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[edit] Translingual

Stroke order
山-order.gif

[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

(radical 46 +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

(jyutping saan1, Yale saan1)


[edit] Japanese

[edit] Kanji

(grade 1 kanji)

[edit] Readings

[edit] Compounds

  • 山頂 (さんちょう, sanchō): mountain top
  • 火山 (かざん, kazan): volcano
  • 氷山 (ひょうざん, hyōzan): iceberg
  • 大山 (おおやま or たいざん, ooyama or taizan): big mountain
  • 小山 (こやま, koyama): small mountain
  • 山国 (やまぐに, yamaguni): mountainous country
  • 山吹 (やまぶき, yamabuki): Japanese rose
  • 山水 (さんすい, sansui): landscape
  • 山人 (やまびと, yamabito): mountain people
  • 山茶 (さんちゃ, sancha): tea made in the mountains
  • 山岳 (さんがく, sangaku): mountains
  • 山路 (さんろ, sanro): mountain path
  • 山川 (さんせん, sansen): mountains and rivers

[edit] Noun

(hiragana やま, romaji yama)

  1. mountain

[edit] Korean

[edit] Hanja


Eumhun:

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

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[edit] Mandarin

[edit] Pronunciation

[edit] Hanzi

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

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[edit] Middle Chinese

[edit] Han character

(*shrɛn)


[edit] Min Nan

[edit] Hanzi

(POJ soaⁿ, san)


[edit] Vietnamese

[edit] Han character

(san, sơn)