汉江 (Hàn jiāng) — Han River (largest tributary of the Yangtze River in central China); Han River (river in central Korea, flowing through Seoul)

Definition

noun
Han River (largest tributary of the Yangtze River in central China)Han River (river in central Korea, flowing through Seoul)
Measure word · 条

Examples

  • 汉江。
    Hàn jiāng Shì cháng jiāng zuì dà de zhī liú zhī yī.
    The Han River is one of the largest tributaries of the Yangtze River.
  • 汉江。
    Shǒu ěr shì qū bèi Hàn jiāng fēn wéi nán běi liǎng bù fen.
    The city of Seoul is divided into northern and southern parts by the Han River.
  • 汉江。
    Hàn jiāng Yán àn yǒu xǔ duō lì shǐ wén huà yí zhǐ.
    There are many historical and cultural sites along the Han River.

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.

汉 and 江 name the river associated with the Han.

Characters in this word

No reliable origin is recorded for this character.

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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
氵Written in full as水shuǐwater
Sound part声符shēngfú
工
工gōng江jiāng
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

江 puts 氵, the water side, beside 工, which gives a sound; the water part points to its river meaning.

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