山 — Chinese character
山
shān
mountain, hill, peak
- Pinyin
- shān
- Radical
- 46 ⼭ (Mountain)
- Strokes
- 3
- Components
- 凵 丨
- Formation
- pictographic — Three mountain peaks
- Japanese
- 山 as a kanji
Common words with 山
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 山区 (山區) | shān qū | mountain area; 个 (gè) |
| 火山 | huǒ shān | volcano |
| 山脉 (山脈) | shān mài | mountain range; 条 (tiáo) |
| 山地 | shān dì | mountainous region; hilly area |
| 山寨 | shān zhài | fortified hill village; mountain stronghold (esp. of bandits) |
| 山顶 (山頂) | shān dǐng | hilltop |
| 高山 | gāo shān | high mountain; alpine mountain |
| 山谷 | shān gǔ | valley; ravine |
| 矿山 (礦山) | kuàng shān | mine |
| 山峰 | shān fēng | (mountain) peak |
| 山水 | shān shuǐ | water from a mountain; mountains and rivers |
| 江山 | jiāng shān | rivers and mountains; landscape |
English words written with 山
山 in the Chinese classics
Occurrences: Analects 9 · Art of War 8 · I Ching 2 · Mencius 20 · Zhuangzi 65 · Great Learning 1 · Doctrine of the Mean 1
- Analects 3.6
- Analects 5.17
- Analects 6.4
- Analects 6.21
- Analects 9.18
- Analects 10.18
- Analects 17.5
- Art of War 5.23
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