格陵兰 (Gé líng lán) — Greenland | TongTong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

noun

Greenland

格陵兰。
Gé líng lán Shì dān mài de yí gè zì zhì lǐng tǔ.
Greenland is an autonomous territory of Denmark.
格陵兰。
Wǒ zài dì tú shàng zhǎo dào le Gé líng lán de wèi zhì.
I found the location of Greenland on the map.
格陵兰。
Gé líng lán Dà bù fen dì qū bèi bīng xuě fù gài.
Most of Greenland is covered by ice and snow.

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.

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.

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

The shape pairs 阜 (mound) with 夌, an earlier form meaning “mound; hill” that gives the sound.

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

This origin belongs to the traditional form 蘭; 兰 is its simplified writing.

艹闌蘭

Meaning part形符xíngfú

艹Written in full as艸cǎoplant

Sound part声符shēngfú

闌

闌lán蘭lán

Same sound today

In the traditional form 蘭, 艹 marks it as a plant and 闌 stands for the sound; the simplified 兰 is a later shorthand, not the original parts.

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