铲

鏟
chǎn
noun HSK 7-9 #8,255

Measure Word

一把铲 bǎ

Meanings

  1. 1 shovel
  2. 2 spade
  3. 3 to shovel
  4. 4 to scrape

Examples

HSK 4
Yòng chǎnzi bǎ xuě chǎn diào.
Shovel the snow away with a shovel.
HSK 6
Tā náqǐ chǎnzi kāishǐ wā tǔ.
He picked up the shovel and started digging.
HSK 7-9
Guōchǎn shì chúfáng lǐ bìbùkěshǎo de gōngjù.
A spatula is an indispensable kitchen tool.

Tips

usage
铲 as a noun usually appears as 铲子 (shovel). 锅铲 is a cooking spatula/turner. As a verb, 铲 means to shovel or scrape: 铲雪 (shovel snow), 铲除 (to root out/eradicate).

Components

radical
钅 jīn
metal (radical form of 金)
Metal radical on the left - the side-form of 金. It files 铲 in the metal-tool family with 锅 pot, 钉 nail, 锤 hammer. A shovel is a metal blade with a handle, and the radical pins that material right at the front of the character.
phonetic
产 chǎn
to produce (here phonetic)
Right side 产 supplies the chǎn sound exactly. The 'produce' meaning isn't loaded into 铲 - read 产 here as a pure phonetic. Same trick appears in 铆, 铃, 锅 where the right side is a sound clue rather than a meaning hint.

Stroke Order

铲 chǎn