苏瓦 (Sū wǎ) — Suva (capital of Fiji) | tongtong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

noun

Suva (capital of Fiji)

苏瓦。
Sū wǎ Shì fěi jì de shǒu dū.
Suva is the capital of Fiji.
苏瓦。
Tā qù nián qù Sū wǎ chū chāi le.
He went to Suva on a business trip last year.
苏瓦。
Sū wǎ De gǎng kǒu fēi cháng fán máng.
The port of Suva is very busy.

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 蘇; 苏 is its simplified writing.

The simplified 苏 stands for more than one traditional character. In most words it is 蘇; in others it is 甦 or 囌.

Meaning part形符xíngfú

艸艸cǎograss; plant

Sound part声符shēngfú

穌

穌sū蘇Sū

Same sound today

The traditional form 蘇 uses 艸 (grass; plant) for meaning and 穌 for sound; the simplified 苏 is a later shorthand.

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

瓦’s shape is a picture of fired earthenware pottery or a tile.