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Chinese character

铲

chǎn

spade, shovel

11 strokesRadical 钅No. 1972Simplified

Meaning

Definitions are in English.
  • spade, shovel
  • trowel, scoop
  • to scrape the ground with a spade (to make it level or to remove weeds); to shovel
  • variant of 剷|铲[chan3]
  • (bound form) spade; shovel

Simplified / Traditional

铲→鏟

Variant forms: 鏟 · 剷

Variant forms

Components

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Stroke order

铲

Draw each stroke in order. The outline shows the target shape.

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