杉
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China fir; Cunninghamia lanceolata; also pr. [sha1]
7 strokes
Dict coverage rank #2,640 U+6749
How 杉 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
木 (semantic, “tree”) + 彡 (phonetic, shān)
How to remember it
fir tree · Heisig RSH #2700
木 tree + rooster tail
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 彡
Siblings built with the same phonetic component 彡 (shān) — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 彡 sound component | shān | hair; sunlight |
| 参 | cān | to take part in, to intervene; ginseng |
| 珍 | zhēn | a treasure, a precious thing; rare, valuable |
| 衫 | shān | shirt, robe, jacket, gown |
| 钐 | shān | samarium |
| 彤 | tóng | red, vermillion |
| 肜 | róng | to sacrifice on two successive days |
Words containing 杉
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 加利福尼亚大学洛杉矶分校 | Jiā lì fú ní yà Dà xué Luò shān jī Fēn xiào | UCLA |
| 西洋杉 | xī yáng shān | cedar |
| 白皮杉醇 | bái pí shān chún | piceatannol C14H12O4 |
| 红豆杉醇 | hóng dòu shān chún | Taxol (a.k.a. Paclitaxel), mitotic inhibitor used in cancer chemotherapy |
| 洛杉矶时报 | Luò shān jī Shí bào | Los Angeles Times |
| 杉山 | Shān shān | Sugiyama (Japanese surname) |
| 水杉 | shuǐ shān | metasequoia |
| 洛杉矶湖人 | Luò shān jī Hú rén | Los Angeles Lakers (NBA team) |
| 杉本 | Shān běn | Sugimoto (Japanese surname) |
| 三尖杉酯碱 | sān jiān shān zhǐ jiǎn | harringtonine (chemistry) |
| 铁杉 | tiě shān | Tsuga chinensis |
| 云杉 | yún shān | spruce |
| 紫杉醇 | zǐ shān chún | Taxol (a.k.a. Paclitaxel), mitotic inhibitor used in cancer chemotherapy |
| 柳杉 | liǔ shān | Japanese cedar (Cryptomeria japonica) |
| 紫杉 | zǐ shān | Japanese yew (taxus cuspidata) |
| 洛杉矶 | Luò shān jī | Los Angeles, California |