库克群岛 (Kù kè qún dǎo) — Cook Islands

Definition

noun
Cook Islands

Examples

  • 库克群岛。
    Wǒ xiǎng qù Kù kè qún dǎo lǚ xíng.
    I want to travel to the Cook Islands.
  • 库克群岛。
    Kù kè qún dǎo Shì yí gè měi lì de dǎo guó.
    The Cook Islands is a beautiful island nation.
  • 库克群岛。
    Tā zài Kù kè qún dǎo zhù le liǎng nián.
    He lived in the Cook Islands for two years.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
偏正piānzhèngModifier + head

The first part narrows down the second: it says what kind of thing the head is.

库克Cook
库kù克kè
群岛archipelago
群qúngroup岛dǎoisland
偏正Modifier + head

库克 spells the foreign name Cook, and 群岛 means group of islands; together they name the archipelago.

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.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 庫; 库 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
广广guǎngbuilding
Sound part声符shēngfú
車
車jū庫kù
Close in sound todayThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

The traditional form 庫 pairs 广 (building) with 車 (sound); the building part points to a storehouse. The simplified 库 is a later shorthand.

Open 库 →

No reliable origin is recorded for this character.

Open 克 →

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
羊羊yáng
Sound part声符shēngfú
君
君jūn群
Close in sound todayThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

群 pairs 羊, a sheep, to point to a herd or group, with 君 giving the sound.

Open 群 →

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 島; 岛 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
山山shānmountain
Sound part声符shēngfú
鳥
鳥niǎo島dǎo
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

The traditional form 島 uses 山, meaning mountain, and 鳥 for the sound. The simplified 岛 is a later shorthand.

Open 岛 →

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