毛泽东 (Máo Zé dōng) — Mao Zedong (1893–1976), founding leader of the…

Definition

noun

Mao Zedong (1893–1976), founding leader of the People's Republic of China

毛泽东。
Wǒ dú guò yì běn guān yú Máo Zé dōng de zhuàn jì.
I've read a biography of Mao Zedong.
毛泽东。
Máo Zé dōng Shì zhōng guó lì shǐ shàng zuì zhòng yào de rén wù zhī yī.
Mao Zedong is one of the most important figures in Chinese history.
毛泽东。
Měi nián yǒu hěn duō rén qù cān guān Máo Zé dōng de gù jū.
Every year many people visit Mao Zedong's former residence.

Characters in this word

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

毛 is drawn as a feather or hair, with its strokes tracing the shape of the feather or hair.

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 澤; 泽 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú

Sound part声符shēngfú

睪

睪yì澤zé

Same sound today

The traditional form 澤 pairs 水 (water) with 睪 for the sound; the simplified 泽 is a shorthand, so its parts are not the historical parts.

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

This origin belongs to the traditional form 東; 东 is its simplified writing.

The traditional form 東 originally drew a full bag tied at both ends. The simplified 东 is a later shorthand, not the historical shape.

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