村上 (cūn shǎng) — Murakami (Japanese surname)

Definition

noun
Murakami (Japanese surname)

Examples

  • 村上。
    Wǒ de rì běn péng you xìng cūn shǎng.
    My Japanese friend's surname is Murakami.
  • 村上。
    Wǒ zhèng zài dú cūn shǎng chūn shù de xiǎo shuō.
    I am reading a novel by Haruki Murakami.
  • 村上。
    cūn shǎng Zhè ge xìng shì zài rì běn hěn cháng jiàn.
    The surname Murakami is very common in Japan.

Origin

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
木木mùtree
Sound part声符shēngfú
寸
寸cùn村cūn
Same sound today

村 pairs 木 (tree) with 寸 as a sound hint; its origin is unclear.

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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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