箱根 (Xiāng gēn) — Hakone (Japanese hot spring resort area)

Definition

noun
Hakone (Japanese hot spring resort area)

Examples

  • 箱根。
    Qù nián xià tiān wǒ men yì jiā rén qù Xiāng gēn wán le liǎng tiān.
    Last summer our family went to Hakone for two days.
  • 箱根，。
    Xiāng gēn De wēn quán hěn yǒu míng, hěn duō rén dōu qù nà lǐ pào tāng.
    Hakone's hot springs are very famous; many people go there to soak.
  • 箱根，。
    Zài Xiāng gēn kě yǐ kàn dào fù shì shān, jǐng sè fēi cháng měi.
    You can see Mount Fuji from Hakone; the scenery is very beautiful.

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.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
𥫗Written in full as竹zhúbamboo
Sound part声符shēngfú
相
相xiāng箱xiāng
Same sound today

箱 combines 竹, showing bamboo, with 相 as a sound part, to write a bamboo box or case.

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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
木木mù
Sound part声符shēngfú
艮
艮gèn根gēn(r)
Same sound today

根 pairs 木 (tree/wood), pointing to plant roots, with 艮 as a sound part.

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