HSK Guide

部首 46mountain, hill

shān (first tone, high and level)

mountain, hill

部首 463 画1 汉字

Where the shape comes from

Three peaks rising from one base, the middle one tallest — a range drawn on the skyline. It names the thing itself in 山 and 火山, and it marks the shape of the land in 岛, 岸, 峰 and 岭.