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苫

shān

Character

What 苫 means

1. straw mat
2. thatch

Words containing 苫

• 寝苫枕块qǐn shān zhěn kuàibed of straw and pillow of clay (idiom); the correct etiquette for a filial son during…

Characters built on 占

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

• 站zhànstation; to stand; to halt
• 战zhànto fight; fight; war
• 粘zhānto glue; to paste; to adhere; to stick to
• 沾zhānto moisten; to be infected by; to receive benefit or advantage through a contact
• 毡zhānfelt (fabric)
• 觇chānto observe; to spy on; Taiwan pr. zhān

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