仁川 (Rén chuān) — Inchon (a city in South Korea)

Definition

noun
Inchon (a city in South Korea)

Examples

  • 仁川
    Rén chuān Shì hán guó xī bù de yí gè gǎng kǒu chéng shì.
    Incheon is a port city in western South Korea.
  • 仁川
    Wǒ tóng shì xià zhōu yào qù Rén chuān chū chāi.
    My colleague is going to Incheon on a business trip next week.
  • 仁川
    Rén chuān Guó jì jī chǎng shì yà zhōu zuì fán máng de jī chǎng zhī yī.
    Incheon International Airport is one of the busiest airports in Asia.

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.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
Sound part声符shēngfú
rénrén
Same sound today

仁 is built from 人 and 二; 人 gives the sound, and 二 gives the meaning.

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A drawing of the thing itself, worn down over three thousand years into a few strokes.

川 is drawn to look like flowing water.

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