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矿区 (kuàng qū) — mining area, mining district

Definition

noun
mining areamining district
Measure word · 个

Examples

  • 矿区。
    Zhè ge kuàng qū de méi kuàng yǐ jīng kāi cǎi le èr shí nián.
    This mining area's coal mine has been in operation for twenty years.
  • 矿区。
    Zhèng fǔ zhèng zài gǎi shàn kuàng qū gōng rén de shēng huó tiáo jiàn.
    The government is improving the living conditions of workers in the mining area.
  • 矿区。
    Zhè ge kuàng qū fù jìn yǒu yì tiáo tiě lù.
    There is a railway near this mining area.

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.

矿kuàngmine
区qūarea

'矿' means mine or ore and '区' means area, so it denotes a mining area.

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.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 礦; 矿 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
石石shístone
Sound part声符shēngfú
廣
廣guǎng礦kuàng
Close in sound todayThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

The traditional form 礦 shows 石, meaning stone, beside 廣, which gives the sound. The simplified 矿 is a later shorthand, so its parts are not the original parts.

Open 矿 →

Two or more meaningful parts placed together so that their meanings combine into a new one.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 區; 区 is its simplified writing.

The traditional form 區 is made from 匸 and 品; the simplified 区 is a shorthand.

Open 区 →
Appears in
Industry & Manufacturing

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