山 (shān) — mountain; hill | TongTong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

noun

mountainhill

Measure word · 座

Easily confused

删shānsound-aliketo delete

Examples

山。
Nà zuò shān hěn gāo.
That mountain is very high.
。
Wǒ men yì qǐ qù pá shān ba.
Let's go climb a mountain together.
。
shān Shàng yǒu hěn duō shù.
There are many trees on the mountain.

Origin

Pictograph

六书liùshū

象形xiàngxíng

A drawing of the thing itself, worn down over three thousand years into a few strokes.

山 shows three mountain peaks side by side.

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