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公主

公主 gōngzhǔ

公主 gōngzhǔ Meaning

Learn the Pinyin Pronunciation and 1 English Translations of the word 公主 gōngzhǔ .

Pīnyīn Pronunciation
gōngzhǔ | gong1 zhu3
English translation
princess

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Traditional form

公主 gōngzhǔ

Part of speech

Noun / 名词 míng cí Míngcí
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Etymology of 公主 gōngzhǔ

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gōng

Type

ideographic

Explanation

Originally a pictograph of a vessel for holding liquid. The original meaning is now written as wèng , with the (pottery) component added at the bottom. The current meaning "public" is a phonetic loan.

Positional decomposition

八厶

Number of Strokes

4
zhǔ

Type

pictographic

Explanation

Pictograph of a torch, now written as zhù . The current meaning is a phonetic loan.

Positional decomposition

丶王

Number of Strokes

5

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公主 gōngzhǔ Decomposition

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公主 gōngzhǔ Compounds

See all 72 Chinese words that contain the characters that make up the word 公主 gōngzhǔ in their composition.

  • gōng
    • Sōng
    • wēng
      • wēng , wěng , wěng , wěng , wěng , wěng , wěng , wēng , , wēng , , , , ,
    • gǔn
    • sòng , sòng , wèng , gōng , sōng , zhōng , zhōng , qiān , , , , , , , , , sòng , sòng
  • zhǔ
    • zhù
      • xx ,
    • wǎng
    • zhù
    • tǒu
    • zhù , zhù , zhù , zhǔ , zhù , zhù , tǒu , zhǔ , zhǔ , , , , , , , , , , , , zhù
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