山

sha̅n = sh + an1

mountain / hill / anything that resembles a mountain / CL:座[zuo4] / bundled straw in which silkworms spin cocoons / gable

山 = 丨 + 凵 : Mnemonic symbol: 山 looks like the tip of a fork. Sherlock Holmes (sh) is climbing a mountain (山) in front of the anthill (an1). He uses a dinosaur bone (〡) as walking stick, and to have better grip he attached a fork (山) to its tip. Unfortunately he accidentally sticks the fork into a receptacle (凵) on the ground of the mountain and gets shocked.

山 character breakdown

山
- 丨
- 凵

丨

gǔn = gu + (e)n3

radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 2)

Mnemonic symbol: a dinosaur bone. Gitta Giraffe (gu-) found a gorgeous dinosaur bone (丨) in the encampment's living room ((e)n3).

丨

shù = shu + Ø4

vertical stroke (in Chinese characters), referred to as 豎筆|竖笔[shu4 bi3]

Mnemonic symbol: a dinosaur bone. Sheldon Shrimp (shu) found a gorgeous dinosaur bone (丨) in the space station's bathroom (Ø4) and is cracking it open to eat its bone marrow.

凵

kǎn = k + an3

receptacle

Mnemonic symbol: receptacle as in wall plug.

Karl Marx (k) wants to recharge his phone in the anthill's living room (an3), but he can't find a receptacle (凵).

Characters with 山 as component

岳

yuè = yu + e4

wife's parents and paternal uncles

岳 = 丘 + 山 : Yu the Great (yu) buried his wife's parents and paternal uncles (岳) in the elevator's bathroom (e4). For each of them he set up a small mound (丘), and his wife's parents got the highest peak of the mountain ridge (岳). It was very hard for him to pile up the mounds because he used a fork (山) to do so.

岳

yuè = yu + e4

surname Yue

岳

嶽

yuè = yu + e4

high mountain / highest peak of a mountain ridge

崩

be̅ng = b + (e)ng1

to collapse / to fall into ruins / death of king or emperor / demise

崩 = 山 + 朋 : Beelzebub (b) is wearing a huge pair of slippers (朋) in front of the engine ((e)ng1). Suddenly someone sticks a fork (山) in them, and they explode. Beelzebub is so scared that he immediately collapses and demises (崩).

岔

chà = ch + a4

fork in road / bifurcation / branch in road, river, mountain range etc / to branch off / to turn off / to diverge / to stray (from the path) / to change the subject / to interrupt / to stagger (times)

岔 = 分 + 山 : Charlie Chaplin (ch) is conducting a scientific investigation in the ashram's bathroom (a4) in which he sticks a fork (山) into a toilet at different positions and angles and measures with a stopwatch (分) how long it takes a bifurcation (岔) to appear once he flushes the toilet.

峙

zhì = zh + Ø4

peak / to store

峙 = 山 + 寺 : James II of England (zh) is at a stalemate (峙) with the monks living in a new Buddhist shrine (寺) in the space station's bathroom (Ø4): they've been fighting with forks (山) about who is in charge, but the peaks (峙) of their forks got tangled during their fight.

灿

燦

càn = c + an4

glorious / bright / brilliant / lustrous / resplendent

灿 = 山 + 火 : The King of Chu (c) is forging his fork (山) using a fire (火) in the anthill's bathroom (an4). The metal is sparkling (灿) in many different colors and the King of Chu enjoys the glorious (灿) appearance.

巅

巔

dia̅n = di + an1

summit

巅 = 山 + 颠 : Dorothy Gale (di) climbed to the summit (巅) of the anthill (an1) without any equipment except for a fork (山) and a paper hat (颠).

炭

tàn = t + an4

wood charcoal / coal

炭 = 山 + 灰 : Tecumseh (t) had a fire running in the anthill's bathroom (an4), but now it has already died down. With a fork (山) he is searching in the ash (灰) for the pieces and bits of charcoal (炭) that have formed during the fire.

峡

峽

xiá = xi + a2

gorge

峡 = 夹 + 山 : Marie Curie (xi) is gorging (峡) on sandwiches (夹) in the ashram's kitchen (a2). She opens her mouth as wide as a gorge (峡) and puts the sandwiches in her mouth using a big fork (山).

崭

嶄

chán = ch + an2

precipitous

崭

嶃

chán = ch + an2

variant of 嶄|崭[chan2]

崭

嶃

zhǎn = zh + an3

variant of 嶄|崭[zhan3]

崭

嶄

zhǎn = zh + an3

towering / prominent / very / extremely / (dialect) marvelous / excellent

崭 = 山 + 斩 : James II of England (zh) is mowing the lawn of a very (崭) high (崭) hill (山) in the anthill's living room (an3), but at the very (崭) moment he reaches the top of the hill he pushes the lawn mower (斩) over a fork (山) and ruins it.

岗

崗

gǎng = g + ang3

(bound form) hillock; mound / sentry post; policeman's beat / (bound form) job; post

岗

崗

ga̅ng = g + ang1

variant of 岡|冈 [gang1]

Words with 山

中

zho̅ng

山

sha̅n

市

shì

Zhongshan prefecture-level city in Guangdong Province 廣東省|广东省[Guang3 dong1 Sheng3] in south China, close to Dr Sun Yat-sen's birthplace

山

sha̅n

西

xi̅

省

shěng

Shanxi Province (Shansi) in north China between Hebei and Shaanxi, abbr. 晉|晋[Jin4] capital Taiyuan 太原[Tai4 yuan2]

不

bù

识

識

shí

泰

tài

山

sha̅n

can't recognize Mt Taishan (idiom); fig. not to recognize a famous person

不

bù

显

顯

xiǎn

山

sha̅n

不

bù

露

lù

水

shuǐ

lit. to not show the mountain and to not reveal the water (idiom); fig. to hide the key facts

中

zho̅ng

山

sha̅n

公

go̅ng

园

園

yuán

Zhongshan Park, the name of numerous parks in China, honoring Sun Yat-sen 孫中山|孙中山[Sun1 Zhong1 shan1]

不

bù

周

zho̅u

山

sha̅n

Buzhou Mountain, a mountain from Chinese legend

中

zho̅ng

山

sha̅n

区

區

qu̅

Zhongshan or Chungshan District of Taipei City 臺北市|台北市[Tai2 bei3 Shi4], Taiwan / Zhongshan District of Dalian 大連市|大连市[Da4 lian2 shi4], Liaoning / Chungshan District of Keelung City 基隆市[Ji1 long2 shi4], Taiwan

中

zho̅ng

山

sha̅n

大

dà

学

學

xué

Sun Yat-sen University (Guangzhou) / Sun Yat-sen University (Kaohsiung) / Sun Yat-sen University (Moscow), founded in 1925 as training ground for Chinese communists

中

zho̅ng

山

sha̅n

成

chéng

彬

bi̅n

NAKAYAMA Nariaki (1943-), right-wing Japanese cabinet minister and prominent denier of Japanese war crimes

不

bù

识