqing 重慶|重庆[Chong2 qing4] |
| 海岸线 | hǎi àn xiàn | coastline; seaboard; shoreline |
| 东海岸 | Dōng hǎi àn | East Coast |
| 江岸区 | Jiāng àn Qū | Jiang'an, a district of Wuhan City 武漢市|武汉市[Wu3 han4 Shi4], Hubei |
| 海峡两岸关系协会 | Hǎi xiá Liǎng àn Guān xi Xié huì | PRC Association for Relations Across the Taiwan Straits (ARATS) |
| 海岸护卫队 | hǎi àn hù wèi duì | coast guard |
| 海岸警卫队 | hǎi àn jǐng wèi duì | coastguard |
| 象牙海岸 | Xiàng yá Hǎi àn | Côte d'Ivoire or Ivory Coast (Tw) |
| 高岸深谷 | gāo àn shēn gǔ | high bank, deep valley (idiom); secluded location |
| 海岸 | hǎi àn | coastal; seacoast |
| 上岸 | shàng àn | to go ashore; to climb ashore; (fig.) to achieve a stable and secure life after a period o… |
| 岸上 | àn shàng | ashore; on the riverbank |
| 高岸 | gāo àn | in grand style; high bank |
| 口岸 | kǒu àn | a port for external trade; a trading or transit post on border between countries |