佛罗伦萨 (Fó luó lún sà) — Florence (city in Italy)

Definition

noun

Florence (city in Italy)

佛罗伦萨。
Fó luó lún sà Shì yì dà lì de yí zuò gǔ lǎo chéng shì.
Florence is an ancient city in Italy.
佛罗伦萨。
Wǒ míng nián xiǎng qù Fó luó lún sà cān guān měi shù guǎn.
I want to go to Florence next year to visit an art museum.
佛罗伦萨。
Fó luó lún sà De wén yì fù xīng jiàn zhù fēi cháng yǒu míng.
Florence's Renaissance architecture is very famous.

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.

亻弗佛

Meaning part形符xíngfú

亻Written in full as人rénperson

Sound part声符shēngfú

弗

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

佛 is made from 亻, a person, and 弗, which gives the sound.

Two or more meaningful parts placed together so that their meanings combine into a new one.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 羅; 罗 is its simplified writing.

The traditional form 羅 combines 网 (net) with 維 (a bird tied with string) to show a net for catching birds; the simplified 罗 is a later abbreviation.

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

This origin belongs to the traditional form 倫; 伦 is its simplified writing.

人侖倫

Meaning part形符xíngfú

Sound part声符shēngfú

侖

侖lún倫lún

Same sound today

The traditional form 倫 uses 人 to show people and 侖 to give its sound; the simplified 伦 is a later shorthand.

No reliable origin is recorded for this character.

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