Memory phrase (Mnemonic) for: 杉


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Meaning

fir, pine, cedar

Pronunciation

shā, shān

Explanation

Left: tree , right: hair

Mnemonic

A tree with hair is the cedar or fir.

Radicals

tree
hair or bristle
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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

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