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哥本哈根 (Gē běn hā gēn) — Copenhagen

Definition

noun
Copenhagen

Examples

  • 哥本哈根。
    Wǒ míng nián xiǎng qù Gē běn hā gēn lǚ yóu.
    I want to visit Copenhagen for tourism next year.
  • 哥本哈根。
    Gē běn hā gēn Shì dān mài de shǒu dū.
    Copenhagen is the capital of Denmark.
  • 哥本哈根。
    Tā zài Gē běn hā gēn zhù le sān nián.
    He lived in Copenhagen for three years.

Origin

Single-morpheme word
构词法gòucífǎ
音译yīnyìTransliteration

The characters spell the sound of a foreign word; their individual meanings play no part.

哥gē
本běn
哈hā
根gēn

The characters only spell the foreign name Copenhagen; they carry no meaning of their own here.

Sound-only characters

No reliable origin is recorded for this character.

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

本 adds a stroke at the bottom of a tree shape to mark the roots, giving the sense of foundation or original.

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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
口口kǒumouth
Sound part声符shēngfú
合
合hé哈hā
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

哈 uses 口 (mouth) to show a mouth-related idea, and 合 as a sound part. The shape of 合 may look like two open mouths, but that is likely by chance.

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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
木木mù
Sound part声符shēngfú
艮
艮gèn根gēn(r)
Same sound today

根 pairs 木 (tree/wood), pointing to plant roots, with 艮 as a sound part.

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Appears in
International & Diplomacy

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