sǎn

umbrella

Pictograph of an umbrella.

Definitions

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sǎn

umbrella, parasol, parachute; umbrella; parasol; CL:[bǎ]

Most common words with 傘
Freq.
Word
Meaning

umbrella

跳伞

to parachute

降落伞

parachute

雨伞

umbrella

伞兵

paratrooper

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*[s]ˤarʔ

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sǎn

umbrella, parasol


Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

Appears in 5.5903% of movies

2103rd most common character in movies

2202nd most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

12

Simplified

Unicode

U+5098


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