道真 (dào zhēn) — Daozhen (autonomous county in Guizhou, China)

Definition

Short for 道真仡佬族苗族自治县, an autonomous county in northern Guizhou province.

noun

Daozhen (autonomous county in Guizhou, China)

道真。
Wǒ cóng guì zhōu dào zhēn lái.
I come from Daozhen, Guizhou.
道真。
dào zhēn Yǒu hěn duō shǎo shù mín zú.
Daozhen has many ethnic minorities.
道真。
Míng nián wǒ xiǎng qù dào zhēn lǚ yóu.
Next year I want to travel to Daozhen.

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

行行xíngstreet

Sound part声符shēngfú

𩠐

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

Early 道 showed a street 行, a foot 止, and a part written 首 or 𩠐; the right part of 行 later disappeared.

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

貝貝bèicowrie; shell

Sound part声符shēngfú

𠂈

𠂈𠂈真zhēn

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

真 pairs 貝 (cowrie shell, used for the meaning) with 𠂈, which gave the sound and originally drew a headlong fall.