喀什 (Kā shí) — Kashgar (city in Xinjiang, China)

Definition

noun
Kashgar (city in Xinjiang, China)

Examples

  • 喀什。
    Wǒ míng nián xiǎng qù Kā shí lǚ yóu.
    I want to travel to Kashgar next year.
  • 喀什。
    Kā shí Shì xīn jiāng xī bù de yí gè chéng shì.
    Kashgar is a city in western Xinjiang.
  • 喀什。
    Tā zài Kā shí zhù le sān nián.
    He lived in Kashgar for three years.

Origin

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.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
口口kǒumouth
Sound part声符shēngfú
客
客kè喀kā
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

喀 pairs 口 (mouth) with 客, which gives the sound. The mouth part shows it is a sound made by the mouth.

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No reliable origin is recorded for this character.

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Appears in
China — Places

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