个旧 (Gè jiù) — Gejiu (a city in Yunnan Province, China) | TongTong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

noun

Gejiu (a city in Yunnan Province, China)

Examples

个旧，。
Wǒ cóng Gè jiù lái, nà lǐ yǐ xī kuàng wén míng.
I come from Gejiu, which is famous for its tin mines.
个旧。
Míng nián wǒ men dǎ suàn qù Gè jiù lǚ yóu.
Next year we plan to travel to Gejiu.
个旧。
Gè jiù Shì yún nán shěng de yí gè zhòng yào gōng yè chéng shì.
Gejiu is an important industrial city in Yunnan Province.

Origin

Characters in this word

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 個; 个 is its simplified writing.

亻固個

Meaning part形符xíngfú

亻Written in full as人rénperson

Sound part声符shēngfú

固

The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

For 个, the form 個 pairs 亻 (person) with 固 as a sound part.

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 舊; 旧 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú

雈雈huánowl

Sound part声符shēngfú

臼

臼jiù舊jiù

Same sound today

The traditional form of 旧 is 舊, which shows 雈, an owl, above 臼, which gives the sound.

Appears in

China — Places

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