shān
coral
Phonosemantic compound. 王 represents the meaning and 册 represents the sound.
Evolution

Seal script
Shuowen (~100 AD)Regular script
ModernDefinitions
Most common words with 珊
Freq. | Word | Meaning |
---|---|---|
coral | ||
Susan (name) | ||
coral | ||
coral reef | ||
Cassandra (given name) |
Statistics
Not found in HSK word list
Appears in 3.3958% of movies
2221st most common character in movies
2555th most common character in books
Miscellaneous
Strokes | 9 |
Unicode | U+73CA |
Shuowen | “珊,珊瑚,色赤,生於海,或生於山。从玉,省聲。” |
Sources
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