博卡 (bó kǎ) — Boca (place name, referring to Boca Juniors foo…

Definition

noun

Boca (place name, referring to Boca Juniors football club or La Boca neighborhood in Buenos Aires)

博卡。
Tā zuì xǐ huan de qiú duì shì bó kǎ qīng nián.
His favorite team is Boca Juniors.
博卡。
Ā gēn tíng de bó kǎ qū yǐ cǎi sè fáng zi wén míng.
The Boca neighborhood in Argentina is famous for its colorful houses.
博卡。
Wǒ mǎi le yí jiàn bó kǎ de qiú yī.
I bought a Boca jersey.

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.

十尃博

Meaning part形符xíngfú

Sound part声符shēngfú

尃

尃fū博

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

The shape comes from combining 十 (ten) with 尃; 尃 gives the sound.

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

卡 is made from 上 (up) and 下 (down), with their horizontal lines fused, showing something squeezed between above and below.

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