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The “山” component

shān · mountain; hill (CL:座[zuo4])

Found in 128 indexed Chinese characters.

Characters containing 山

xiān

immortal

secret

high and steep

(literary) a barren hill

shēn

(literary) two mountains standing next to each other

屿

islet

suì

classifier for years (of age)

old variant of 愷|恺[kai3]

Chinese character

lofty peak

qiān

name of a mountain

surname Qi

cén

surname Cen

chà

fork in road

rugged

gǎng

(bound form) hillock; mound

xiàn

abbr. for 峴首山|岘首山[Xian4 shou3 shan1]

ào

plain in the middle of the mountains

lán

(bound form) mountain mist

dǎo

island

stony hill

used in 岢嵐|岢岚[Ke3 lan2]

gǒu

name of a hill in Hunan

yán

cliff

xiù

cave

jiǎ

cape (geography)

lǐng

mountain range

dài

Mt Tai in Shandong

yuè

high mountain

(literary) mountain covered with vegetation

mín

name of a river in Sichuan

àn

bank; shore; beach; coast

dōng

place name in Guangxi province

岿kuī

high and mighty (of mountain)

mǎo

round yellow dirt mount (in the Northwest of China)

cave

xún

ranges of hills

dòng

cave

zhì

used in 繁峙[Fan2 shi4]

xiá

gorge

qiáo

highest peak

zhēng

excel

luán

mountain ranges

é

lofty

valley

qiào

high and steep

fēng

(of a mountain) high and tapered peak or summit

xiàn

Chinese character

dǎo

Chinese character

jùn

(of mountains) high

xiá

Chinese character

láo

name of a mountain in Shandong

lái

name of a mountain in Sichuan

kōng

name of a mountain

chóng

high

mountainous

kūn

Chinese character

rocky peaks

cuī

surname Cui

precipice

gǎng

Chinese character

lún

Chinese character

jué

towering as a peak

guō

name of a mountain

zhēng

Chinese character

xiáo

name of a mountain in Henan

yān

name of a mountain in Gansu

sōng

Chinese character

bēng

to collapse

zhǎn

towering

steep-sided flat-topped mountain

wǎi

high, lofty

zǎi

child

yào

(name of a mountain)

surname Ji

shèng

name of a district in Zhejiang

méi

used in 峨嵋山[E2 mei2 Shan1]

qiàn

to inlay

lán

Chinese character

yán

Chinese character

róng

lofty

place name in Shandong

lǒu

mountain peak

sōng

Mt Song in Henan

Chinese character

wéi

rocky

cuó

lofty (as of mountain)

ridge

zhàng

cliff

zhǎn

Chinese character

Chinese character

láo

Chinese character

lín

ranges of hills

dèng

path leading up a mountain

jué

precipitous

Chinese character

Chinese character

name of a mountain in Hunan

róng

Chinese character

lǐng

Chinese character

Chinese character

yuè

Chinese character

diān

summit

yíng

Chinese character

wēi

lofty

luán

Chinese character

diān

Chinese character

yán

Chinese character

yōu

remote

wēi

surname Wei

zhǐ

Japanese variant of 徵|征

zhǐ

4th note in the ancient Chinese pentatonic scale 五音[wu3yin1], corresponding to sol

huī

badge

xiān

xenon (chemistry)

shàn

bamboo fish trap

wēi

drizzle

càn

glorious

tàn

wood charcoal

shàn

hernia

xiān

long-grained rice

zhuān

Chinese character

shān

sampan

shàn

Chinese character

shàn

to mock

Chinese character

fēng

Chinese character

bīn

name of an ancient county in Shaanxi

shàn

to jump