铲

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to scrape the ground with a spade (to make it level or to remove weeds); to shovel

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Formation & memory

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Phono-semantic compound (形声字)

钅 meaning “metal” + 产 sound ( chǎn )

Components 钅产

small shovel · Heisig RSH #2710

metal + 产 products

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

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

Word	Pinyin	Meaning
小铲子	xiǎo chǎn zi	trowel
铲运机	chǎn yùn jī	carry-scraper
铲土机	chǎn tǔ jī	bulldozer; wheel loader
铲运车	chǎn yùn chē	front loader (vehicle)
铲雪车	chǎn xuě chē	snowplow
铲子	chǎn zi	shovel; spade; trowel; spatula (kitchen utensil); CL:把[ba3]
电铲	diàn chǎn	power shovel
铲平	chǎn píng	to level the ground (with a hoe, shovel etc); to raze (a building, forest etc)
铲车	chǎn chē	front loader (vehicle); CL:臺\|台[tai2]
反铲	fǎn chǎn	backhoe
铲球	chǎn qiú	(soccer) to do a sliding tackle
铲屎官	chǎn shǐ guān	(neologism) (coll.) pet owner (lit. "official in charge of cleaning up poop")
铲除	chǎn chú	to root out; to eradicate; to sweep away; to abolish
泥铲	ní chǎn	trowel
锅铲	guō chǎn	wok spatula; cooking spatula
刮铲	guā chǎn	scraper
铲蹚	chǎn tāng	to hoe; to weed (between crop rows)

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

Character	Pinyin	Meaning
产 sound part	chǎn	to give birth, to bring forth, to produce
彦	yàn	elegant
浐	chǎn	a river in Shaanxi province