山 (shān) is a Chinese character meaning “mountain”. It takes 3 strokes.
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Structure
山
Single unit
- 山 mountain · shān unknown
Structure from: Unicode U+5C71 and hanzi-writer-data 2.0.1 modern glyph inspection
Memory aid
The character 山 rises like a mountain with three peaks.
This is a memory aid, not the historical origin.
Stroke order
3 strokes
In real words
- 高山gāo shānhigh mountain山 = shān
- 山水shān shuǐmountains and waters; landscape山 = shān
- 山川shān chuānmountains and rivers山 = shān
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All readings
mountain
mountain; hill; something shaped like a mountain
地面上由土石形成的高起部分；也可指形状像山的事物。 — studyhanzi 编写
Words with this reading
- 高山gāo shānhigh mountain山 = shān
- 山水shān shuǐmountains and waters; landscape山 = shān
- 山川shān chuānmountains and rivers山 = shān
Stroke data: hanzi-writer-data (Arphic Public License) · licenses & attributions
Questions people ask about this character
What does 山 mean?
山 (shān) means mountain; hill; something shaped like a mountain.
How do you pronounce 山?
It is pronounced shān.
How many strokes does 山 have?
3. You can watch the stroke order on this page, or trace it yourself.
What is the radical of 山?
山. The radical is how the character is filed in a dictionary — it is not the whole story of how the character is built.
What words use 山?
Common ones are 高山 and 山水. The reading of 山 is not the same in every word, so each word on this page shows which reading applies.