希思罗 (Xī sī luō) — Heathrow (London airport)

Definition

noun

Heathrow (London airport)

希思罗。
Wǒ míng tiān cóng Xī sī luō jī chǎng fēi wǎng běi jīng.
I'm flying to Beijing from Heathrow Airport tomorrow.
希思罗。
Xī sī luō Shì lún dūn zuì dà de guó jì jī chǎng.
Heathrow is London's largest international airport.
希思罗。
Nǐ dào Xī sī luō jī chǎng hòu kě yǐ zuò dì tiě jìn chéng.
After you arrive at Heathrow Airport, you can take the subway into the city.

Characters in this word

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

希 is made from 爻 and 巾, which means cloth. How those parts connect to “hope” is not explained.

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

心心xīnheart

Sound part声符shēngfú

囟

The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

In 思, 心 (heart) points to thinking, while the top part is a changed form of 囟, which supplied the sound.

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

This origin belongs to the traditional form 羅; 罗 is its simplified writing.

The traditional form 羅 combines 网 (net) with 維 (a bird tied with string) to show a net for catching birds; the simplified 罗 is a later abbreviation.

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