陝
Shǎn

mountain pass

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Seal form
Seal Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhanghljemʔ

說文解字

弘農陝也。古虢國，王季之子所封也。从𨸏夾聲。

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

陕 shǎn mountain pass Simplified

A place 阝 wedged in a valley 夹

Components

阝
阝 Meaning component
fù hill, place
夹
夹 Meaning component
jiā, jiá be wedged or inserted between, pressed from two sides

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode