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Lake in Chinese

Posted in China, Language by Elliott Back on February 1st, 2006.

I just learned the Chinese word for lake which I think is absolutely gorgeous:

? – hu2

The character (??) is composed of a water radical (?) and the tonal combination ? (hu2) which is ?? (ten mouths) and ? (moon). Of course, the ? part is just for the sound, and the meaning itself comes from ?. For some reason, I really like this character…

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