陕

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short name for Shaanxi 陝西|陕西[Shan3 xi1]

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Ideographic compound (会意字)

A place 阝 wedged in a valley 夹

Components 阝夹

Shaanxi Province · Heisig RSH #2346

pinnacle + 夹 press from both sides

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

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Word	Pinyin	Meaning
陕西科技大学	Shǎn xī Kē jì Dà xué	Shaanxi University of Science and Technology
陕西师范大学	Shǎn xī Shī fàn Dà xué	Shaanxi Normal University
陕西大地震	Shǎn xī dà dì zhèn	the great Shaanxi earthquake of 2nd February 1556 that killed 830,000 people
陕飞集团	Shǎn Fēi Jí tuán	Shaanxi Aircraft Corporation (state-owned enterprise)
陕州区	Shǎn zhōu Qū	Shanzhou, a district of Sanmenxia City 三門峽市\|三门峡市[San1 men2 xia2 Shi4], Henan
宁陕县	Níng shǎn Xiàn	Ningshan, a county in Ankang City 安康市[An1 kang1 Shi4], Shaanxi
陕西省	Shǎn xī Shěng	Shaanxi Province, capital Xi'an 西安市[Xi1 an1 Shi4] (short name 陝\|陕[Shan3] or 秦[Qin2])
陕甘宁	Shǎn Gān Níng	Shaanxi, Gansu and Ningxia provinces
陕西	Shǎn xī	see 陝西省\|陕西省[Shan3 xi1 Sheng3]
陕南	Shǎn nán	Shannan, southern Shaanxi province
陕州	Shǎn zhōu	see 陝州區\|陕州区[Shan3 zhou1 Qu1]
陕北	Shǎn běi	Shanbei, northern Shaanxi province, including Yulin 榆林 and Yan'an 延安, a Holy Land of Mao's…
宁陕	Níng shǎn	see 寧陝縣\|宁陕县[Ning2 shan3 Xian4]
陕甘	Shǎn Gān	Shaanxi and Gansu provinces