shān

rush or straw matting

Components
艹 meaning component

  Meaning component

caocǎo

  

grass

grass

占 sound component

  Sound component

zhànzhān

  

divine

Evolution

苫 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
苫 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
苫 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

 

shān

rush or straw matting; straw mat; thatch