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农村

nóngcūn

countryside; village

A farmhouse beside a field
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Characters in this word

农 nóng

Strokes
6
Radical
冖 — cover
How it's built
Pictograph — a drawing of the thing
More about the character 农

村 cūn

Strokes
7
Radical
木 — tree
Made of
木 tree 寸 inch
How it's built
Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound

Example phrases

  • 我住在农村。 Wǒ zhù zài nóng cūn. I live in the countryside.
  • 农村空气好。 Nóng cūn kōng qì hǎo. The air is good in the countryside.
  • 他来自农村。 Tā lái zì nóng cūn. He comes from the countryside.

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