蒙大拿 (Méng dà ná) — Montana (US state)

Definition

noun

Montana (US state)

蒙大拿。
Wǒ jiā zhù zài Méng dà ná.
My family lives in Montana.
蒙大拿。
Méng dà ná De fēng jǐng fēi cháng měi lì.
The scenery in Montana is very beautiful.
蒙大拿。
Qù nián xià tiān wǒ qù Méng dà ná lǚ yóu le.
I traveled to Montana last summer.

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.

艹冡蒙

Meaning part形符xíngfú

艹Written in full as艸cǎograss

Sound part声符shēngfú

冡

冡měng蒙méng

Same sound today

蒙 combines 艹 (grass) with 冡, which supplies the sound.

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

The form 大 is a picture of a person standing and facing forward, not of someone stretching their arms.

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

合手拿

The shape 拿 pairs 合 with 手, and it is a later alternative form for taking with the hand.