濑户 (lài hù) — Seto (place name in Japan, e.g., Seto Inland Se…

Definition

noun

Seto (place name in Japan, e.g., Seto Inland Sea or Seto city)

濑户。
Wǒ míng nián xiǎng qù lài hù lǚ yóu.
I want to travel to Seto next year.
濑户。
lài hù Nèi hǎi de fēng jǐng fēi cháng měi lì.
The scenery of the Seto Inland Sea is very beautiful.
濑户。
Tā zài lài hù zhù le wǔ nián.
He lived in Seto for five years.

Single-morpheme word

构词法gòucífǎ

联绵liánmiánBound pair

Two characters that only ever appear together, spelling one ancient two-syllable word.

濑户 is a place name; the characters do not contribute separate meanings here.

Sound-only characters

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 瀨; 濑 is its simplified writing.

氵賴瀨

Meaning part形符xíngfú

氵Written in full as水shuǐwater

Sound part声符shēngfú

賴

賴lài瀨lài

Same sound today

The traditional form 瀨 uses 氵 (water) for the meaning and 賴 for the sound; the simplified 濑 is a later shorthand.

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

This origin belongs to the traditional form 戶; 户 is its simplified writing.

The traditional form 戶 is a picture of half of a gate. The simplified 户 is a later shorthand, so its shape should not be read as the original parts.