罗城 (luó chéng) — (place name) Luocheng, a county in Guangxi, Chi…

Definition

Refers to Luocheng, a county in northern Guangxi, known for its ethnic minority (壮族 Zhuang) culture.

noun

(place name) Luochenga county in GuangxiChina

罗城。
luó chéng Wèi yú guǎng xī zhuàng zú zì zhì qū běi bù.
Luocheng is located in the northern part of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region.
罗城。
Wǒ jì huà xià ge yuè qù luó chéng lǚ yóu.
I plan to travel to Luocheng next month.
罗城。
luó chéng De shǎo shù mín zú wén huà hěn yǒu tè sè.
The ethnic minority culture of Luocheng is very distinctive.

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.

The “罗” suggests a net and the “城” a city wall, so the word names a net-like outer wall.

Characters in this word

Two or more meaningful parts placed together so that their meanings combine into a new one.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 羅; 罗 is its simplified writing.

The traditional form 羅 combines 网 (net) with 維 (a bird tied with string) to show a net for catching birds; the simplified 罗 is a later abbreviation.

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

土成城

Meaning part形符xíngfú

土土tǔsoil

Sound part声符shēngfú

成

Same sound today

城 pairs 土 (soil) with 成 as a sound part, because city walls were originally made of stamped earth.