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甘地 (Gān dì) — Gandhi

Definition

noun
Gandhi

Examples

  • 甘地。
    Gān dì Shì yìn dù zhù míng de zhèng zhì lǐng xiù.
    Gandhi was a famous political leader of India.
  • 甘地。
    Wǒ dú guò yì běn guān yú Gān dì de shū.
    I have read a book about Gandhi.
  • 甘地。
    Gān dì De sī xiǎng yǐng xiǎng le quán shì jiè.
    Gandhi's ideas influenced the whole world.

Origin

Characters in this word

An abstract idea shown by a mark or a diagram rather than by a picture of an object.

甘 originally drew an open mouth with something sweet inside it. This gives the sense of sweet or pleasant.

Open 甘 →

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

Meaning part形符xíngfú
土土tǔearth
Sound part声符shēngfú
也
也yě地dì
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

地 is built from 土 (earth) and 也, which gives its sound.

Open 地 →
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