岸上 (àn shàng) — on the shore, on the bank

Definition

noun

on the shoreon the bank

。
Tā zhàn zài àn shàng kàn zhe hé shuǐ.
He stood on the bank looking at the river water.
岸上。
Yú mín bǎ chuán tíng zài le àn shàng.
The fisherman parked the boat on the shore.
。
Hái zi men zài àn shàng jiǎn bèi ké.
The children are collecting shells on the shore.

Derived word

构词法gòucífǎ

后缀hòuzhuìSuffix

A fixed syllable at the end that turns the word into a noun, a person, a place or the like.

岸 means bank and 上 means on it, giving the sense of the shore.

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.

Meaning part形符xíngfú

屵屵àncliff

Sound part声符shēngfú

干

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

岸 shows 屵, a cliff, next to 干, which gives a clue to the sound; together they point to the edge of land.

An abstract idea shown by a mark or a diagram rather than by a picture of an object.

上 is drawn as a short horizontal line placed above a longer arc, marking a position above that arc.

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