汉口 (Hàn kǒu) — Hankou (a district of Wuhan, Hubei province)

Definition

noun
Hankou (a district of Wuhan, Hubei province)

Examples

  • 汉口。
    Wǒ qù nián qù guò Hàn kǒu.
    I went to Hankou last year.
  • 汉口。
    Tā cóng xiǎo zài Hàn kǒu zhǎng dà.
    He grew up in Hankou.
  • 汉口。
    Hàn kǒu Wèi yú wǔ hàn shì de xī běi bù.
    Hankou is located in the northwestern part of Wuhan city.

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.

汉hànHan River
口kǒumouth

汉 names the Han River and 口 a mouth or confluence, so it denotes the place at the river mouth.

Characters in this word

No reliable origin is recorded for this character.

Open 汉 →

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

The form 口 looks like an open mouth.

Open 口 →

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