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U+5C71, 山
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5C71

[U+5C70]
CJK Unified Ideographs
[U+5C72]
U+2F2D, ⼭
KANGXI RADICAL MOUNTAIN

[U+2F2C]
Kangxi Radicals
[U+2F2E]

Translingual

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Han character

(Kangxi radical 46, +0, 3 strokes, cangjie input (U), four-corner 22770, composition )

  1. Kangxi radical #46, .

Derived characters

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 307, character 1
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 7869
  • Dae Jaweon: page 604, character 23
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 759, character 11
  • Unihan data for U+5C71
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Chinese

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Glyph origin

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Pictogram (象形) – three mountain peaks. In the Oracle Bone Script, they were represented by triangles rather than vertical strokes. Compare (qiū), particularly earlier forms.

Unrelated to and the top component of and . Also unrelated to .

Etymology

Unclear – cognates not known outside Sino-Bai. Cognate with Central Bai svrt (mountain) < Proto-Bai *sro⁴.

Baxter and Sagart (2014) propose that it is derived from a root *ŋ(ˤ)rar (slope, nearly vertical side) that also derives (OC *ŋ(r)ar(ʔ), “hill”), (OC *ŋˤrar, “river bank”), (OC *C.ŋˤrar, “forehead”).

Starostin compares it with Kayan sʰôn (mountain).

Pronunciation

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Note:
  • sua/suann1 - vernacular;
  • sang1 - literary.

  • Dialectal data

Definitions

  1. (countable) mountain; hill (Classifier: m c;  mn)
       dēngshān   to climb a mountain
  2. hill-shaped object
       bīngshān   iceberg
  3. bundled straw in which silkworms spin cocoons
  4. gable
  5. (Cantonese, Liuzhou Mandarin, Pinghua) tomb; grave (Classifier: c)
  6. a surname, Shan

Synonyms

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See also

Compounds

Descendants

Sino-Xenic ():
  • Japanese: (さん) (san)
  • Korean: 산(山) (san)
  • Vietnamese: sơn ()

References

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Japanese

Kikai

Korean

Kunigami

Miyako

Northern Amami Ōshima

Okinawan

Okinoerabu

Old Japanese

Southern Amami Ōshima

Tokunoshima

Vietnamese

Yaeyama

Yonaguni

Yoron

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