崭 (zhǎn): towering, prominent, very, extremely, (dialect) marvelous, excellent

崭 (zhǎn) is a Chinese character meaning “towering.” Classified as HSK Level 6 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 山 (semantic) and 斩 (phonetic). It ranks #2764 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).

Etymologically derived, 崭 mountain. Its radical form 山 (mountain) appears in many related characters such as 山 (shān, mountain), 岁 (suì, years old), 岸 (àn, bank).

Native pronunciation
HSK 6Radical: 山 mountain11 strokesFrequency #2764山 semantic斩 phonetic

Definitions

  1. towering
  2. prominent
  3. very
  4. extremely
  5. (dialect) marvelous
  6. excellent

Etymology & Origin

崭

pictophoneticmountain

Decomposition: ⿱山斩 (layout: top-bottom)

Components:山semantic斩phonetic

Stroke Order

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Words & Compounds

HSK Vocabulary with 崭

WordPinyinMeaningHSK
崭新adjectivezhǎn xīnbrand new6

Common Compounds

WordPinyinMeaning
崭露头角zhǎn lù tóu jiǎoto reveal outstanding talent (idiom)
崭然zhǎn ránoutstanding
崭亮zhǎn liàngshining
崭齐zhǎn qíorderly
崭劲zhǎn jìnvery hard-working
崭晴zhǎn qíngclear weather
7
Total compounds
100
As first character
0
As last character
0
As middle character

崭 appears in 7 compound words: 100 as the first character, 0 as the last, and 0 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 崭 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.

露lù
0.5943,864 co-occurrences
头tóu
0.5803,804 co-occurrences
角jiǎo
0.5033,870 co-occurrences
坛tán
0.476312 co-occurrences
新xīn
0.4192,970 co-occurrences
渐jiān
0.389168 co-occurrences
开kāi
0.318468 co-occurrences
逐zhú
0.314144 co-occurrences
始shǐ
0.309408 co-occurrences
刚gāng
0.30842 co-occurrences

Idioms & Chengyu (1)

崭露头角zhǎnlùtóujiǎoHSK 6+

to come to the fore; to stand out as conspicuously brilliant

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Example Sentences

AI-Generated

我在字典里查到了崭字的详细解释。

wǒ zài zì diǎn lǐ chá dào le chán zì de xiáng xì xiè shì .

I looked up the detailed explanation of the character "崭" in the dictionary.

Tatoeba

您新买的是辆崭新的车吗？

Nín xīn mǎi de shì liàng zhǎnxīn de chē ma?

Have you bought a brand-new car?

Character Family

山 Radical Family — Characters sharing the mountain radical

崩bēng崇chóng峰fēng岗gǎng崛jué峻jùn岭lǐng崎qí嵌kǎn峭qiào

Related Characters

山shān岁suì岸àn岗gǎng岛dǎo峰fēng崇chóng屹yì屿yǔ岂qǐ

Frequently Asked Questions

What does 崭 (zhǎn) mean in Chinese?
崭 (zhǎn) primarily means "towering." It is classified as HSK Level 6, making it an advanced character. It ranks #2764 in character frequency.
What's the difference between 崭 and 暂?
崭 (zhǎn) and 暂 (zàn) are often confused. confusable. The key distinguishing feature: 山 vs 日 (same 斩 component).
How many strokes does 崭 have?
崭 is written with 11 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 崭?
The radical associated with 崭 is 山 (mountain). This radical appears in many characters related to mountain.
What are the components of 崭?
崭 is composed of: 山 (semantic), 斩 (phonetic). Its IDS decomposition is ⿱山斩 with a top-bottom layout. Understanding the components helps with both memorization and recognizing related characters.
What are common words containing 崭?
Common words with 崭 include: 崭新 (zhǎn xīn, "brand new"); 崭露头角 (zhǎn lù tóu jiǎo, "to reveal outstanding talent (idiom)"); 崭然 (zhǎn rán, "outstanding"); 崭亮 (zhǎn liàng, "shining"); 崭齐 (zhǎn qí, "orderly"). There are over 7 compound words containing this character.
Is 崭 the same in simplified and traditional Chinese?
Yes, 崭 is written the same way in both simplified and traditional Chinese.

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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.