杉 — Chinese character
杉
shān
various species of pine and fir
- Pinyin
- shān
- Radical
- 75 ⽊ (Tree)
- Strokes
- 7
- Components
- 木 彡
- Formation
- pictophonetic — tree; meaning component 木; sound component 彡
- Japanese
- 杉 as a kanji
Common words with 杉
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 云杉 (雲杉) | yún shān | spruce |
| 紫杉醇 | zǐ shān chún | Taxol (a.k.a. Paclitaxel), mitotic inhibitor used in cancer chemotherapy |
| 水杉 | shuǐ shān | metasequoia |
| 铁杉 (鐵杉) | tiě shān | Tsuga chinensis |
| 紫杉 | zǐ shān | Japanese yew (taxus cuspidata) |
| 柳杉 | liǔ shān | Japanese cedar (Cryptomeria japonica) |
| 白皮杉醇 | bái pí shān chún | piceatannol C14H12O4 |
| 红豆杉醇 (紅豆杉醇) | hóng dòu shān chún | Taxol (a.k.a. Paclitaxel), mitotic inhibitor used in cancer chemotherapy |
| 西洋杉 | xī yáng shān | cedar |
English words written with 杉
Data: Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.