江川 (Jiāng chuān) — Jiangchuan (place name, a district in Yunnan province)

Definition

noun
Jiangchuan (place name, a district in Yunnan province)

Examples

  • 江川。
    Wǒ míng nián xiǎng qù Jiāng chuān lǚ yóu.
    I want to travel to Jiangchuan next year.
  • 江川。
    Jiāng chuān De qì hòu hěn shì hé jū zhù.
    The climate of Jiangchuan is very suitable for living.
  • 江川。
    Péng you cóng Jiāng chuān gěi wǒ dài le hěn duō tè chǎn.
    My friend brought me many local specialties from Jiangchuan.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
联合liánhéSide by side

Two parts of equal weight, alike or opposite in meaning, standing side by side.

江jiāngriver
川chuānstream

江 and 川 both denote flowing water or rivers, forming the place name.

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
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.

Open 江 →

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

川 is drawn to look like flowing water.

Open 川 →

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