仰光 (Yǎng guāng) — Yangon (largest city and former capital of Myan…

Definition

noun

Yangon (largest city and former capital of Myanmar)

仰光。
Yǎng guāng Céng jīng shì miǎn diàn de shǒu dū.
Yangon was once the capital of Myanmar.
仰光。
Wǒ míng nián xiǎng qù Yǎng guāng lǚ yóu.
I want to travel to Yangon next year.
仰光。
Yǎng guāng Yǒu hěn duō gǔ lǎo de sì miào.
Yangon has many ancient temples.

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.

亻卬仰

Meaning part形符xíngfú

亻Written in full as人rénperson

Sound part声符shēngfú

卬

卬áng仰yǎng

Same sound today

In 仰, the left part 亻 represents a person, and the right part 卬 gives the sound.

Two or more meaningful parts placed together so that their meanings combine into a new one.

The shape 光 places 火 (fire) above 卩 (a kneeling person), showing fire over the head and the shining of light.

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