珊 (saan1 | shan1) : coral

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珊

saan1

shan1

coral

Default PoS:

Stroke count: 9

Level: 4

Radical: 玉 (#96)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

珊

This word has been viewed 7280 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 8th Jul 2009 20:45

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珊瑚 saan1 wu4 shan1 hu2 = coral

活珊瑚 wut6 saan1 wu4 = live coral

真珊瑚 zan1 saan1 wu4 = true coral

珊瑚礁 saan1 wu4 ziu1 shan1 hu2 jiao1 = coral reef

珊瑚島 saan1 wu4 dou2 shan1 hu2 dao3 = coral island

闌珊 laan4 saan1 lan2 shan1 = coming to an end; waning

角珊瑚 gok3 saan1 wu4 jiao3 shan1 hu2 = Antipatharia species (black corals)

徐子珊 ceoi4 zi2 saan1 xu2 zi3 shan1 = Kate Tsui Ji-San

陳珊妮 can4 saan1 nei4 chen2 shan1 ni1 = Sandee Chan

陳慧珊 can4 wai6 saan1 chen2 hui4 shan1 = Flora Chan
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Decimal representation of this word: 珊
Unicode code for this character: U+73ca (off-site link)

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