铲
chǎn · HSK 7
to shovel
⛏️ chǎn sounds like CHAN-nel — you shovel a channel in the dirt
The left radical 钅(metal) tells you it's a metal tool. The right side 产 (chǎn, produce) gives the sound. A shovel is a metal tool that produces ditches and channels.
铲 — metal radical 钅 + 产 chǎn (phonetic)
铲 is a semantic-phonetic compound. The metal radical 钅 (金) signals a metal tool, while 产 (chǎn) supplies the sound. It originally referred to a flat metal blade for scraping or shoveling, and now means 'shovel' or 'to shovel/level off'.