山
san
The lump of earth you climb, descend, and dig into
The picture Flat ground swelling up into one mass you have to climb up and back down. 山 is ground that rises and has to be climbed; 地 is ground that simply lies underfoot.
Where the picture shows up in 山
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climbing what rises
주말에 등산 가요.
ju-ma-re deung-san ga-yo
We're going hiking this weekend.
Someone with a pack stepping up a sloping dirt path one foot at a time
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coming back down
어두워지기 전에 하산하세요.
eo-du-wo-ji-gi jeo-ne ha-san-ha-se-yo
Come down off the mountain before dark.
Picking a careful way back down the slope before the sun drops behind the peak
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the mountain that throws fire
저 섬에는 화산이 있어요.
jeo seo-me-neun hwa-sa-ni i-sseo-yo
There's a volcano on that island.
A peak open at the top with white smoke rising straight into the sky
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the track cut along it
산길은 비 오면 미끄러워요.
san-gi-reun bi o-myeon mi-kkeu-reo-wo-yo
The mountain path gets slippery when it rains.
A narrow dirt track with wet stones and tree roots showing, running along the slope
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the tunnel dug into it
할아버지는 광산에서 일하셨어요.
ha-ra-beo-ji-neun gwang-sa-ne-seo il-ha-syeo-sseo-yo
My grandfather worked in a mine.
A cart rolling into a black tunnel bored into the side of a mountain
All of it in one picture
山 is one mass of raised ground. Walk up it and that is hiking; walk back down and that is descending. When the mass throws fire out of itself, it is a volcano; the narrow track cut along it is a mountain path. Dig into the mass for ore and it becomes a mine.