村
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village; (dialect) to scold; rustic; boorish
7 strokes
Dict coverage rank #1,212 U+6751
How 村 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
木 (semantic, “tree”) + 寸 (phonetic, cùn)
How to remember it
village · Heisig RSH #211
木 tree + glued to
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 寸
Siblings built with the same phonetic component 寸 (cùn) — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 寸 sound component | cùn | inch; small, tiny |
| 寻 | xún | to seek; to search for, to look for; ancient |
| 衬 | chèn | underwear, lining; in contrast |
| 纣 | zhòu | saddle strap, harness; an emperor |
| 忖 | cǔn | to guess, to ponder, to suppose |
| 酎 | zhòu | double-fermented wine, vintage wine |
Words containing 村
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 前不巴村，后不巴店 | qián bù bā cūn , hòu bù bā diàn | see 前不著村，後不著店|前不着村，后不着店[qian2 bu4 zhao2 cun1 , hou4 bu4 zhao2 dian4] |
| 前不着村，后不着店 | qián bù zháo cūn , hòu bù zháo diàn | lit. no village ahead and no inn behind (idiom); fig. to be stranded in the middle of nowh… |
| 农村合作化 | nóng cūn hé zuò huà | collectivization of agriculture (in Marxist theory) |
| 马村区 | Mǎ cūn Qū | Macun, a district of Jiaozuo City 焦作市[Jiao1 zuo4 Shi4], Henan |
| 格林威治村 | Gé lín wēi zhì cūn | Greenwich |
| 三家村 | Sān jiā cūn | (lit.) village of three households; the Three Family Village, an essay column in a Beijing… |
| 城中村 | chéng zhōng cūn | village within a city; shantytown; ghetto |
| 村山富市 | Cūn shān Fù shì | Tomiichi Murayama (1924-), former prime minister of Japan |
| 地球村 | dì qiú cūn | global village |
| 中关村 | Zhōng guān cūn | Zhongguancun neighborhood of Beijing, containing Peking University, famous for electronics… |
| 孟村回族自治县 | Mèng cūn Huí zú Zì zhì xiàn | Mengcun Hui Autonomous County, in Cangzhou City 滄州市|沧州市[Cang1 zhou1 Shi4], Hebei |
| 亚运村 | Yà yùn cūn | Yayuncun neighborhood of Beijing |
| 村上春树 | Cūn shàng Chūn shù | MURAKAMI Haruki (1949-), Japanese novelist and translator |
| 周村区 | Zhōu cūn Qū | Zhoucun, a district of Zibo City 淄博市[Zi1 bo2 Shi4], Shandong |
| 新型农村合作医疗 | Xīn xíng Nóng cūn Hé zuò Yī liáo | New Rural Cooperative Medical Scheme; abbr. to 新農合|新农合 |
| 乡村音乐 | xiāng cūn yīn yuè | country music (country & western music genre) |
| 农村家庭联产承包责任制 | nóng cūn jiā tíng lián chǎn chéng bāo zé rèn zhì | rural household contract responsibility system, PRC government policy linking rural income… |
| 村子 | cūn zi | village |
| 山村 | shān cūn | mountain village |
| 度假村 | dù jià cūn | resort (vacation property) |