Chinese name syllable
Syllable San
- 山mountain; hill
- 珊coral
- 三three
- Letters
- 3
- Syllables
- 1●
- First letter
- S
- Romanization
- Cantonese, Hokkien
- Character options
- 3
- Category
- Chinese syllable
- Chinese characters山珊三
records of Malaysian citizens on Wikidata have the syllable San in their name
A count of Wikidata records, not of the population.San is a Chinese name syllable whose meaning depends on the character, such as 山 'mountain', 珊 'coral' or 三 'three'.
Possible characters for San
This spelling is common in Cantonese, Hokkien, Hakka and Mandarin (pinyin) romanization.
- 山
mountain; hill
Cantonese saan1 / Hokkien san / Hakka sân / Mandarin shān
attested
- 珊
coral
Cantonese saan1 / Hokkien san / Hakka sân / Mandarin shān
attested
- 三
three
Mandarin sān
attested
One spelling can stand for several characters. The meaning of a name depends on the characters the family chose; characters marked “attested” are found in records of real names.
About the name San
San spells the Cantonese reading saan, the Hokkien reading san and the Hakka reading sân, shared by 山 (mountain) and 珊 (coral). The character 三 (three) is also recorded for Malaysians with this spelling; for it, San matches the Mandarin reading sān, since Cantonese, Hokkien and Hakka read it sam. The meaning depends on the characters the family chose.
| Romanization | Cantonese, Hokkien, Hakka, Mandarin (pinyin) |
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Character pages
Each page shows the character’s recorded meanings, dialect readings and every Malaysian spelling.
Chinese names with the syllable San
Sources
- Wiktionary: 山 · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
- MDBG: 山 · mdbg.net · meaning
- Wiktionary: 珊 · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
- MDBG: 珊 · mdbg.net · meaning
- Wiktionary: 三 · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
- MDBG: 三 · mdbg.net · meaning
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