珊

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coral

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Formation & memory

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Phono-semantic compound (形声字)

王 meaning “jade” + 册 sound ( cè )

Components 王册

coral · Heisig RSH #2785

jewel + 册 Vol

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.

Word	Pinyin	Meaning
苏珊·波伊尔	Sū shān · Bō yī ěr	Susan Boyle (1961-), competitor in UK reality TV competition
卡珊德拉	Kǎ shān dé lā	Cassandra (given name); Cassandra (character in Greek mythology)
萨珊王朝	Sà shān Wáng cháo	Sassanid Empire of Persia (c. 2nd-7th century AD)
李丽珊	Lǐ Lì shān	Lee Lai-Shan (1970-), former windsurfing world champion from Hong Kong
苏珊	Sū shān	Susan (name)
夜阑珊	yè lán shān	late at night
关颖珊	Guān Yǐng shān	Michelle Kwan (1980-), former American figure skater, Olympic medalist
红珊瑚	hóng shān hú	red coral; precious coral (Corallium rubrum and several related species of marine coral)
草珊瑚	cǎo shān hú	Sarcandra glabra (botany)
珊卓	Shān zhuó	Sandra (name)
贵珊瑚	guì shān hú	precious coral; red coral (Corallium rubrum and several related species of marine coral)
阑珊	lán shān	coming to an end; waning
珊瑚礁	shān hú jiāo	coral reef
珊瑚	shān hú	coral

Characters sharing the sound component 册 — compare how they read.

Character	Pinyin	Meaning
册 sound part	cè	book, volume, register, list
跚	shān	to stagger, to limp
姗	shān	to slander, to ridicule; to go slowly; graceful