全县 (quán xiàn) — the whole county, the entire county

Definition

noun
the whole countythe entire county
Easily confused

Examples

  • 全县。
    quán xiàn De rén kǒu chāo guò wǔ shí wàn.
    The entire county's population exceeds five hundred thousand.
  • 全县。
    Zhè cì bǐ sài xī yǐn le quán xiàn de xué shēng cān jiā.
    This competition attracted students from the whole county to participate.
  • 全县。
    quán xiàn De jīng jì fā zhǎn hěn kuài.
    The economic development of the entire county is very fast.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
偏正piānzhèngModifier + head

The first part narrows down the second: it says what kind of thing the head is.

全quánwhole
县xiàncounty

“全” means whole and “县” means county, so the word refers to the entire county.

Characters in this word

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

The shape puts 入 together with 玉 to show a whole piece of jade, so it means complete or whole.

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

假借jiǎjièLater borrowed for its sound alone — the picture has nothing to do with today’s meaning.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 縣; 县 is its simplified writing.

The traditional form 縣, not the simplified 县, drew an eye 目 standing for a head hung by a string 糸 from a tree 木. It was borrowed for its sound to write the modern meaning "county", so that picture is unrelated.

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