Dong Chinese dictionary

shǎn

mountain pass

A place 阝 wedged in a valley 夹

Components

阝 Meaning component

fù

hill, place

夹 Meaning component

jiā, jiá, jià

be wedged or inserted between, pressed from two sides

Evolution

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Traditional script

Modern

Simplified script

Modern

Definitions

shǎn

mountain pass; Shaanxi province

Shǎn

abbr. for Shaanxi 陝西|陕西 province

Most common words with 陕

Freq.	Word	Meaning
	陕西	Shaanxi province (Shensi) in northwest China, abbr. 陝\|陕[Shǎn], capital Xi’an 西安市[Xī'ānShì]
	陕西省	Shaanxi Province (Shensi) in northwest China, abbr. 陝\|陕[Shǎn], capital Xi'an 西安[Xī'ān]
	陕	abbr. for Shaanxi 陝西\|陕西 province
	陕北	Shanbei, northern Shaanxi province, including Yulin 榆林 and Yan'an 延安, a Holy Land of Mao's revolution 革命聖地\|革命圣地
	陕南	Shannan, southern Shaanxi province

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