袤

mào

亠 + 矛 + 𧘇

Definitions

mào length; distance from north to south

Etymology

Phonosemantic compound. 衣 represents the meaning and 矛 represents the sound.

Semantic: 衣 Phonetic: 矛

About

The character 袤 is a phono-semantic compound where 衣 (clothing) provides the meaning and 矛 (spear) the sound, with the 衣 radical split to enclose 矛. It originally denoted the length of a garment from top to bottom, distinct from its width, and later extended to the north-south length of land, frequently paired with 廣 (east-west width) in the compound 廣袤 to express the total extent of a territory.

Etymology Hide

Bronze Mid Western Zhou (~900 BC)

Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)

Clerical Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)

Clerical Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)

Traditional Modern

Simplified Modern

Example Sentences Hide

中国的土地非常广袤。

Zhōngguó de tǔdì fēicháng guǎngmào.

China's land is very vast.

广袤的草原上有牛羊。

Guǎngmào de cǎoyuán shàng yǒu niú yáng.

There are cattle and sheep on the vast grassland.

我们驾车穿越广袤的沙漠。

Wǒmen jiàchē chuānyuè guǎngmào de shāmò.

We drove across the vast desert.

这片广袤的森林里有很多动物。

Zhè piàn guǎngmào de sēnlín lǐ yǒu hěnduō dòngwù.

There are many animals in this vast forest.

广袤的大地孕育了无数生命。

Guǎngmào de dàdì yùnyùle wúshù shēngmìng.

The vast earth nurtures countless lives.

在广袤的宇宙中，地球很小。

Zài guǎngmào de yǔzhòu zhōng, dìqiú hěn xiǎo.

In the vast universe, Earth is very small.

面对广袤的历史长河，我们深感渺小。

Miànduì guǎngmào de lìshǐ chánghé, wǒmen shēn gǎn miǎoxiǎo.

Facing the vast river of history, we feel very small.

科学家们正在研究广袤太空中的奥秘。

Kēxuéjiāmen zhèngzài yánjiū guǎngmào tàikōng zhōng de àomì.

Scientists are studying the mysteries in the vast space.

Related Characters

Component: 亠

Component: 矛

Component: 𧘇

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