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安吉 (An jí) — Anji (county in Zhejiang, China)

Definition

noun
Anji (county in Zhejiang, China)

Examples

  • 安吉。
    Wǒ qù nián zài An jí zhù le sān gè yuè.
    I lived in Anji for three months last year.
  • 安吉。
    An jí Yǐ zhú hǎi wén míng.
    Anji is famous for its bamboo sea.
  • 安吉？。
    Nǐ qù guò An jí ma? nà lǐ fēng jǐng hěn měi.
    Have you been to Anji? The scenery there is very beautiful.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
联合liánhéCoordinate

Two parts of equal weight, alike or opposite in meaning, standing side by side.

安ānpeaceful
吉jílucky

安 means peaceful and 吉 means lucky, so the name is auspicious.

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
宀宀mián
Sound part声符shēngfú
女
女nǚ安ān
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

In 安, 宀 sits above a seated 女 on a cushion; 宀 is the meaning part, 女 is the sound part, and the character originally meant sitting at ease.

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Two or more meaningful parts placed together so that their meanings combine into a new one.

In the earliest forms, 吉 was drawn with a mouth-like lower part and an upper part that later became today's upper shape.

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Appears in
China — Places

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