上野 (Shàng yě) — Ueno (district in Taitō Ward, Tokyo); Ueno (Japanese surname)

Definition

noun
Ueno (district in Taitō Ward, Tokyo)Ueno (Japanese surname)

Examples

  • 上野
    Wǒ shàng cì qù dōng jīng shí cān guān le Shàng yě gōng yuán.
    Last time I went to Tokyo, I visited Ueno Park.
  • 上野
    Shàng yě Xiān sheng shì rì běn zhù míng de lì shǐ xué jiā.
    Mr. Ueno is a famous Japanese historian.
  • 上野
    Cóng Shàng yě zhàn dào yín zuò zhī xū yào zuò dì tiě shí fēn zhōng.
    From Ueno Station to Ginza it only takes ten minutes by subway.

Origin

Characters in this word

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

上 is drawn as a short horizontal line placed above a longer arc, marking a position above that arc.

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

野 combines 田 (field) above 土 (earth) to show open country, with 予 giving the sound.

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