山 shān — mountain; hill

Meanings

1. 1

   mountain; hill

   mountain; hill; (coll.) small bundle of straw for silkworms to spin cocoons on

   noun

Character breakdown

• 山

  shān (first tone, high and level)

  mountain, hill

  3 strokesRadical 山

Words containing 山

• 爬山páshān (second tone, rising)to climb a mountain, to go hiking
• 山顶/山頂shān (first tone, high and level) dǐng (third tone, dipping)hilltop
• 山谷shān (first tone, high and level) gǔ (third tone, dipping)valley
• 山区/山區shān (first tone, high and level) qū (first tone, high and level)mountain area
• 火山huǒ (third tone, dipping) shān (first tone, high and level)volcano
• 雪山xuě (third tone, dipping) shān (first tone, high and level)snow-capped mountain
• 登山dēng (first tone, high and level) shān (first tone, high and level)to climb a mountain
• 高山gāo (first tone, high and level) shān (first tone, high and level)high mountain; alpine mountain
• 山坡shān (first tone, high and level) pō (first tone, high and level)hillside
• 冰山bīng (first tone, high and level) shān (first tone, high and level)iceberg
• 山路shān (first tone, high and level) lù (fourth tone, falling)mountain road
• 下山xià (fourth tone, falling) shān (first tone, high and level)to go down a hill
• 山脉/山脈shān (first tone, high and level) mài (fourth tone, falling)mountain range
• 山峰shān (first tone, high and level) fēng (first tone, high and level)(mountain) peak
• 山寨shān (first tone, high and level) zhài (fourth tone, falling)fortified hill village
• 山川shān (first tone, high and level) chuān (first tone, high and level)mountains and rivers
• 出山chū (first tone, high and level) shān (first tone, high and level)to leave the mountain (of a hermit)