陕 (Shǎn): abbr. for Shaanxi 陝西|陕西 province

陕 (Shǎn) is a Chinese character meaning “abbr. for shaanxi 陝西|陕西 province.” Classified as HSK Level 7-9 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), with radical 阝 (mound). It ranks #5393 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).

Native pronunciation
HSK 7-9Radical: 阝 mound8 strokesFrequency #5393

Definitions

  1. abbr. for Shaanxi 陝西|陕西 province

Stroke Order

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Words & Compounds

Common Compounds

WordPinyinMeaning
陕西省shǎn xī shěngShaanxi Province, capital Xi'an 西安市[Xi1 an1 Shi4] (abbr. to 陝|陕[Shan3] or 秦[Qin2])
陕西shǎn xīsee 陝西省|陕西省[Shan3 xi1 Sheng3]
陕西科技大学shǎn xī kē jì dà xuéShaanxi University of Science and Technology
陕西师范大学shǎn xī shī fàn dà xuéShaanxi Normal University
陕西大地震shǎn xī dà dì zhènthe great Shaanxi earthquake of 2nd February 1556 that killed 830,000 people
陕飞集团shǎn fēi jí tuánShaanxi Aircraft Corporation (state-owned enterprise)
陕南shǎn nánShannan, southern Shaanxi province
陕北shǎn běiShanbei, 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
宁陕níng shǎnNingshan County in Ankang 安康[An1 kang1], Shaanxi
宁陕县níng shǎn xiànNingshan County in Ankang 安康[An1 kang1], Shaanxi
陕甘shǎn gānShaanxi and Gansu provinces
陕甘宁shǎn gān níngShaanxi, Gansu and Ningxia provinces
12
Total compounds
83
As first character
8
As last character
8
As middle character

陕 appears in 12 compound words: 83 as the first character, 8 as the last, and 8 in a middle position. Compound statistics computed from SUBTLEX-CH and HSK 3.0 vocabulary data.

Example Sentences

AI-Generated

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.

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军史文苑丨一九三六年陕北的春节

jūn shǐ wén 苑 丨 yī jiǔ sān liù nián Shǎn běi de chūn jié

Military History Corner | The Spring Festival in Northern Shaanxi in 1936

Character Family

Frequently Asked Questions

What does 陕 (Shǎn) mean in Chinese?
陕 (Shǎn) primarily means "abbr. for shaanxi 陝西|陕西 province." It is classified as HSK Level 7-9, making it an expert-level character. It ranks #5393 in character frequency.
How many strokes does 陕 have?
陕 is written with 8 strokes. The correct stroke order matters for recognition and handwriting speed — practice with the animated guide above to build proper technique.
What is the radical of 陕?
The radical associated with 陕 is 阝 (mound). This radical appears in many characters related to mound.
What are common words containing 陕?
Common words with 陕 include: 陕西省 (shǎn xī shěng, "Shaanxi Province, capital Xi'an 西安市[Xi1 an1 Shi4] (abbr. to 陝|陕[Shan3] or 秦[Qin2])"); 陕西 (shǎn xī, "see 陝西省|陕西省[Shan3 xi1 Sheng3]"); 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"). There are over 12 compound words containing this character.
Is 陕 the same in simplified and traditional Chinese?
No. The simplified form is 陕 and the traditional form is 陝.

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Character data sourced from Unihan (Unicode Consortium), SUBTLEX-CH frequency corpus (Cai & Brysbaert, 2010), and Make Me a Hanzi (stroke data). Collocation strength measured via NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information). Verified by the HanziFeed linguistics team.

HSK classification follows the HSK 3.0 Standard (Center for Language Education and Cooperation, CLEC, 2022 revision). Idiom data from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).

Data last verified: March 2026.