Memory phrase for the character: 村

村

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Meaning

village

Pronunciation

cūn

Explanation

 Left: tree 木, right: unit of length 寸 (often seen as: "skillful hand"

Mnemonic
 
(Historically a palisade [= a fence] was used as defense around the village) Trees were erected with skillful hands to (protect): the village.

Radicals

木 tree
寸 skillful handImage of a hand 一 forearm 丨 and pulse 丶. As a body part this is the forearm 肘. It was originally also the distance of one inch (Length: 1 ts'wun = 3.72 cm) from the hand's palm to the pulse. This also stood for a small amount. In the mnemonic, it is used as "skillful hand".




 Vocabulary

农村 nóng cūn  rural area; village
乡村 xiāng cūn  rustic; village; countryside
村庄 cūn zhuāng  village; hamlet
高村正彦 Gāo cūn Zhēng yàn  KOMURA Masahiko (1942-), Japanese politician, foreign minister from 1998, minister of defense from 2007
杏花村 xìng huā cūn  village in Shaanxi province, famous among poets for its wine
杏花村 xìng huā cūn  

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