山

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Contents 1 Translingual 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Han character 1.2.1 References 2 Cantonese 2.1 Hanzi 3 Japanese 3.1 Kanji 3.1.1 Readings 3.2 Noun 4 Korean 4.1 Hanja 5 Mandarin 5.1 Pronunciation 5.2 Hanzi 5.2.1 Compounds 6 Middle Chinese 6.1 Han character 7 Vietnamese 7.1 Han character

[edit] Translingual

Stroke order

[edit] Etymology

Stylized depiction of three mountain peaks. In the Oracle Bone Script, they were represented by triangles rather than vertical strokes.

[edit] Han character

山 (radical 46 山+0, 3 strokes, cangjie input 山 (U), four-corner 2277₀)

1. mountain, hill, peak

[edit] References

• KangXi: page 307, character 1
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 7869
• Dae Jaweon: page 604, character 23
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 759, character 11
• Unihan data for U+5C71

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[edit] Cantonese

[edit] Hanzi

山 (jyutping saan1, Yale saan1)

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[edit] Japanese

[edit] Kanji

山 (grade 1 kanji)

[edit] Readings

• On: さん (san), せん (sen)
• Kun: やま (yama)

[edit] Noun

山 (hiragana やま, romaji yama)

1. mountain

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[edit] Korean

[edit] Hanja

山
Eumhun:

• Sound (hangeul): 산 (revised: san, McCune-Reischauer: san, Yale: san)

• Name (hangeul): 메 (revised: me, McCune-Reischauer: me, Yale: mey)

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[edit] Mandarin

[edit] Pronunciation

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[edit] Hanzi

山 (pinyin shān (shan1), Wade-Giles shan¹)

[edit] Compounds

• 火山
• 山药

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[edit] Middle Chinese

[edit] Han character

山 (*shrɛn)

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[edit] Vietnamese

[edit] Han character

山 (san, sơn)