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山
🇹🇼🇭🇰🇨🇳🇯🇵🇰🇷

mountain

HSK 1 N4
Nature →Elements →Landforms
shān
サン、セン
やま
산
Pictograph of a mountain.
Notes
Historical Evolution
Oracle (~1250-1000 BC)
Oracle
(~1250-1000 BC)
Bronze Late Shang dynasty (~1100 BC)
Bronze
Late Shang dynasty (~1100 BC)
Bronze Late Shang dynasty (~1100 BC)
Bronze
Late Shang dynasty (~1100 BC)
Bronze Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)
Bronze
Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)
Bronze Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)
Bronze
Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)
Bronze Late Western Zhou (~800 BC)
Bronze
Late Western Zhou (~800 BC)
Bronze Late Warring States (~250 BC)
Bronze
Late Warring States (~250 BC)
Seal Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
Seal
Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Clerical Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)
Clerical
Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)
Clerical Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical Jin dynasty (266-420 AD)
Clerical
Jin dynasty (266-420 AD)
Clerical Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
Clerical
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
Clerical Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
Clerical
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
山
Regular
Modern
Chinese
山 [Shān]
surname Shan
山 [shān]
mountain; hill; anything that resembles a mountain; CL:座[zuò]; bundled straw in which silkworms spin cocoons; gable
Japanese
山 やま 同音

noun

  1. mountain; hill
  2. mine
  3. (mountain) forest
  4. heap; pile; stack; mountain
  5. protruding or high part of an object; crown (of a hat); thread (of a screw); tread (of a tire)
  6. climax; peak; critical point
  7. guess; speculation; gamble
  8. slangusually kana (criminal) case; crime (police and crime reporter jargon; usu. written as ヤマ)
  9. mountain climbing; mountaineering
  10. festival float (esp. one mounted with a decorative halberd)
  11. card games deck (from which players draw cards); draw pile; stock
  12. mahjong wall; wall tile

n-pref

  1. wild (before the name of a plant or animal)
山 さん 、 ざん 同音

suffix

  1. Mt.; Mount
  2. temple
山 、 牟礼 むれ 同音
noun archaic mountain; hill
Example Sentences
🇯🇵 (4)
高い山の頂上は空気が薄い。
The air is thin at the top of a high mountain.
洗濯物の山を見ながら、私はため息をついた。
Looking at the pile of laundry, I sighed.
うまくあの先生のやまを当てたわね。
You've sure got the teacher's number.
あの高い山は筑波山です。
That tall mountain is Mt. Tsukuba.
Japanese Names
山 がんざん
Ganzan given name
山 さん
San place name
山 せん
Sen surname
山 たか
Taka surname
山 たかし
Takashi given name
山 のぼる
Noboru surname
山 やま
Yama surname
山 やまかつ
Yamakatsu unclassified name
山 やまさ
Yamasa surname
山 やまさき
Yamasaki surname
山 やまざき
Yamazaki surname
山 やまじ
Yamaji unclassified name
山 やまずみ
Yamazumi unclassified name
山 やまたか
Yamataka surname
山 やまふく
Yamafuku unclassified name
山 やまむら
Yamamura unclassified name
CHINESE WORDS (200)
山东 [Shān​dōng] #42,786
Shandong, province in northeast China, short name 魯|鲁[Lǔ], capital Jinan 濟南|济南[Jǐ​nán]
山东 [Shān​dōng] #42,786
Shandong, province in northeast China, short name 魯|鲁[Lǔ], capital Jinan 濟南|济南[Jǐ​nán]
旧金山 [Jiù​jīn​shān] #4,123
San Francisco, California
旧金山 [Jiù​jīn​shān] #4,123
San Francisco, California
山上 [Shān​shàng] #4,990
Shanshang township in Tainan county 台南縣|台南县[Tái​nán​xiàn], Taiwan
山羊 [shān​yáng] #5,711
goat
山西 [Shān​xī] #55,068
Shanxi province (Shansi) in north China between Hebei and Shaanxi, abbr. 晋 capital Taiyuan 太原
火山 [huǒ​shān] #6,253
volcano
山谷 [shān​gǔ] #6,891
valley
亚历山大 [Yà​lì​shān​dà] #6,601
Alexander (name)
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JAPANESE WORDS (200)
⭐ 沢山 [たくさん] #4,032
a lot
華奢 [きゃしゃ] #6,034
dainty
山ほど [やまほど] #6,497
lots of
⭐ 山道 [やまみち] #9,312
mountain road
⭐ 山々 [やまやま] #9,864
(many) mountains
⭐ 山脈 [さんみゃく] #10,415
mountain range
⭐ 鉱山 [こうざん] #10,505
mine (ore)
山中 [さんちゅう] #10,950
in the mountains
山のよう [やまのよう] #11,014
plentiful
⭐ 山奥 [やまおく] #12,129
deep in the mountains
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KOREAN WORDS (47)
산사 #4,766
mountain temple
산장 #32,287
mountain cabin
등산 #44,914
hike; mountain climbing
강산
landscape; scenery
고산
high mountain
고산병
mountain sickness; altitude sickness
금강산
Geumgangsan Mountain
남산
Namsan Mountain
등산가
alpinist; mountaineer
등산객
hiker; mountaineer
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