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山 (shān)
Today, we will learn the Chinese character 山 (shān) which means "mountain" and is pronounced "shān".
This character refers to a mountain, mountain range, or hill.
山 (shān) is a pictograph depicting a series of mountain peaks.
As a radical
It's a radical in other characters like :
岗 | gǎng | Mountain |
岛 | dǎo | Island |
岸 | àn | Shore |
岩 | yán | Rock |
峰 | fēng | Peak |
崩 | bēng | Landslide |
岭 | lǐng | Ridge |
峡 | xiá | Gorge |
In words
The characters appears in words like:
爬山 | pá shān | to climb a mountain |
登山 | dēngshān | to climb a mountain |
山川 | shān chuān | mountains and rivers |
山峰 | shān fēng | a mountain peak |
山頂 | shān dǐng | mountaintop |
山谷 | shān gǔ | a valley |
山僧 | shān sēng | a hermit (literally a "mountain monk") |
冰山 | bīngshān | iceberg |