土库曼斯坦 (Tǔ kù màn sī tǎn) — Turkmenistan

Definition

noun

Turkmenistan

土库曼斯坦。
Tǔ kù màn sī tǎn Wèi yú zhōng yà.
Turkmenistan is located in Central Asia.
土库曼斯坦。
Tǔ kù màn sī tǎn Yǐ tiān rán qì zī yuán wén míng.
Turkmenistan is famous for its natural gas resources.
土库曼斯坦。
Wǒ de tóng shì lái zì Tǔ kù màn sī tǎn.
My colleague is from Turkmenistan.

Characters in this word

No reliable origin is recorded for this character.

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 庫; 库 is its simplified writing.

广車庫

Meaning part形符xíngfú

广广guǎngbuilding

Sound part声符shēngfú

車

車jū庫kù

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

The traditional form 庫 pairs 广 (building) with 車 (sound); the building part points to a storehouse. The simplified 库 is a later shorthand.

No reliable origin is recorded for this character.

No reliable origin is recorded for this character.

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

土旦坦

Meaning part形符xíngfú

土土tǔearth

Sound part声符shēngfú

旦

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

坦 is made from 土 (earth) plus 旦, which provides the sound. The earth part shows the sense is about ground.