shān

mountain; hill; anything that resembles a mountain

HSK 3 #259

Character data

HSK 3
Frequency 259th character
Radical ⼭ (46.0)
Strokes 3
Index # 39

Definitions

山 shān
  1. 1. mountain
  2. 2. hill
  3. 3. anything that resembles a mountain
  4. 4. surname Shan
  5. 5. gable
  6. 6. bundled straw in which silkworms spin cocoons
  7. 7. CL zuò

Stroke order

山 stroke order diagram
山 stroke order animation

Words containing 山

Word Meaning
former Jiashan County in Anhui
former Jiashan County in Anhui, China
the four famous Buddhist mountains in China
(bird species of China) Sichuan partridge (Arborophila rufipectus)
Sichuan partridge bird
Volcanoes National Park, Hawaii
Volcanoes National Park, Hawaii
Capitol Hill, Washington, D.C.
Capitol Hill, Washington, D.C.
huge shake; violent shock or upheaval
Cantabrian Mountains in north Spain
Cantabrian Mountains in northern Spain
stay out, watch others fight, then profit
watch others fight and gain benefit
Mt Etna, volcano in Italy
Mt Etna, volcano in Italy
to maintain the law as firm as a mountain (idiom); to enforce the law strictly
a large number of sth; to pile up like a mountain (idiom)
Serbia and Montenegro (after break-up of Yugoslavia in 1992)
Serbia and Montenegro (after break-up of Yugoslavia in 1992)
grave; graveyard; hill cemetery
grave; graveyard; hill cemetery
under huge pressure; extremely stressed
under huge pressure; super stressed out
Long may you live!