川崎 (Chuān qí) — Kawasaki (city in Japan)

Definition

noun
Kawasaki (city in Japan)

Examples

  • 川崎。
    Wǒ míng nián dǎ suàn qù Chuān qí lǚ xíng.
    I plan to travel to Kawasaki next year.
  • 川崎。
    Chuān qí Shì rì běn de yí gè gōng yè chéng shì.
    Kawasaki is an industrial city in Japan.
  • 川崎。
    Wǒ de péng you zhù zài Chuān qí fù jìn.
    My friend lives near Kawasaki.

Origin

Characters in this word

A drawing of the thing itself, worn down over three thousand years into a few strokes.

川 is drawn to look like flowing water.

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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
山山shānmountain
Sound part声符shēngfú
奇
奇qí崎qí
Same sound today

崎 has a mountain part 山 on the left and 奇 on the right, which gives the sound qí.

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