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汕

shàn

Character

What 汕 means

1. bamboo fish trap
2. used in names of places connected with Shantou {汕头|Shàn tóu}

Words starting with 汕

• 汕头市Shàn tóu ShìShantou, prefecture-level city in Guangdong Province 广东省
• 汕尾市Shàn wěi ShìShanwei, prefecture-level city in Guangdong Province 广东省
• 汕头大学Shàn tóu Dà xuéShantou University
• 汕头Shàn tóusee 汕头市
• 汕尾Shàn wěisee 汕尾市

Words containing 汕

• 潮汕Cháo shànChaoshan, region in the east of Guangdong, encompassing the cities of Chaozhou 潮州市
• 潮汕话Cháo shàn huàChaoshan or Teo-Swa, a Southern Min language spoken by the Teochew people of the Chaoshan…

Characters built on 山

These share the phonetic component 山 (shān), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 岸ànbank; shore; beach; coast
• 岩yáncliff; rock
• 炭tànwood charcoal; coal
• 灿cànglorious; bright; brilliant
• 崭zhǎntowering; prominent; very
• 岚lán(bound form) mountain mist
• 讪shànto mock; to ridicule; to slander
• 疝shànhernia

Characters that look like 汕

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 仙xiānimmortal
• 灿cànglorious; bright; brilliant
• 沁qìnto seep; to percolate
• 汹xiōngtorrential rush; tumultuous

Sounds the same

Read shàn, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 善good (virtuous); benevolent; well-disposed
• 扇fan; sliding, hinged or detachable flat part of sth; classifier for doors, windows etc
• 擅without authority; to usurp; to arrogate to oneself
• 膳meals
• 禅to abdicate
• 缮to repair; to mend; to rewrite
• 鳝Chinese yellow eel
• 赡to support; to provide for
• 蟺earthworm
• 讪to mock; to ridicule; to slander
• 疝hernia
• 嬗(literary) to go through successive changes; to evolve