普格 (Pǔ gé) — Puge (county in Liangshan, Sichuan)

Definition

普格 (Pǔgé) is the name of a county in Liangshan Yi Autonomous Prefecture, Sichuan Province.

noun

Puge (county in Liangshan, Sichuan)

普格。
Pǔ gé Shì sì chuān de yí gè xiàn.
Puge is a county in Sichuan.
普格？
Nǐ qù guò Pǔ gé ma?
Have you been to Puge?
普格。
Wǒ tīng shuō Pǔ gé de fēng jǐng hěn měi.
I heard that Puge's scenery is very beautiful.

Characters in this word

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

並日普

普 is made of 日 (sun) and 並 (side by side).

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

木各格

Meaning part形符xíngfú

木木mùwood

Sound part声符shēngfú

各

Same sound today

格 is built from 木 (wood) on the left and 各 on the right, which gives the sound.

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