潬 (shàn) - Sandbar — a sandbank or shoal in a & also refers to a sandy shore or beach.

潬Tone 4

shàn ｜ 15 strokes ｜ radical:

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潬 · shàn

Sandbar — a sandbank or shoal in a river;

also refers to a sandy shore or beach.

Sandbar — a sandbank or shoal in aalso refers to a sandy shore or beach.

Usage highlights

sandbarriver sandbarsandy shoresandbankchanging sandbarexposed sandbar

Synonyms

Usage & contexts

Examples

  • The boat ran aground on a sandbar (潬).
  • We walked along the sandy shore (河潬).
  • The river's sandbar changes with the seasons (沙潬).

Collocations

  • sandbar(沙潬)
  • river sandbar(河潬)
  • sandy shore(水潬)
  • sandbank(洲潬)
  • changing sandbar(流潬)
  • exposed sandbar(露潬)

Idioms

  • Like a sandbar in the river(如河之潬)
  • The changing sandbar of time(时流之潬)

Cultural background

FAQ
  • Appears in classical Chinese texts describing river geography and landscapes.
  • Used in poetic contexts to describe transient natural features that change with water flow.

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