(shān)

9 strokesTrad.
Readingsshānzhàshi

fence

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Character information

Pinyin
shān / zhà / shi / cè
Meaning
fence; also pr. [shan1]
Strokes
9
HSK level
Traditional

Origin & structure

Where comes from and how its parts fit together.

Ideograph⿰木册

A fence 册 made of wood 木; 册 also provides the pronunciation

A combination of parts whose meanings add up to the whole.

Made of

Parts are arranged left to right.

Traditional form : A fence 冊 made of wood 木; 冊 also provides the pronunciation

How to write step by step

9 strokes — each frame adds one stroke, shown in dark ink over the lighter ones.

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Words with

Common words using — tap any character to open its stroke-order page.

shān

Muzha (old spelling: Mucha), suburb to the southeast of Taipei

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shān

bamboo fence

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shān

grid; lattice; raster

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guāngshān

(optics) grating (esp. diffraction grating)

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Related characters

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