Dong Chinese dictionary

shàn

basket for catching fish

Phonosemantic compound. 氵 represents the meaning and 山 represents the sound.

Components

氵 Meaning component

shui, shuǐ

water

氵 is a component form of 水.

山 Sound component

shān

mountain

Evolution

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)

Regular script

Modern

Definitions

shàn

basket for catching fish; bamboo; Swatow (Shantou); bamboo fish trap; used in names of places connected with Shantou 汕頭|汕头[Shàntóu]

Most common words with 汕

Freq.	Word	Meaning
	汕	bamboo fish trap
	汕头	Shantou (formerly romanized as Swatow), prefecture-level city in Guangdong
	潮汕	Chaoshan, conurbation in the east of Guangdong 廣東\|广东[Guǎngdōng]
	汕头市	Shantou prefecture-level city in Guangdong
	汕尾	Shanwei prefecture level city in Guangdong

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