大野 (dà yě) — Ōno (Japanese surname and place name)

Definition

noun
Ōno (Japanese surname and place name)

Examples

  • 大野。
    dà yě Xiān sheng shì rì běn rén.
    Mr. Ono is Japanese.
  • 大野。
    dà yě Xiǎo jiě shì lǎo shī.
    Miss Ono is a teacher.
  • 大野。
    dà yě Shì yí gè rì běn xìng shì.
    Ono is a Japanese surname.

Origin

Characters in this word

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

The form 大 is a picture of a person standing and facing forward, not of someone stretching their arms.

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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
田田tiánfield
土土tǔearth
Sound part声符shēngfú
予
予yǔ野yě
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

野 combines 田 (field) above 土 (earth) to show open country, with 予 giving the sound.

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