茅屋 (máo wū) — thatched cottage | TongTong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

A thatched cottage — a simple rural dwelling with a roof of straw or reeds, often with historical or literary flavor.

noun

thatched cottage

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茅屋。
Zhè zuò máo wū yǐ jīng yǒu jǐ bǎi nián lì shǐ le.
This thatched cottage has a history of several hundred years.
茅屋。
Tā zài shān shàng jiàn le yí zuò máo wū.
He built a thatched cottage on the mountain.
，茅屋。
Qiū tiān de shí hou, máo wū páng biān kāi mǎn le yě huā.
In autumn, wildflowers bloomed all around the thatched cottage.

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.

艹矛茅

Meaning part形符xíngfú

艹Written in full as艸cǎoplant

Sound part声符shēngfú

矛

Same sound today

茅 pairs 艹 (plant) with 矛 as a sound component; the plant part appears in full as 艸.

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

Sound part声符shēngfú

𡉉

𡉉𡉉屋wū

The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

屋 comes from 室, meaning room, with 𡉉 for sound; its upper part later changed into an unrelated shape.

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