塔吉克斯坦 (Tǎ jí kè sī tǎn) — Tajikistan

Definition

noun

Tajikistan

塔吉克斯坦。
Wǒ míng nián xiǎng qù Tǎ jí kè sī tǎn lǚ yóu.
I want to travel to Tajikistan next year.
塔吉克斯坦，。
Tǎ jí kè sī tǎn Wèi yú zhōng yà, yǔ zhōng guó jiē rǎng.
Tajikistan is located in Central Asia and borders China.
塔吉克斯坦。
Tǎ jí kè sī tǎn De shǒu dū shì dù shàng bié.
The capital of Tajikistan is Dushanbe.

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.

土荅塔

Meaning part形符xíngfú

Sound part声符shēngfú

荅

荅dá塔tǎ

Close in sound todayThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

塔 shows 土 (earth) for the meaning and 荅 (dá) for the sound.

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.

No reliable origin is recorded for this character.

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.

土旦坦

Meaning part形符xíngfú

土土tǔearth

Sound part声符shēngfú

旦

Close in sound todayThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

坦 is made from 土 (earth) plus 旦, which provides the sound. The earth part shows the sense is about ground.