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Summary: Learn how to write "mountain" in Chinese characters with expert Chinese language tips in this free online Chinese characters video clip.
Esther-Xiaohua Liu is a graduate student and teaching assistant with a major in Chinese Literature and Languages at The University of Massachusetts, Amherst. She has taught Chinese at...read more
"ESTHER-XIAOHUA LIU: This word is shan. Shan, mountain. Shan. Shan means mountain. First stroke like this and then it's longer. Shan. You can tell that this word is really similar with the shape of a mountain. That's right. Because in ancient time, this word once written like this, which is like a picture of a mountain. And eventually, it changed, changed, changed to this shape. It's shan, shan."
eHow Article: How to Write "Mountain" in Chinese Characters