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Meaning of 山
Pinyin
shān
Radical
山
Strokes
3
Definition
mountain / hill
Usage
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山 [shān]
名词 (Noun)
1. 地面形成的高耸的部分。
(a part of the ground that rises high)
例: 土～ (earthen mountain); ～崖 (mountain cliff); ～川 (mountain river); ～路 (mountain path); ～明水秀 (mountains and rivers are beautiful); ～雨欲来风满楼（喻冲突或战争爆发之前的紧张气氛）(The tense atmosphere before a conflict or war like stormy weather).
2. 形状像山的。
(something shaped like a mountain)
例: ～墙 (gable wall, walls shaped like a mountain).
3. 形容大声。
(to describe something loud)
例: ～响 (loud sound); ～呼万岁 (to shout long live in a loud voice).
4. 姓。
(a surname)
本义: 地面上由土石构成的隆起部分
(Original meaning: A raised part of the ground composed of earth and stone)
造字法: 象形。甲骨文和金文字形，象山峰并立的形状。
(Structure: Pictophonetic. The shapes in oracle bone script and bronze script resemble standing mountain peaks.)
“山”是汉字的一个部首。
("山" is a radical in Chinese characters.)
同本义 ([En.] mountain)
形状像山的东西 ([En.] anything in the shape of a mountain)
特指“五岳” ([En.] the Five mountains)
山墙 ([En.] gable wall)
指酒肆的楼上 ([En.] storey of a bar)
山中。指隐居之处 ([En.] hermitage)
坟 ([En.] mound)
蚕簇。由禾杆、油菜杆搭成的小簇 ([En.] a small bundle of straws, etc., for silkworms to spin cocoons on)
姓 ([En.] surname)
形容词 (Adjective)
1. 大，巨大 ([En.] big)
例: 山嚷怪叫，太吵人了 (The noise was too loud).
2. 粗俗 ([En.] hoarse)
3. 山野——谦称 ([En.] my rustic)
例: 山妻 (the wife of a hermit)
Mt Wutai in Shanxi 山西[Shan1 xi1], one of the Four Sacred Mountains and home of the Bodhimanda of Manjushri 文殊[Wen2 shu1]
form a band and take to the greenwood / call each other to form a gang in the forest / go to the greenwood / take refuge in the forests / take to the forest
Zhongshan Park, the name of numerous parks in China, honoring Sun Yat-sen 孫中山|孙中山[Sun1 Zhong1 shan1]
Mt Wuyi in Fujian / Wuyishan nature reserve / Wuyishan county level city in Nanping 南平[Nan2 ping2] Fujian
fortified hill village / mountain stronghold (esp. of bandits) / (fig.) knockoff (goods) / counterfeit / imitation
Lushan district of Jiujiang city 九江市, Jiangxi / Mt Lushan in Jiujiang, famous as summer holiday spot
refers to Dr Sun Yat-sen / Zhongshan, prefecture-level city in Guangdong, close to Sun Yat-sen's birthplace / Nakayama (Japanese surname)
Mt Emei in Sichuan, one of the Four Sacred Mountains and Bodhimanda of Samantabhadra 普賢|普贤[Pu3 xian2] / Emeishan city
Mt Heng in Shanxi, northern mountain of the Five Sacred Mountains 五嶽|五岳[Wu3 yue4] / Hengshan district of Jixi city 雞西|鸡西[Ji1 xi1], Heilongjiang
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Input Method for 山
Pinyin
shan1
Wubi
mmmm
Cangjie
u
Zhengma
ll
Four Corner
22770
Unicode
U+5c71
Stroke Number Category
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