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

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Words containing 山

Word Meaning
wasabi
Beverly Hills
fig. insurmountable obstacle
Hongshan district of Chifeng city chì fēng shì, Inner Mongolia
Xiangshan county in Ningbo níng bō, Zhejiang
heavier than Mt Tai (idiom); fig. extremely serious matter
to cut into a mountain (to open a mine)
Mt Huang; Yellow mountains
Dragon mountain
vast swathe of territory
former name of Yizhou in Guangxi
gorge; canyon; mountain valley
Yamazaki or Yamasaki (Japanese surname)
rose hip (hawthorn fruit)
Shanxi Province in north China
form of a mountain
foothills
towering mountains and precipitous ridges (idiom)
Baishan, city in Jilin, northeast China
steady as Mt Tai; as safe as houses
Huaguo Mountain in Journey to the West
desert mountain; barren hill
wild, mountainous country
Ulsan, a city in South Korea
driven to join the Liangshan Mountain rebels