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道奇 (Dào qí) — Dodge (American automobile brand)

Definition

noun
Dodge (American automobile brand)

Examples

  • 道奇。
    Tā kāi de shì Dào qí pái qì chē.
    He drives a Dodge.
  • 道奇SUV。
    Dào qí Gōng sī tuī chū le xīn kuǎn SUV.
    Dodge has launched a new SUV model.
  • 道奇。
    Zhè liàng Dào qí yǐ jīng kāi le shí nián le.
    This Dodge has been driven for ten years.

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
行行xíngstreet
止止zhǐfoot
Sound part声符shēngfú
𩠐
首shǒu道dào
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

Early 道 showed a street 行, a foot 止, and a part written 首 or 𩠐; the right part of 行 later disappeared.

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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
大大dàbig; great
Sound part声符shēngfú
可
可kě奇
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

奇 pairs 大 (big; great) with 可, a sound part.

Open 奇 →
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