富川 (fù chuān) — Fuchuan (a county in Guangxi, China; short for… | tongtong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

noun

Fuchuan (a county in Guangxi, China; short for 富川瑶族自治县)

Examples

富川，。
Wǒ qù nián qù guò fù chuān, nà lǐ fēng jǐng hěn hǎo.
I went to Fuchuan last year; the scenery there was beautiful.
富川瑶。
fù chuān De yáo zú wén huà hěn yǒu tè sè.
The Yao ethnic culture of Fuchuan is very distinctive.
富川。
Huǒ chē měi tiān yǒu yī bān kāi wǎng fù chuān.
There is one train heading to Fuchuan every day.

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fùwealth

The place name combines 富 (wealth) and 川 (river), naming a river area.

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.

川 is drawn to look like flowing water.

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