(shān)

HSK 13 strokes

surname Shan

Stroke order animation

Character information

Pinyin
shān
Meaning
surname Shan
Strokes
3
HSK level
HSK 1
Traditional
Same

Origin & structure

Where comes from and how its parts fit together.

Pictograph⿶凵丨

Three mountain peaks

A drawing of the thing it names.

Made of

Parts are arranged enclosing from below.

How to write step by step

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

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Words with

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xiàshān
HSK 7-9

to go down a hill; (of the sun or moon) to set

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shàngshān

to climb a hill; to go to the mountains; (of silkworms) to go up bundles of…

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zhōngshān

see 中山市[Zhong1 shan1 Shi4]; see 中山区; Nakayama (Japane…

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can't recognize Mt Taishan (idiom); fig. not to recognize a famous person

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Sun Yat-sen University (Guangzhou)

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Zhongshan, prefecture-level city in Guangdong Province 广东省

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Chinese tunic suit, a jacket style introduced by Sun Yat-sen 孙中山 and often worn by Mao …

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Dr Sun Yat-sen's mausoleum in Nanjing

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