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
mountain and river exhausted (idiom); at the end of the line
mangosteen
Capricorn (constellation and sign of the zodiac)
cashmere
goatee
goatee
Reeves's Muntjac; Muntiacus reevesi (zoology)
hickory
mountain range
foot of a mountain
camellia
(used in hotel names); villa; manor house
raspberry
wasabi; Japanese horseradish
hill blue flycatcher bird
hill blue flycatcher, a small songbird
yam; Dioscorea polystachya
(dialect) potato; rube; yokel
(dialect) potato; rube; yokel
bird's nest fern (Asplenium nidus)
bird's nest fern (Asplenium nidus)
mountain hike
Shanxi University
Shanxi University
Shansitherium fuguensis (early giraffe)