金阳 (Jīn yáng) — (place name) Jinyang (county in Sichuan)

Definition

Jinyang — a county in the southwest of Sichuan Province.

noun
(place name) Jinyang (county in Sichuan)

Examples

  • 金阳。
    Wǒ qù nián qù guò Jīn yáng.
    I went to Jinyang last year.
  • 金阳。
    Jīn yáng Xiàn wèi yú sì chuān shěng xī nán bù.
    Jinyang County is located in southwestern Sichuan Province.
  • 金阳。
    Tā chū shēng zài Jīn yáng.
    He was born in Jinyang.

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.

金 was drawn with marks for two pieces of metal, along with a part that gave its sound; it first meant copper, then metals and gold.

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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.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 陽; 阳 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
阜阜fùhill
Sound part声符shēngfú
昜
昜yáng陽yáng
Same sound today

In the traditional form 陽, 阜 shows a hill and 昜 is the older character for the word, tied to sunshine and the sound; simplified 阳 is a later shorthand.

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