山麓 (shān lù) — foot of a mountain

Definition

noun
foot of a mountain
Easily confused

Examples

  • 山麓。
    Zhè zuò cūn zhuāng jiù zài shān lù.
    This village is right at the foot of the mountain.
  • 山麓。
    Wǒ men cóng shān lù kāi shǐ pá shàng shān.
    We started climbing the mountain from the foot.
  • 山麓。
    Shān xià yǒu yì tiáo xiǎo xī cóng shān lù liú guò.
    There is a stream flowing past the foot of the mountain.

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.

山shānmountain
麓lùfoot of a mountain

山 names the mountain and 麓 the area at its foot.

Characters in this word

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

山 shows three mountain peaks side by side.

Open 山 →

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
林林lín
Sound part声符shēngfú
鹿
鹿lù麓lù
Same sound today

麓 pairs 林, the meaning part, with 鹿 (lù), the sound part.

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