Pictographic: Three mountain peaksRadical:

meaning for shān:

  • - mountain
  • - hill
  • - anything that resembles a mountain
  • - Classifiers: 座
  • - bundled straw in which silkworms spin cocoons
  • - gableShandong, province in northeast China, short name 鲁 , capital Jinan 济南 mountain area
  • - Classifiers: 个 Shanxi province (Shansi) in north China between Hebei and Shaanxi, abbr. 晋 capital Taiyuan 太原 Sansui, Japanese companywater from a mountain
  • - mountains and rivers
  • - scenery
  • - landscape

shì
yīzuò一座
shān

That is a mountain.


shān
hěngāo很高

The mountain is very tall.


xībiān西边
yǒu
yīzuò一座
shān

There is a mountain in the west.


xībù西部
yǒu
hěnduō很多
shān

There are many mountains in the west.


táohuā桃花
mǎn
shān
měijǐng美景
wúxiàn无限

The peach blossoms cover the mountains, and the scenery is endless.