合众国 (hé zhòng guó) — the United States; federated country

Definition

noun

the United Statesfederated country

合众国。
hé zhòng guó Shì yí gè yóu wǔ shí gè zhōu zǔ chéng de lián bāng guó jiā.
The United States is a federal country composed of fifty states.
合众国，。
Tā qù nián qù hé zhòng guó liú xué, xué xí guó jì guān xì.
He went to the United States last year to study international relations.
合众国。
hé zhòng guó De guó qìng rì shì qī yuè sì rì.
The Independence Day of the United States is July 4th.

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.

合众unite many

动宾Verb + object

合 means to unite, 众 means many, and 国 is the state or country; it names a union of many states.

Characters in this word

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

亼口合

合 shows 亼 and 口 arranged as two mouths speaking together.

A drawing of the thing itself, worn down over three thousand years into a few strokes.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 眾; 众 is its simplified writing.

The traditional form 眾 shows three people under a sun-like shape, meaning a crowd gathered under the sun; the simplified 众 is a later shorthand.

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 國; 国 is its simplified writing.

囗或國

Meaning part形符xíngfú

囗囗wéiclosure

Sound part声符shēngfú

或

Close in sound todayThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

The traditional form 國 uses 囗 to show closure and 或 to give the sound.

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