坞 (wù) — (bound form) dock, shipyard; (bound form, literary) hollow, depression
Definition
Bound form (always part of a compound) meaning 'dock/shipyard' (船坞) or 'mountain hollow' (山坞). Two unrelated senses — pick by context: boats = dock, 山 = depression.
bound form
dockshipyard(bound form, literary) hollowdepression
Examples
- 。Zhè ge chuán wù kě yǐ tóng shí wéi xiū sān sōu dà chuán.This dock can service three large ships at the same time.
- 坞，。Chē zi kāi jìn le shān wù, sì zhōu dōu shì mào mì de shù lín.The car drove into the mountain hollow, surrounded by dense forest.
- ，坞。Chūn yǔ guò hòu, shān wù lǐ de yě huā jìng xiāng kāi fàng.After the spring rain, the wildflowers in the mountain hollow bloomed in competition.
Origin
Sound + meaning六书liùshū
形声xíngshēngMost 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 塢; 坞 is its simplified writing.
Sound part声符shēngfú
烏
烏wū塢wù
Same sound today
The traditional form 塢 pairs 土 (soil) with 烏 as a sound component; the simplified 坞 is a shorthand, and its right side is not the historical part.
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