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钐

shān

Character Traditional 釤

What 钐 means

1. samarium (chemistry)

Other readings

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

• shànto cut with a sickle; large sickle

Words starting with 钐

• 钐刀shàn dāoscythe
• 钐镰shàn liánscythe

Characters built on 彡

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

• 杉shānChina fir; Cunninghamia lanceolata; also pr. shā
• 衫shāngarment; jacket with open slits in place of sleeves
• 彦yànaccomplished; elegant
• 参cānto take part in; to participate; to join

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
• 舢sampan
• 膻(old) a flock of sheep or goats; variant of 膻