Chinese Character Wiki
芟

shān

mow

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

Components
艹 iconic component

艹  Iconic component

cao, cǎo

  

grass

艹 is a component form of 艸.

殳 iconic component

殳  Iconic component

shū

  

weapon or tool

Evolution

芟 Oracle script (~1250-1000 BC)

Oracle script

(~1250-1000 BC)
芟 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

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

Clerical script

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

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

芟  

shān

mow, cut; weed out; scythe; to cut down; to mow; to eliminate

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。”


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