釜山 (Fǔ shān) — Busan (South Korea)

Definition

noun
Busan (South Korea)

Examples

  • 釜山
    Wǒ míng nián xiǎng qù Fǔ shān lǚ yóu.
    I want to travel to Busan next year.
  • 釜山
    Fǔ shān Shì hán guó zuì dà de gǎng kǒu chéng shì.
    Busan is the largest port city in South Korea.
  • 釜山
    Fǔ shān De hǎi xiān fēi cháng xīn xiān, hěn duō rén qù nà lǐ chī.
    Busan's seafood is very fresh; many people go there to eat.

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.

cauldron
shānmountain

'釜' (cauldron) and '山' (mountain) name a cauldron-like mountain, hence Busan.

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
jīnmetal
Sound part声符shēngfú
Same sound today

釜 is built from 金 (metal) for the cauldron idea and 父 for the sound.

Open 釜 →

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

山 shows three mountain peaks side by side.

Open 山 →
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