The Chinese Radical: 山


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Meaning
mountain    山

Explanation

Used in these characters:
出
JLPT HSK 1
to come out, to go beyond, to occur, to rise
chū
出 凵 山
Two mountains 山 behind each other (traditionally "sent behind the mountains" for exile)
Behind a mountain another comes out.  
岁
JLPT HSK 1
years of life, classifier for years (of age)
suì
山 夕
Top: mountain 山, bottom: evening 夕 (When the moon 月 is not yet fully there, it is only evening.)
Like a mountain pile up the evenings of the years of my life.  
山
JLPT HSK 3
mountain, hill
shān
山

Image of a mountain with tree peaks  
密
JLPT HSK 4
dense, crowded, intimate, close, secret
mì
宀 必 山
From top: roof 宀, certainly 必 (The heart 心 is pierced by a lance ノ - certainly!), montain 山
If there is under the roof certainly a mountains of ..., then it is be dense and thick.  
微
JLPT HSK 4
tiny, miniature, profound, micro-
wēi
彳 山 几 攴
Left: go 彳, center: mountain 山, table 几, right: to strike 攵/攴 (hand 又 with a stick 卜)
Go to the mountain to the one 一 table and smash it into tiny pieces.  
幽
JLPT HSK 4
secluded, hidden away, remote, to imprison
yōu
幺 山
Outside: mountain 山, inside: threads 幺/糸
When the mountain appears as if behind threads, it is secluded and hidden.  
岸
JLPT HSK 5
shore, beach, coast, haughty
àn
山 厂 干
Top: mountain 山, below: 厈 (a cliff 厂 and dry 干) [干 = laundry rack for drying.]
It is mountainous with dry cliffs, at: the shore.  
岛
JLPT HSK 5
island
dǎo
鳥 山
Top: variation of bird 鸟 (=鳥 a bird with head 日, tail フ, and claws 灬), bottom: mountain 山 (cf. islet 屿)
What (only) a bird can reach and what has a mountain. This is: an island.  
催
JLPT HSK 5
to urge, to press, to prompt, to rush sb
cuī
人 山 隹
Left: person 人, right: high mountain 崔 (=mountain 山 only for birds 隹)
People want to the high mountains, where only birds are: Thereto, they are urged.  
炭
JLPT HSK 5
coal, wood charcoal, carbon
tàn
山 灰
Top: mountain 山, bottom: ashes 灰 (If sth. covers "cliff"-厂-like the fire 火, it is the ashes.) (To make charcoal, wood is piled up mountain-like and covered and lit from the inside)
This mountain of the covered fire produces the charcoal.  
陆
JLPT HSK 5
mainland, continent, shore, land
liù, lù
阝 二 山
Left: hill 阝, right: hit, strike 击 (here: roads 二 and mountain 山)
There are hills, roads and mountains: It is the mainland.  
屿
JLPT HSK 5
islet
yǔ
山 与 鳥
Left: mountain 山, right: and/together 与 (Arabic five 5 and one 一 is "and"-connection), here: Variation of island 岛 (= mountain 山, which only a bird 鸟/鳥 can reach)
The mountain which only a simplified bird can reach, get is an islet. (In comparison to island 岛, the bird has only space at the side of the mountain.)  
仙
JLPT HSK 6
immortal, god, supernatural entity
xiān
人 山
Left: person 人, right: mountain 山
A person like a mountain, that is: the immortal god!  
岗
JLPT HSK 6
guard/post, position, job, mound
gǎng
山 冈 龹
Top: mountain 山, below: hill 冈/岡 (image of a hill)
The mountain and hill stand for the elevated position of a guard and generalized for a position or job.  
癌
JLPT HSK 6
cancer, carcinoma
ái, yán
疒 品 山
Left: disease 疒 (An ice-冫-cold building 广 makes sick.), inside: 嵒 (goods 品 [here: scattered metastases], mountain 山)
The disease where the metastases are mountain-like is: cancer.  
岳
JLPT HSK 6
high mountain, highest mountain peak, wife's parents
yuè
丘 山
Top: hill 丘 (An axe 斤 in the ground 一 as a burial object in the [burial] mound/hill), below: mountain 山
Hills on the mountains make a high mountain.  
峰
JLPT HSK 6
summit or peak (of mountain), highest level
fēng
山 夆 夂
Left: mountain 山, right: sharp, pointed 夆 (sitting cross-legged 夂 on the top of growing plant 丰)
The mountain is sharp/pointed at: the summit or peak.  
崇
JLPT HSK 6
sublime, lofty, high, to esteem, to worship
chóng
山 宗
Top: mountain 山, below: religion, teaching 宗 (The 'roof' 宀 over the altar 示 is the religion)
A mountains lofty like a religion is sublime.  
端
JLPT HSK 6
end, extremity, item, port, margin
duān
立 耑 山 而
Left: to stand 立, right: concentrated 耑 (like a mountain 山 of beards 而)
(e.g. a hunter) He stand on the mountain with a beard at the edge.  
摧
JLPT HSK 6
to destroy, break, devastate, repress
cuī
扌 山 隹
Left: hand 扌, right: high mountain 崔 (= mountain 山 only for birds 隹)
(To throw) by hand a "high mountain" on a bird brings destruction.  
崩
JLPT HSK 6
to collapse, to fall into ruins, death of emperor, demise
bēng
山 朋
Top: mountain 山, bottom: friends 朋 (The two bodies 月/肉 next to each other are friends.)
The mountain will, within two month's 朋 time: collapse.  
崖
JLPT HSK 6
precipice, cliff
yá
山 圭
Top: mountain 山, below: 厓 (cliff 厂, heap 圭 of soil 土)
From the mountain down to the cliff and the soil: a steep precipice.  
峻
JLPT HSK 6
(of mountains) high, harsh or severe
jùn
山 夋
Left: mountain 山, right: dawdle = go slowly 夋 (nose 厶, legs 儿, upturned foot 夂)
A mountain, that has a nose, legs and an 'upturned foot' must be high and harsh.  
灿
JLPT HSK 6
glorious, bright, brilliant, lustrous, resplendent
càn
火 山
Left: fire 火, right: mountain 山
A fire on the mountain shines gloriously.  
捣
JLPT HSK 6
to smash, crush, destroy, attack, stir
dǎo
扌 鳥 山
Left: hand 扌, right: island 岛 (What (only) a bird 鸟/鳥 can reach, with a mountain 山 is an island.)
If a hand hits on a bird in a mountain-like way, it will be smashed.  
碳
JLPT HSK 6
carbon (chem. element C)
tàn
石 山 灰
Left: stone 石, right: (char-)coal 炭 (This mountain 山 of the covered 厂 fire 火 produces the charcoal.)
The 'stone'-alike charcoal consists of: carbon.  
嵌
JLPT HSK 6
to inlay, to embed, nesting, tesselation
qiàn
山 甘 欠
Top: mountain 山 (here: mountain-like = an up-and-down profile/relief), bottom: sweet 甘 (mouth 廿 with sth. sweet 一 ), lack 欠 (A yawning person 人 is lacking sth)
Into an up-down profile or an empty open mouth you can (where it is lacking) put in: an inlay or tesselation.  
蹦
JLPT HSK 6
to jump, to bounce, to hop
bèng
足 山 朋
Left: foot, sufficient 足, right: collapse 崩 (The mountain 山 will within two month 月/朋 collapse.) [朋 = friends]
Feet make it collapse by: jumping.  
岂
JLPT HSK 6
how? (emphatic question)
qǐ
山 岂 己
Top: mountain 山, bottom: self 己 (Following the winding path I find myself.)
Onto the mountain? Myself? What? How?  
峡
JLPT HSK 6
gorge, ravine
xiá
山 夹 夫
Left: mountain 山, right: squeezed in 夹 (A husband 夫 between persons 丷 (=人) is squeezed.) [traditional: 峽]
The mountain is squeezing in: at the gorge.  
峭
JLPT HSK 6
high and steep, precipitous, severe or stern
qiào
山 肖
Left: mountain 山, right: alike/resemble 肖 (Small 小 bodies 月 are alike.)
Mountains are alike if they are high and steep.  
崭
JLPT HSK 6
precipitous peak, brand new
zhǎn
山 斩
Top: mountain 山, below: chopped 斩 (The vehicle 車 was chopped by an axe 斤)
The mountain appears chopped at a precipitous peak.  
岔
JLPT HSK 6
fork in road, diverge, to change the subject
chà
分 山
Top: to divide 分 (... with the sword 刀 in 8 八 pieces), below: mountain 山
The divisions in the mountains are forkings of the ways.  
岩
JLPT HSK 6
rock, cliff
yán
山 石
Top: mountain 山, bottom: stone 石
In size between a mountain and a stone: a rock.  
岚
JLPT no HSK
mist, name of a mountain
lán
山 風
Top: mountain 山, bottom: wind 风/風 (It blows an insect 㐅=虫against a sail 几: The wind)
(From the distance:) It looks like a mountain and moves with the wind: The mist.  
崎
JLPT no HSK
mountainous
qí
山 奇 可
Left: mountain 山, right: strange 奇 (If it is a too big 大 opportunity 可 (possibility), it might look strange.)
In the mountains is the big possibility, that it is mountainous.  
岭
JLPT no HSK
mountain range, mountain ridge
lǐng
山 令
Left: mountain 山, right: command, order 令 (A lid on the bent person卩, was ordered!)
Mountains, which are arranged as if on command, result in: a mountain range.  
徽
JLPT no HSK
badge, emblem, insignia, logo
huī
彳 山 糸 攴
Left: to go 彳, right: mountain 山, system, connection 系, strike 攵/攴 (a hand 又 with a stick 卜) (stick in a hand)
Who climbs a mountain in connection that he already needs a stick in his hand, gets a badge for it.  
峙
JLPT no HSK
peak, to stand erect, to pile up, to store, to stand up
zhì
山 寺
Left: mountain 山, right: temple 寺 (= made of earth 土 and built with skillful hands 寸)
(Because of the proximity to the gods:) The mountain has the temple on its peak.  
峨
JLPT no HSK
lofty, towering, majestic
é
山 我
Left: mountain 山, right: I, me 我 (In my hand 手 a halberd 戈 and I am myself)
A 'mountain' like I myself is: lofty/towering.  
崛
JLPT no HSK
towering as a peak
jué
山 屈
Left: mountain 山, right: bow, crouch 屈 (The buttock 尸 [= butt's crack] comes out 出 when crouching. = "plumber's crack or smile")
The mountain that comes out like a buttock, is: towering as a peak.  
秽
JLPT no HSK
dirt, filth
huì
禾 山 夕
Left: rice plant 禾, right: years of age 岁 (Like a mountain 山, such (many) evenings 夕 are my years of life.)
(Threshing rice produces a lot of chaff or husks.) The rice plants create (during threshing) a mountain and in the evening it is: dirty.  
崔
JLPT no HSK
high mountain, precipitous
cuī
山 隹
Top: mountain 山, bottom: bird 隹
The mountain that is only (accessible) for birds, is a high mountain.  
薇
JLPT no HSK
Osmunda regalis, a species of fern
wēi
艹 彳 山 几 攴
Top: grass 艹, bottom: tiny 微 (Go 彳 on the mountain 山 to the one 一 table 几 and smash 攵 it into tiny pieces.)
The plant that is tiny is this fern.  
巍
JLPT no HSK
lofty, towering
wēi
山 委 鬼
Top: mountain 山, bottom: Wei-Dynasty 魏 (entrust 委 [Rice plants 禾 can women 女 be entrusted], devil 鬼)
The mountains in the Wei-dynasty were lofty.  
嗤
JLPT no HSK
laugh at, jeer, scoff at, sneer at
chī
口 山 虫
Left: mouth 口, right: worm, ignorant 蚩 (below 一 the mountain 山, insect 虫)
The mouth (sees), that the mountain is like one insect and: laughs (about the ignorant worm)  
嵩
JLPT no HSK
high, lofty, Mt Song in Henan
sōng
山 高
Top: mountain 山, below: high 高 (guard tower)
A mountain, that is high is: lofty.  
岑
JLPT no HSK
steep, precipitous, a small hill
cén
山 今
Top: mountain 山, bottom: now 今 (Put the cover into the corner フ Now!)
(Step by step you get up:) The mountain now is small and steep.  
讪
JLPT no HSK
embarrassed, to mock, to ridicule, to slander
shàn
讠 山
Left: word 讠/言, right: mountain 山
Words in face of a mountain are embarrassed.  
崽
JLPT no HSK
child, young animal
zǎi
山 思
Top: mountain 山, bottom: to think 思 (... with your brain 田 and your heart 心)
He was (as big) as a mountain is still thought by the: boy.  
巅
JLPT no HSK
summit
diān
山 真 頁
Top: mountain 山, bottom: apex, inverted 颠 (It is truely 真 that the forehead 页 is the apex, where you return/inverte)
The mountain with an apex is: the summit.  
峦
JLPT no HSK
mountain range
luán
亦 山 赤
Top: also, namely 亦 (To see this variation 亦 as red 赤, you can also do.) Here: horizon 亠 with four 灬 mountains, bottom: mountain 山
At the horizon the four mountains form a mountain range.  
嵋
JLPT no HSK
(name of a mountain in Sichuan)
méi
山 眉
Left: mountain 山, right: eyebrow 眉 (The eye 目 is framed 尸 by an eyebrow.)
This mountain is like an eyebrow.  
屹
JLPT no HSK
high and steep, to tower
yì
山 乞
Left: mountain 山, right: to beg 乞 (There lies a disadvantaged [from the second 乙 = 二 class of society] and begs. [ = lying person 人]
The mountain begs that it wants to be: high and steep.  
汕
JLPT no HSK
reuse (trap for fish)
shàn
氵 山
Left: water 氵, right: mountain 山 (here: image of a fish trap 凵 with holding rope 丨)
It is in the water and looks like a fish trap.  
岐
JLPT no HSK
divergent, side road, steep
qí
山 支
Left: mountain 山, right: twig, support 支 (hand 又 that holds a twig 十)
In the mountains is a 'twig' like a branching = divergent side road.  
皑
JLPT no HSK
snow-white, blinding-white
ái
白 岂 山
Left: white 白 (The shine ノ of the sun 日 makes it white), right: How? 岂 (Up to the mountain 山? Myself 己? How??)
The 'white' of the mountains themselves is: snow-white.  

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