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乡村

xiāngcūn

countryside

A cottage among fields
Memory picture

Characters in this word

乡 xiāng

Strokes
3
Radical
幺 — tiny

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

  • 乡村很安静。 Xiāngcūn hěn ānjìng. The countryside is very quiet.
  • 我爱乡村。 Wǒ ài xiāngcūn. I love the countryside.
  • 乡村有小河。 Xiāngcūn yǒu xiǎo hé. There is a small river in the countryside.

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