三菱 (Sān líng) — Mitsubishi (Japanese multinational conglomerate)

Definition

noun

Mitsubishi (Japanese multinational conglomerate)

三菱。
Sān líng Shì rì běn yì jiā zhù míng de qǐ yè.
Mitsubishi is a famous Japanese company.
三菱。
Wǒ kāi de chē jiù shì Sān líng pái de.
The car I drive is a Mitsubishi.
三菱。
Zhè jiā gōng sī cóng Sān líng jí tuán yǐn jìn le xīn jì shù.
This company introduced new technology from the Mitsubishi Group.

Characters in this word

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

三 is drawn as three parallel strokes, like 一 with one stroke and 二 with two.

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

艹夌菱

Meaning part形符xíngfú

艹Written in full as艸cǎograss; plant

Sound part声符shēngfú

夌

夌líng菱

Same sound today

菱 has 艹 on top to show a plant and 夌 below to give the sound líng.