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膻

shān

Character Traditional 羴

What 膻 means

1. olda flock of sheep or goats
2. variant of {膻|shān}

Other readings

膻 is 多音字 — it is read more than one way, and the reading changes the meaning.

• dànused in {膻中|dàn zhōng}
• shānfetid; gamy; rank; (esp.) hircine
• shānvariant of {膻|shān}

Words starting with 膻

• 膻中穴dàn zhōng xué(TCM) acupuncture point CV-17, located in the middle of the chest
• 膻中dàn zhōngsee 膻中穴

Words containing 膻

• 猪膻味zhū shān wèiboar taint, the taste or odor of sweat or urine in pork from uncastrated pigs
• 如蚁附膻rú yǐ fù shānlike ants pursuing a stink (idiom); the mob chases the rich and powerful…

Characters built on 月

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

• 胆dǎngall bladder; courage; guts
• 肝gānliver; (slang) to put in long hours, typically late into the night, playing…
• 腕wànwrist; (squid, starfish etc) arm
• 胺àn(chemistry) amine; colloquial pr. ān; Taiwan pr. ān
• 膳shànmeals
• 胭yānrouge
• 腩nǎnbrisket; belly beef; spongy meat from cow's underside and neighboring ribs
• 潸shāntearfully

Sounds the same

Read shān, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 山mountain; hill; (colloquial) small bundle of straw for silkworms to spin cocoons on
• 衫garment; jacket with open slits in place of sleeves
• 删to delete
• 珊coral
• 杉China fir; Cunninghamia lanceolata; also pr. shā
• 扇to fan; to slap sb on the face
• 姗used in 姗姗
• 煽to fan into a flame; to incite
• 潸tearfully
• 跚used in 蹒跚
• 钐samarium (chemistry)
• 舢sampan