山 shān
- Strokes
- 3
- Radical
- 山 — mountain, hill, peak
- How it's built
- Pictograph — a drawing of the thing
山川
shānchuān
mountains and rivers
Characters in this word
川 chuān
- Strokes
- 3
- Radical
- 川 — stream, river
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
Example phrases
- 诗人借辽阔的山川寄托家国情怀，使个人遭遇上升为时代叙事。 Shīrén jiè liáokuò de shānchuān jìtuō jiāguó qínghuái, shǐ gèrén zāoyù shàngshēng wéi shídài xùshì. The poet uses vast mountains and rivers to express patriotic feeling, elevating personal experience into a narrative of the times.
- 站在高处远望，山川尽收眼底。 Zhàn zài gāo chù yuǎnwàng, shānchuān jìn shōu yǎndǐ. Standing high up and gazing into the distance, you take in all the mountains and rivers.
- 他走遍各地，用画笔记录壮丽的山川。 Tā zǒubiàn gèdì, yòng huàbǐ jìlù zhuànglì de shānchuān. He traveled everywhere, recording magnificent mountains and rivers with his brush.
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
- 山峰 shānfēng mountain peak
- 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
- 山谷 shāngǔ valley