shān

Radical: 木 pictophonetic

Components & Etymology

杉 decomposes into the following components:

Semantic component: ; phonetic component: .

Words containing 杉

Common multi-character words and phrases that include 杉.

云杉
yún shān
spruce
杉山
shān shān
杉本
shān běn
柳杉
liǔ shān
水杉
shuǐ shān
metasequoia
紫杉
zǐ shān
Japanese yew (taxus cuspidata)
铁杉
tiě shān
Tsuga chinensis
洛杉矶
luò shān jī
Los Angeles, California
紫杉醇
zǐ shān chún
西洋杉
xī yáng shān
cedar
白皮杉醇
bái pí shān chún
piceatannol C14H12O4
红豆杉醇
hóng dòu shān chún
Taxol (a.k.a. Paclitaxel), mitotic inhibitor used in cancer chemotherapy

Related characters (radical 木)

Characters that share the radical .

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