shān
mow
Depicts using a tool (殳) to cut out or mow grass (艹).
Components
Evolution

Oracle script
(~1250-1000 BC)
Seal script
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Clerical script
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)Regular script
ModernDefinitions
Historical pronunciation
Old Chinese | Middle Chinese | Pinyin | Gloss |
*[s]ˤr[a]m | sraem | shān | mow (v.) |
Statistics
Not found in HSK word list
5445th most common character in books
Miscellaneous
Strokes | 7 |
Unicode | U+829F |
Shuowen | “芟,刈艸也。从艸,从殳。” |
Sources
李学勤《字源》p.51
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