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CHINESE CHARACTER

xiàn

县

县

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county

Numbered pinyin
xian4
English meanings
county

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BUILDING BLOCKS

Structure & components

Top–bottom structure

Top–bottom arrangement: top 且; bottom 厶.

This breakdown describes the written shape. A component's meaning does not always explain the meaning of the whole character.

Decomposition reference

⿱且厶

Source: Make Me a Hanzi (LGPL-3.0-or-later)
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Homophones

Characters with the same pinyin, regardless of tone.

Example sentences

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  1. 01

    tā他zài在xiàn县lǐ里gōngzuò工作。

    He works in the county.

  2. 02

    xiàn县chéng城。

    A county town.

  3. 03

    zhè这gè个xiàn县hěn很dà大。

    This county is big.

  4. 04

    huí回xiàn县lǐ里。

    Return to the county.

  5. 05

    xiàn县de的xuéxiào学校。

    The county school.

  6. 06

    liǎojiě了解xiàn县qíng情。

    Know the county.

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