吉隆 (Jí lóng) — Gyirong (county in Tibet)

Definition

noun

Gyirong (county in Tibet)

吉隆，。
Jí lóng Shì xī zàng de yí gè xiàn, fēng jǐng hěn měi.
Gyirong is a county in Tibet with beautiful scenery.
吉隆。
Wǒ míng nián dǎ suàn qù Jí lóng lǚ yóu.
I plan to travel to Gyirong next year.
吉隆，。
Jí lóng De hǎi bá hěn gāo, yào zhù yì gāo yuán fǎn yìng.
Gyirong's altitude is very high; you need to watch out for altitude sickness.

Characters in this word

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

In the earliest forms, 吉 was drawn with a mouth-like lower part and an upper part that later became today's upper shape.

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

降

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

The shape of 隆 is made from 生 and 降, with 降 giving the sound; an older part was later dropped.