南通 (Nán tōng) — Nantong (city in Jiangsu, China)

Definition

noun

Nantong (city in Jiangsu, China)

南通，。
Wǒ qù nián qù guò Nán tōng, nà lǐ de fēng jǐng hěn měi.
I went to Nantong last year; the scenery there is beautiful.
南通。
Nán tōng Shì jiāng sū shěng de yí gè zhòng yào chéng shì.
Nantong is an important city in Jiangsu Province.
南通。
Tā dǎ suàn míng nián bān dào Nán tōng gōng zuò.
He plans to move to Nantong to work next year.

Characters in this word

No reliable origin is recorded for this character.

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

辶甬通

Meaning part形符xíngfú

辶Written in full as辵chuò

Sound part声符shēngfú

甬

甬yǒng通tōng

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

通 pairs 辶, a part associated with movement, with 甬, which gives the sound.