陕

陝
Shan3
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abbr. for Shaanxi 陝西|陕西 province

Character breakdown

Source: Make Me a Hanzi.

陕 shǎn uses ⻖ hills as its meaning part and 夹 shǎn as its sound part. It first meant 'ancient place name'. From there it became a short way to write Shaanxi (陕西). The sounds match exactly.

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闪Shan3
surname Shan

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