曼斯菲尔德 (màn sī fēi ěr dé) — Mansfield (surname or place name)

Definition

noun
Mansfield (surname or place name)

Examples

  • 曼斯菲尔德。
    Wǒ dú guò màn sī fēi ěr dé de xiǎo shuō.
    I have read Mansfield's novels.
  • 曼斯菲尔德。
    màn sī fēi ěr dé Shì yīng guó de yí gè xiǎo zhèn.
    Mansfield is a small town in England.
  • 曼斯菲尔德。
    Zhè wèi màn sī fēi ěr dé xiān sheng shì wǒ de lǎo shī.
    This Mr. Mansfield is my teacher.

Origin

Characters in this word

No reliable origin is recorded for this character.

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No reliable origin is recorded for this character.

Open 斯 →

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
艹Written in full as艸cǎograss; plant
Sound part声符shēngfú
非
非fēi菲fěi
Same sound today

菲 puts 艹, showing a plant, together with 非, which gives its sound.

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

假借jiǎjièLater borrowed for its sound alone — the picture has nothing to do with today’s meaning.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 爾; 尔 is its simplified writing.

The traditional form 爾, simplified as 尔, originally drew cloth on a loom with crossing threads. It was borrowed for its sound to write “you,” so the picture is unrelated to that meaning.

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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
彳彳chìroad
Sound part声符shēngfú
惪
惪dé德dé
Same sound today

德 combines 彳, a road, with 惪, a component meaning virtue that also supplies the sound.

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