芬兰 (Fēn lán) — Finland | tongtong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

noun

Finland

芬兰。
Wǒ míng nián xiǎng qù Fēn lán lǚ xíng.
I want to travel to Finland next year.
芬兰。
Fēn lán De jí guāng fēi cháng měi lì.
The aurora borealis in Finland is very beautiful.
芬兰。
Tā yǐ jīng zài Fēn lán zhù le shí nián.
He has lived in Finland for ten years.

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

艸艸cǎograss

Sound part声符shēngfú

分

Same sound today

芬 is built from 艸, the grass form, and 分, which gives the sound.

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 蘭; 兰 is its simplified writing.

艹闌蘭

Meaning part形符xíngfú

艹Written in full as艸cǎoplant

Sound part声符shēngfú

闌

闌lán蘭lán

Same sound today

In the traditional form 蘭, 艹 marks it as a plant and 闌 stands for the sound; the simplified 兰 is a later shorthand, not the original parts.