矿上 (kuàng shǎng) — mining area; the mine (as a workplace or community)

Definition

noun
mining areathe mine (as a workplace or community)

Examples

  • 矿上。
    Tā měi tiān qù kuàng shǎng shàng bān.
    He goes to the mine for work every day.
  • 矿上。
    Zhè ge kuàng shǎng de gōng rén hěn duō.
    This mine area has many workers.
  • 矿上。
    Tā cóng xiǎo zài kuàng shǎng zhǎng dà.
    He grew up at the mine since childhood.

Origin

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.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 礦; 矿 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
石石shístone
Sound part声符shēngfú
廣
廣guǎng礦kuàng
Close in sound todayThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

The traditional form 礦 shows 石, meaning stone, beside 廣, which gives the sound. The simplified 矿 is a later shorthand, so its parts are not the original parts.

Open 矿 →

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

上 is drawn as a short horizontal line placed above a longer arc, marking a position above that arc.

Open 上 →

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