Memory phrase for the character: 杉

杉

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Meaning

fir, pine, cedar

Pronunciation

shā, shān

Explanation

 Left: tree 木, right: hair 彡

Mnemonic
 
(There is a preparation made from cedar oil to combat hair loss.) The tree for the three hairs is the cedar/pine tree.

Radicals

木 tree
彡 hair or bristle




 Vocabulary

云杉 yún shān  spruce
水杉 shuǐ shān  metasequoia
洛杉矶 Luò shān jī  Los Angeles, California
杉山彬 Shān Shān bīn  Tsugiyama Akira, secretary at the Japanese legation killed during the Boxer uprising
杉山彬 Shān Shān bīn  

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