山 shān
- Strokes
- 3
- Radical
- 山 — mountain, hill, peak
- How it's built
- Pictograph — a drawing of the thing
山峰
shānfēng
mountain peak
Characters in this word
峰 fēng
- Strokes
- 10
- Radical
- 山 — mountain, hill, peak
- Made of
- 山 mountain, hill, peak 夆 to resist
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 远处的山峰被雪覆盖，轮廓十分清晰。 Yuǎnchù de shānfēng bèi xuě fùgài, lúnkuò shífēn qīngxī. The distant mountain peak was covered with snow, and its outline was very clear.
- 这座山峰很高，只有有经验的人才能爬上去。 Zhè zuò shānfēng hěn gāo, zhǐyǒu yǒu jīngyàn de rén cái néng pá shàngqù. This peak is very high, and only experienced people can climb it.
- 太阳升起来，金色的光照在山峰上。 Tàiyáng shēng qǐlái, jīnsè de guāng zhào zài shānfēng shang. When the sun rose, golden light fell on the mountain peak.
Related words
- 山 shān mountain, hill
- 爬山 páshān to climb mountains; to hike
- 登山 dēngshān to climb a mountain
- 山区 shānqū mountain area
- 人山人海 rénshānrénhǎi a sea of people
- 山顶 shāndǐng mountaintop
- 山坡 shānpō mountain slope
- 冰山一角 bīngshānyìjiǎo tip of the iceberg
- 火山 huǒshān volcano
- 江山 jiāngshān landscape; country; state power
- 山川 shānchuān mountains and rivers
- 山谷 shāngǔ valley