垣
wall
9 strokes
Dict coverage rank #2,163 U+57A3
How 垣 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
土 (semantic, “earth”) + 亘 (phonetic, gèn)
Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 亘
Siblings built with the same phonetic component 亘 (gèn) — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 亘 sound component | gèn | to extend across, through; from |
| 桓 | huán | variety of tree; surname |
| 姮 | héng | lady |
| 洹 | huán | a river in Henan province |
Words containing 垣
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 花垣县 | Huā yuán Xiàn | Huayuan, a county in Xiangxi Tujia and Miao Autonomous Prefecture 湘西土家族苗族自治州[Xiang1 xi1 Tu… |
| 长垣市 | Cháng yuán Shì | Changyuan, a county-level city in Xinxiang City 新鄉市|新乡市[Xin1 xiang1 Shi4], Henan |
| 垣曲县 | Yuán qǔ Xiàn | Yuanqu, a county in Yuncheng City 運城市|运城市[Yun4 cheng2 Shi4], Shanxi |
| 断瓦残垣 | duàn wǎ cán yuán | the tiles are broken, the walls dilapidated |
| 断垣残壁 | duàn yuán cán bì | see 斷壁殘垣|断壁残垣[duan4 bi4 can2 yuan2] |
| 断壁残垣 | duàn bì cán yuán | (lit.) broken walls and crumbling remnants (idiom); (fig.) scene of devastation; ruins |
| 残垣断壁 | cán yuán duàn bì | see 斷壁殘垣|断壁残垣[duan4 bi4 can2 yuan2] |
| 花垣 | Huā yuán | see 花垣縣|花垣县[Hua1 yuan2 Xian4] |
| 长垣 | Cháng yuán | see 長垣市|长垣市[Chang2 yuan2 Shi4] |
| 城垣 | chéng yuán | city wall |
| 残垣败壁 | cán yuán bài bì | see 斷壁頹垣|断壁颓垣[duan4 bi4 tui2 yuan2] |
| 垣曲 | Yuán qǔ | see 垣曲縣|垣曲县[Yuan2 qu3 Xian4] |
| 垣衣 | yuán yī | moss under old walls |
| 断壁颓垣 | duàn bì tuí yuán | lit. walls reduced to rubble (idiom); fig. scene of devastation; ruins |
| 颓垣断壁 | tuí yuán duàn bì | see 斷壁頹垣|断壁颓垣[duan4 bi4 tui2 yuan2] |
| 省垣 | shěng yuán | a provincial capital |
| 襄垣县 | Xiāng yuán Xiàn | Xiangyuan, a county in Changzhi City 長治市|长治市[Chang2 zhi4 Shi4], Shanxi |
| 残垣 | cán yuán | (literary) ruined walls; ruins |
| 墙垣 | qiáng yuán | wall; fence |
| 襄垣 | Xiāng yuán | see 襄垣縣|襄垣县[Xiang1 yuan2 Xian4] |