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山 - shān

mountain, hill, peak

mountain, hill, peak

How to read 山

Click 山 to hear Mandarin pronunciation. Use the example words before memorizing it in isolation.

Hanzi
Traditional
Pinyinshān
Englishmountain, hill, peak
Radical hint

Short sentences you can say today

山下 is a common expression. I can make a sentence with 山丘. Please read 山丹 one more time.

Common words with this character

Yamashita
hill
see 山丹縣|山丹县[Shan1 dan1 Xian4]
see 山亭區|山亭区[Shan1 ting2 Qu1]

Mistake warning

Do not memorize 山 only as an isolated symbol. Read it inside words like 山下 and 山丘 first, then come back to the single-character pronunciation.

Original example sentence

I am learning the character 山.