山
부수: 山
획수: 3획
山 has the meanings ‘mountain’, and ‘hill’.
山 = 山
X = semantic
• 山 simply depicts a mountain and means ‘mountain’.
Evolution:
山 = ’mountain’ ➔ ’hill’
Mnemonic
Look at the historical forms and see how the three vertical strokes in 山 depict three mountain peaks.
Vocab
| 登山 | 등산 | hiking; mountain climbing |
| 山脈 | 산맥 | mountain range |
| 山林 | 산림 | forest |
| 山野 | 산야 | fields and mountains |
| 山峽 | 산협 | ravine; gorge |
| 氷山 | 빙산 | iceberg |
| 火山 | 화산 | volcano |
| 山系 | 산계 | mountain system |
| 山賊 | 산적 | bandit |
| 下山 | 하산 | descending a mountain |
| 山中 | 산중 | deep in the mountain |
| 先山 | 선산 | family burial grounds |
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Bibliography
— Grant, B.K. (1982). A Guide To Korean Characters: Reading and Writing Hangul and Hanja, [s.v. 38]. Seoul: Hollym.
— Henshall, K.G. (1998). A Guide to Remembering Japanese Characters, [s.v. 24]. Singapore: Tuttle Publishing.
— Outlier Dictionary of Chinese Characters, [s.v. 山].
— Seely, C., Henshall, K.G., & Fan, J. (2016). The Complete Guide to Japanese Kanji: Remembering and Understanding the 2,136 Standard Japanese Characters, [s.v. 26]. Singapore: Tuttle Publishing.