角落 (jiǎo luò) — corner; nook | TongTong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

noun

cornernook

Measure word · 个

Examples

角落。
Zhè ge jiǎo luò fàng zhe yì bǎ yǐ zi.
There is a chair in this corner.
角落。
Tā duǒ zài jiǎo luò lǐ tōu tōu de kū.
He hid in the corner and cried secretly.
角落。
Jiē dào de jiǎo luò yǒu yì jiā xiǎo shū diàn.
There is a small bookstore on the street corner.

Origin

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.

角 means corner and 落 can mean place, naming a corner or nook.

Characters in this word

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

The form 角 is a picture of a horn.

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

艹洛落

Meaning part形符xíngfú

艹Written in full as艸cǎo

Sound part声符shēngfú

洛

洛luò落luò

Same sound today

落 pairs 艹 with 洛; 洛 gives the sound, and 艹 relates to the meaning.

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