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
Mount Aso, active volcano in Kyushu, Japan
Seoraksan, mountain near Sokcho, South Korea
Zhongshan city in Guangdong, China
Alexandria
mountains on one side and water on the other
Wonsan city in Kangweon province jiāng yuán dào of North Korea
Nanshan district of Shenzhen City shēn zhèn shì, Guangdong
fig. to fail an exam; to fall behind (in a competition)
Tangshan prefecture level city in Hebei
provincial level scenic area in Hunan
fig. to spend one's money without generating any income
enforce the law strictly and firmly
mountainous
Mt Taibai in Shaanxi
Mishan, county-level city in Heilongjiang
Baoshang District of Shanghai
(dialect) hill
Lhokha prefecture of Tibet, Tibetan: Lho kha
small hill; mound
Shandong Province in east China
Classic of Mountains and Seas; ancient myth book
mountain stream
gable
Cornus officinalis; sour mountain date
camellia