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|岛 | |岛/島 | ||
|dǎo | |dǎo | ||
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|xiá | |xiá | ||
|Gorge | |Gorge | ||
Revision as of 13:22, 11 April 2017
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/崗 | gǎng | Mountain |
| 岛/島 | dǎo | Island |
| 岸 | àn | Shore |
| 岩 | yán | Rock |
| 峰 | fēng | Peak |
| 崩 | bēng | Landslide |
| 岭 | lǐng | Ridge |
| 峡/峽 | 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 |
| 山顶/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 |