cūn

variant of 村[cun1]

tree (木) + sound hint (寸) = village

木 grounds the character in trees and timber — the natural material of rural settlements. 寸 mainly lends the sound cūn; the wood radical carries the village meaning.

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他住在一个小里,周围都是田地。

tā zhù zài yī gè xiǎo cūn lǐ,zhōuwéi dōu shì tiándì。

He lives in a small village, surrounded by farmland.

这个的人都靠种菜为生。

zhège cūn de rén dōu kào zhòng cài wéishēng。

The people in this village all make a living by growing vegetables.

Words with 村

西村

xī cūn

Nishimura (Japanese surname)

过了这个村就没这个店

guò le zhè ge cūn jiù méi zhè ge diàn

past this village, you won't find this shop (idiom)

过了这村没这店

guò le zhè cūn méi zhè diàn

past this village, you won't find this shop (idiom)

乡村音乐

xiāng cūn yīn yuè

country music (country & western music genre)

野村

yě cūn

Nomura (Japanese surname)

金田村

jīn tián cūn

Jintian village in Guiping county 桂平[Gui4 ping2], Gveigangj or Guigang prefecture 貴港|贵港[Gui4 gang3], Guangxi, starting point of the Taiping Tianguo 太平天國|太平天国[Tai4 ping2 Tian1 guo2] rebellion in 1851

马村

mǎ cūn

see 馬村區|马村区[Ma3 cun1 Qu1]

马村区

mǎ cūn qū

Macun, a district of Jiaozuo City 焦作市[Jiao1 zuo4 Shi4], Henan

高村正彦

gāo cūn zhèng yàn

KOMURA Masahiko (1942-), Japanese politician, foreign minister from 1998, minister of defense from 2007

三家村

sān jiā cūn

(lit.) village of three households

中村

zhōng cūn

Nakamura (Japanese surname)

中兴新村

zhōng xīng xīn cūn

Zhongxing New Village, model town in Nantou County, west-central Taiwan

More characters with 木