崭

嶄
zhǎn
#3,029 most
frequent character
towering, prominent, very, extremely

Character breakdown

Source: Make Me a Hanzi.

崭 has 山, mountain, as the meaning part and 斩 zhǎn as the sound part. It first meant a tall mountain. That grew to precipitous. Read zhǎn, it means high or towering.

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Same Characters, Different Readings

崭chán
variant of 嶄|崭[chan2]
崭zhǎn
variant of 嶄|崭[zhan3]
崭chán
(literary) precipitous (variant of 巉[chan2])

Homophones

展zhǎn
to spread out, to open up, to exhibit

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