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陕 - shǎn

mountain pass; Shanxi province

mountain pass; Shanxi province

How to read 陕

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

Hanzi
Traditional
Pinyinshǎn
Englishmountain pass; Shanxi province
Radical hint

Short sentences you can say today

陕北 is a common expression. I can make a sentence with 陕南. Please read 陕州 one more time.

Common words with this character

Shanbei, northern Shaanxi province, including Yulin 榆林 and Yan'an 延安, a Holy Land of Mao's revolution 革命聖地|革命圣地
Shannan, southern Shaanxi province
see 陝州區|陕州区[Shan3 zhou1 Qu1]
Shaanxi and Gansu provinces

Mistake warning

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

Original example sentence

I am learning the character 陕.