厦

廈

xià, shà

厂 + 夏

Definitions

shà (noun) tall building; mansion

shà (noun) rear annex; lean-to

Xià (noun) Xiamen (city in Fujian province)

Etymology

Phonosemantic compound. 厂 represents the meaning and 夏 represents the sound. Simplified form of 廈.

Semantic: 厂 Phonetic: 夏

About

A phonosemantic compound, 厦 is the simplified form of 廈. It uses 厂 (cliff) as the semantic component in place of the traditional shelter radical 广, and 夏 as the phonetic; 夏 independently means summer. The character's original sense was a large mansion or grand building, later expanding to cover institutional headquarters and towering commercial skyscrapers. It also names the coastal city of Xiamen, thereby moving from common architectural vocabulary into proper nouns and toponyms.

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Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)

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Example Sentences Hide

这是一座大厦。

Zhè shì yí zuò dàshà.

This is a large building.

厦门是一个美丽的城市。

Xiàmén shì yí gè měilì de chéngshì.

Xiamen is a beautiful city.

我在大厦里工作。

Wǒ zài dàshà lǐ gōngzuò.

I work in the building.

那座大厦有五十层。

Nà zuò dàshà yǒu wǔshí céng.

That building has fifty floors.

我们公司在新盖的大厦中。

Wǒmen gōngsī zài xīn gài de dàshà zhōng.

Our company is in the newly built building.

这座大厦的设计非常现代。

Zhè zuò dàshà de shèjì fēicháng xiàndài.

The design of this building is very modern.

在厦门，你可以看到很多高楼大厦。

Zài Xiàmén, nǐ kěyǐ kàndào hěnduō gāolóu dàshà.

In Xiamen, you can see many tall buildings.

由于资金问题，大厦的建设项目被推迟了。

Yóuyú zījīn wèntí, dàshà de jiànshè xiàngmù bèi tuīchí le.

Due to funding issues, the construction project of the building was delayed.

Related Characters

Component: 厂

Component: 夏

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