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岸

àn

shore, bank

Phonosemantic compound. The 山 (mountain) and 厂 (cliff) components hint at the landscape-related meaning. 干 represents the sound.

Components
山 meaning component

山  Meaning component

shān

  

mountain

厂 sound,meaning component

厂  Sound Meaning component

hǎn, chǎng

  

cliff, (roof)

干 sound component

干  Sound component

gān, gàn

  

interfere

Evolution

岸 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
岸 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

岸  

àn

bank, shore; beach, coast; bank; shore; beach; coast; CL:個|个[gè]

岸 (㟁) 

àn

variant of 岸[àn]

Most common words with 岸
Freq.
Word
Meaning

海岸

coastal

两岸

bilateral

岸

bank

岸边

shore

口岸

a port for external trade

Component uses

Sound component in 1 character (1 verified)

炭

Remnant component in 1 character (1 verified)

炭

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*[ŋ]ˤa[r]-s

nganH

àn

bank of a river


Statistics

HSK level 5

Appears in 14.1118% of movies

1619th most common character in movies

971st most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

8

Unicode

U+5CB8

Shuowen

“岸，水厓而高者。从屵，干聲。”


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