陕 (shǎn): Shaanxi (province in northwest China), abbr. for Shaanxi 陝西|陕西 province
陕 (shǎn) is a Chinese character meaning “shaanxi (province in northwest china).” Outside the HSK 3.0 syllabus (CLEC 2022), it is composed of 阝 (structural) and 夹 (structural). It ranks #5393 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically derived, 陕 a place 阝 wedged in a valley 夹. Its radical form 阝 (mound) appears in many related characters such as 那 (nà, (specifier) that), 都 (dōu, all), 院 (yuàn, courtyard).
Definitions
- Shaanxi (province in northwest China)
- abbr. for Shaanxi 陝西|陕西 province
Etymology & Origin
ideographicA place 阝 wedged in a valley 夹
Decomposition: ⿰阝夹 (layout: left-right)
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 陕西省 | shǎn xī shěng | Shaanxi Province, capital Xi'an 西安市 (short name 陝|陕 or 秦) |
| 陕西科技大学 | shǎn xī kē jì dà xué | Shaanxi University of Science and Technology |
| 陕西师范大学 | shǎn xī shī fàn dà xué | Shaanxi Normal University |
| 陕西大地震 | shǎn xī dà dì zhèn | the great Shaanxi earthquake of 2nd February 1556 that killed 830,000 people |
| 陕飞集团 | shǎn fēi jí tuán | Shaanxi Aircraft Corporation (state-owned enterprise) |
| 陕州区 | shǎn zhōu qū | Shanzhou, a district of Sanmenxia City 三門峽市|三门峡市, Henan |
| 陕西proper-noun | shǎn xī | see 陝西省|陕西省 |
| 宁陕县 | níng shǎn xiàn | Ningshan, a county in Ankang City 安康市, Shaanxi |
| 陕南 | shǎn nán | Shannan, southern Shaanxi province |
| 陕北proper-noun | shǎn běi | Shanbei, northern Shaanxi province, including Yulin 榆林 and Yan'an 延安, a Holy Land of Mao's revolution 革命聖地|革命圣地 |
| 陕甘宁proper-noun | shǎn gān níng | Shaanxi, Gansu and Ningxia provinces |
| 陕州 | shǎn zhōu | see 陝州區|陕州区 |
| 宁陕 | níng shǎn | see 寧陝縣|宁陕县 |
| 陕甘proper-noun | shǎn gān | Shaanxi and Gansu provinces |
陕 appears in 14 compound words: 86 as the first character, 7 as the last, and 7 in a middle position. Compound statistics computed from SUBTLEX-CH and HSK 3.0 vocabulary data.
Strongest Collocations
Characters that most frequently co-occur with 陕 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Example Sentences
陕字在日常生活中使用频率较低。
Shǎn zì zài rì cháng shēng huó zhōng shǐ yòng pín lǜ jiào dī .
The character "Shaan" is not used very often in everyday life.
唐墓壁画是陕历博最具代表性的馆藏，但质地脆弱、保存环境要求极高，真品很难外出巡展。
táng mù bì huà shì Shǎn lì bó zuì jù dài biǎo xìng de guǎn zàng , dàn zhì dì cuì ruò , bǎo cún huán jìng yāo qiú jí gāo , zhēn pǐn hěn nán wài chū xún zhǎn .
The mural paintings from the Tang Dynasty tombs are the most representative part of the Shaanxi History Museum’s collection, but due to their fragile nature and the extremely stringent environmental requirements for their preservation, it is very difficult to take the originals on tour.
沪陕两地艺术家的交往互动，为此后双方共同推动中国画现代变革埋下伏笔。
hù Shǎn liǎng dì yì shù jiā de jiāo wǎng hù dòng , wéi cǐ hòu shuāng fāng gòng tóng tuī dòng zhōng guó huà xiàn dài biàn gé mái xià fú bǐ .
The exchanges and interactions between artists from Shanghai and Shaanxi laid the groundwork for their subsequent joint efforts to drive the modernization of Chinese painting.
其中，川陕苏区纪念馆全年开展教育活动6500场次，位居 全省前列。
qí zhōng , chuān Shǎn sū qū jì niàn guǎn quán nián kāi zhǎn jiào yù huó dòng 6 5 0 0 chǎng cì , wèi jū quán shěng qián liè .
Among them, the Sichuan-Shaanxi Soviet Area Memorial Hall held 6,500 educational events throughout the year, ranking among the top in the province.
斯诺克世锦赛冠军吴宜泽载誉抵陕 与古都球迷共赴“斯诺克之约”
sī nuò kè shì jǐn sài guàn jūn wú yí zé zài yù dǐ Shǎn yǔ gǔ dōu qiú mí gòng fù sī nuò kè zhī yuē
Snooker World Champion Wu Yize Arrives in Shaanxi Amid Acclaim to Keep His “Snooker Date” with Fans in the Ancient Capital
Character Family
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