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须弥山

Xū mí shān

3-character word Traditional 須彌山

What 须弥山 means

1. Mt Meru or Sumeru, sacred mountain in Buddhist and Jain tradition
2. Mt Xumi in Guyuan {固原|Gù yuán}, Ningxia, with many Buddhist cave statues

The characters in 须弥山

• 须xūmust; to have to; to wait
• 弥mífull; to fill; completely
• 山shānmountain; hill; (colloquial) small bundle of straw for silkworms to spin cocoons on

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