Radical
Strokes
9
Residual strokes
5
Mandarin
shān
Teochew

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Radical
Residual strokes
5 strokes
Strokes
9 strokes
Mandarin
shān

Definitions by reading

sang1
Mandarin equivalent shān
Regional readings
19th-century Fucheng sand1 Chaoyang sang1 Chenghai sang1 Jieyang sang1 Raoping sang1 Shantou sang1
①shān
②〔~瑚〕由一种叫珊瑚虫的腔肠动物的外骨骼聚集而成。用“珊瑚”喻珍奇之物或人才,如“铁网~~”(喻搜罗珍奇之物或人才)。
③〔~~〕a.形容衣裙玉佩的声音;b.摇曳多姿的样子 。
④由珊瑚虫所分泌的形状像树枝的石灰质
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English meaning

coral

GuangyunPhonological reconstruction

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心母 一等 開口 寒韵 平声 蘇干切
Reconstruction:
Original

珊瑚。廣雅曰:「珊瑚,珠也。」說文曰:「珊瑚,生海中而色赤也。」