长春 (Cháng chūn) — Changchun (capital of Jilin Province)

Definition

noun

Changchun (capital of Jilin Province)

长春。
Wǒ qù nián qù le Cháng chūn.
I went to Changchun last year.
长春。
Cháng chūn Shì jí lín shěng de shěng huì.
Changchun is the capital of Jilin Province.
，长春。
Dōng tiān de shí hou, Cháng chūn fēi cháng lěng.
In winter, Changchun is very cold.

Characters in this word

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

This origin belongs to the traditional form 長; 长 is its simplified writing.

The traditional form 長 pictures an old man with long hair. The simplified 长 is a later shorthand, so its strokes do not show that original picture.

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

屯

屯tún春chūn

Close in sound todayThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

春 combines 艸 (grass) and 日 (sun) with 屯, which supplies the sound and is described as a swollen sprout.

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