汕 (shàn): (in place names) Shantou

Meanings

1 (in place names) Shantou
2 bamboo fish trap

Characters

汕

shàn

(in place names) Shantou

Examples

他在汕头长大。

Tā zài Shàntóu zhǎngdà.

He grew up in Shantou.

潮汕地区以美食闻名。

Cháoshàn dìqū yǐ měishí wénmíng.

The Chaoshan region is famous for its cuisine.

Tips

usage

In modern Chinese 汕 appears almost only in place names: 汕头 (a coastal city in Guangdong) and 潮汕 (the Chaozhou-Shantou region). The original "fish trap" sense is archaic.

Components

radical

氵 shuǐ

water (left-side form of 水)

The three-drop water radical (left-side form of 水) fits both the old fishing sense and the coastal city it now names.

phonetic

山 shān

mountain

On the right 山 supplies the sound, shifted from shān to shàn. It serves as the phonetic and carries no meaning here.

Stroke Order

汕 shàn

Related Words

汕头市 Shàntóushì

Shantou (prefecture-level city in eastern Guangdong)

潮汕 Cháoshàn

Chaoshan (region of eastern Guangdong)

回归 huíguī HSK 7-9 #4,369

to return / to revert / to come back (to a state or place)

地位 dìwèi HSK 4 #4,157

position; status; standing / rank; place (in society)

参观 cānguān HSK 2 #4,147

to visit (a place) / to tour

钓 diào #4,114

to fish (with a hook and line) / to angle

家乡 jiāxiāng HSK 3 #3,987

hometown; native place / homeland

返回 fǎnhuí HSK 5 #3,816

to return to; to go back / to get back to (a place or state)

钓鱼 diàoyú HSK 7-9 #3,788

to fish / to go fishing / phishing (internet)

代替 dàitì HSK 4 #3,556

to replace / to substitute / to take the place of