一八六四年 (yī bā liù sì nián) — the year 1864 (written in Chinese numerals)

Definition

A year written out in Chinese numerals (1864), read as yī bā liù sì nián. This row models how any year is read digit-by-digit in Chinese, not as a single number.

noun
the year 1864 (written in Chinese numerals)

Examples

  • 一八六四年。
    yī bā liù sì nián Fā shēng le hěn duō dà shì.
    Many important events happened in 1864.
  • 一八六四年。
    Wǒ dú guò guān yú yī bā liù sì nián de shū.
    I've read books about the year 1864.
  • 一八六四年。
    yī bā liù sì nián Shì yí gè zhòng yào de nián fèn.
    1864 is an important year.

Origin

Characters in this word

An abstract idea shown by a mark or a diagram rather than by a picture of an object.

一 is drawn as one horizontal stroke, marking the number one.

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

八 shows two bent lines, indicating the original meaning 'to divide'; it was later used for 'eight' because the words sounded alike.

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

The shape of 六 may come from a simple drawing of a shed, or from an ancient counting mark.

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

The form 四 was drawn as a nose breathing out. It later came to be used for the word four.

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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
禾禾héwheat; grain
Sound part声符shēngfú
人
人rén年nián
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

年 pairs 禾 (grain) with 人, which gives the sound. Its original meaning was harvest, and it later came to mean a year.

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