林县 (Lín xiàn) — Lin County (a county in Henan Province, China)

Definition

noun
Lin County (a county in Henan Province, China)

Examples

  • 林县。
    Lín xiàn Wèi yú hé nán shěng běi bù.
    Lin County is located in the northern part of Henan Province.
  • 林县。
    Wǒ qù nián xià tiān qù Lín xiàn lǚ yóu guò.
    I traveled to Lin County last summer.
  • 林县。
    Lín xiàn De hóng qí qú shì zhù míng jǐng diǎn.
    The Red Flag Canal in Lin County is a famous scenic spot.

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.

林línLin
县xiàncounty

林 names the place and 县 marks it as a county, together giving Lin County.

Characters in this word

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

林 is made of two 木 (tree) placed side by side, showing many trees together, hence a forest.

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

假借jiǎjièLater borrowed for its sound alone — the picture has nothing to do with today’s meaning.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 縣; 县 is its simplified writing.

The traditional form 縣, not the simplified 县, drew an eye 目 standing for a head hung by a string 糸 from a tree 木. It was borrowed for its sound to write the modern meaning "county", so that picture is unrelated.

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