汕 (shàn) · (in place names) Shantou, bamboo fish trap

Meanings

1 (in place names) Shantou
2 bamboo fish trap

Characters

汕

shàn

(in place names) Shantou

Examples

HSK 2

他在汕头长大。

Tā zài Shàntóu zhǎngdà.

He grew up in Shantou.

HSK 7-9

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 5 #4,157

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

参观 cānguān HSK 4 #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 4 #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 6 #3,788

to fish / to go fishing / phishing (internet)

代替 dàitì HSK 5 #3,556

to replace; to substitute / to take the place of