勃兰登堡 (Bó lán dēng bǎo) — Brandenburg (state of Germany)

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

勃 pairs 力, which carries the sense of power or force, with 孛 as a sound part.

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 蘭; 兰 is its simplified writing.

In the traditional form 蘭, 艹 marks it as a plant and 闌 stands for the sound; the simplified 兰 is a later shorthand, not the original parts.

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

登 pairs 癶, left and right feet, with 豆, a raised object or stepping stone; its older form also showed two hands at the bottom, which later dropped.

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

堡 pairs 土 (earth) with 保 (bǎo): 保 gives the sound, and 土 is the meaning part.