富士山 (Fù shì shān) — Mount Fuji | TongTong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

noun

Mount Fuji

Measure word · 座

Examples

富士山。
Wǒ míng nián xiǎng qù rì běn kàn Fù shì shān.
I want to go to Japan next year to see Mount Fuji.
富士山，3776。
Fù shì shān Shì rì běn zuì gāo de shān, yǒu 3776 mǐ gāo.
Mount Fuji is the tallest mountain in Japan, at 3,776 meters high.
，富士山。
Chūn tiān de shí hou, Fù shì shān de xuě jǐng fēi cháng měi lì.
In spring, the snowy scenery of Mount Fuji is very beautiful.

Origin

Compound word

构词法gòucífǎ

偏正piānzhèngModifier + head

The first part narrows down the second: it says what kind of thing the head is.

富士

山shānmountain

富士 is the sound of Fuji, and 山 means mountain; together they name Mount Fuji.

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.

宀畐富

Meaning part形符xíngfú

宀宀mián

Sound part声符shēngfú

畐

畐fú富fù

Same sound today

富 pairs 宀, a roof-shaped part, with 畐, which gives the sound fú.

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

The shape 士 comes from a simple drawing of a war axe. The character later came to mean a soldier, officer, or intellectual.

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

山 shows three mountain peaks side by side.

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Geography & Landforms

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