characters


  PINYIN
 



Main meanings:

city, town.


HSK - no

STROKES - 7

RADICAL -


character

Etymology:

Elements  ----  Closed place  口 + a person sitting on his knees巴. Phonetic series .

Place encircled by a wall 口where people live. 巴 was a kneeling person, as people seated in old China.  This is a radical (simplified as 阝) that forms part of characters related to cities, always found on the right.  When 阝 is found on the left part of the character it is simplified from阜 fù mound, though sometimes it is used denoting a place.  

Main Words:

采邑càiyì fief.

城邑 chéngyì cities and towns.

Discussion and sources

Most of the authors agree with this interpretation, some of them only stress that it must be considered a city, and administrative area, or in general, any defined settlement where people live.


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