山

Shan1
#259 most
frequent character
surname Shan

Character breakdown

Source: Make Me a Hanzi.

山 is a drawing of a mountain. That gives its first and main meaning, 'mountain.' The sense later grew to 'hill.'

Drawn as: mountain shape

山 as a component in other characters

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