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铲
鏟
chǎn
1. to shovel
2. to remove
3. spade
4. shovel
Common • Top 8%

Character Breakdown (Single character)

铲
chǎn
spade, shovel; trowel, scoop
11 丶

Compound Words (14)

电铲
diànchǎn
power shovel
铲除
chǎnchú
to root out
反铲
fǎnchǎn
backhoe
铲子
chǎnzi
shovel
铲平
chǎnpíng
to flatten
铲蹚
chǎntāng
to hoe
铲车
chǎnchē
front loader (vehicle)
刮铲
guāchǎn
scraper
泥铲
níchǎn
trowel
小铲子
xiǎochǎnzi
trowel
铲运车
chǎnyùnchē
front loader (vehicle)
铲土机
chǎntǔjī
earth-moving machine
铲雪车
chǎnxuěchē
snowplow
铲运机
chǎnyùnjī
earth-moving machine

Alternate Entries

铲
chǎn
to level off / to root up

Metadata

Category
Chinese
Character Frequency Rank
3,056
Word Frequency Rank
6,491 of 84,292

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