山

shān

mountain; hill (CL:座[zuo4])

surname Shan; (coll.) small bundle of straw for silkworms to spin cocoons on

a picture of 山 → three mountain peaks

The ancient form showed three peaks rising from a common base, the tallest in the center. Modern 山 still traces that silhouette almost unchanged.

凵+丨→山

远处有一座山,山顶上有雪。

yuǎn chù yǒu yī zuò shān , shān dǐng shàng yǒu xuě 。

In the distance there is a mountain, and there is snow on the mountaintop.

我们爬了三个小时才到山顶。

wǒ men pá le sān gè xiǎo shí cái dào shān dǐng 。

We climbed for three hours before finally reaching the mountaintop.

Words with 山

台山

tái shān

see 台山市[Tai2 shan1 Shi4]

韶山

sháo shān

see 韶山市[Shao2 shan1 Shi4]

安第斯山脉

ān dì sī shān mài

Andes mountain chain of South America

雪山

xuě shān

snow-capped mountain

石景山

shí jǐng shān

see 石景山區|石景山区[Shi2 jing3 shan1 Qu1]

双鸭山市

shuāng yā shān shì

Shuangyashan, prefecture-level city in Heilongjiang Province 黑龍江省|黑龙江省[Hei1 long2 jiang1 Sheng3]

山林

shān lín

wooded mountain; mountain forest

山阴

shān yīn

Shanyin county in Shuozhou 朔州[Shuo4 zhou1], Shanxi

火山

huǒ shān

volcano

孙中山

sūn zhōng shān

same as 孫逸仙|孙逸仙

山崩

shān bēng

landslide

山海经

shān hǎi jīng

Classic of Mountain and Sea, probably compiled c. 500 BC-200 BC, contains wide range of geography, mythology, witchcraft, popular customs etc

More characters with 凵

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