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
Leishan County in Guizhou
to reveal one's talent (idiom)
northern mountain; refers to Mt Mang máng shān at Luoyang in Henan
Tianshan Mountains in Xinjiang, Central Asia
Andes mountain chain of South America
mountain ridge
folk song; mountain song
wildfire; forest fire
cashmere
mountain area
Kunlun Mountain range
Mount Song in Henan; central sacred mountain
Pingdingshan prefecture level city in Henan
keep trying to solve a hard problem
overwhelming and powerful; huge in force
Dongshan county in Zhangzhou zhāng zhōu, Fujian
Liangshan, a county in Shandong province
Yokoyama (Japanese surname)
fig. as far as the eye can see
Shizishan or Lion Mountain
sacred mountain
pangolin (Manis pentadactylata); scaly ant-eater
Purple Mountain in Nanjing
Luoshan county in Xinyang xìn yáng, Henan
across many lands; long and hard journey