县

xiàn

county

base (且) + private/local (厶) = county-level administration

The historical county was the lowest administrative unit, managing local, ground-level affairs for the people in a region. 且 mainly contributes sound here; 厶 hints at the personal, local scale of self-contained community governance.

且+厶→县
且A stackPhonetic
厶Something privateSemantic

这个县有很多村庄和农田。

zhè ge xiàn yǒu hěn duō cūnzhuāng hé nóngtián。

This county has many villages and farmland.

她从小在一个偏远的县长大。

tā cóng xiǎo zài yī ge piānyuǎn de xiàn zhǎng dà。

She grew up in a remote county.

Words with 县

环县

huán xiàn

Huan County or Huanxian, a county in Qingyang City 慶陽市|庆阳市[Qing4 yang2 Shi4], Gansu

永泰县

yǒng tài xiàn

Yongtai, a county in Fuzhou City 福州市[Fu2 zhou1 Shi4], Fujian

阜平县

fù píng xiàn

Fuping, a county in Baoding City 保定市[Bao3 ding4 Shi4], Hebei

滑县

huá xiàn

Hua County or Huaxian, a county in Anyang City 安陽市|安阳市[An1 yang2 Shi4], Henan

莘县

shēn xiàn

Shen county in Liaocheng 聊城[Liao2 cheng2], Shandong

乐亭县

lào tíng xiàn

Laoting, a county in Tangshan City 唐山市[Tang2 shan1 Shi4], Hebei

凤凰县

fèng huáng xiàn

Fenghuang, a county in Xiangxi Tujia and Miao Autonomous Prefecture 湘西土家族苗族自治州[Xiang1 xi1 Tu3 jia1 zu2 Miao2 zu2 Zi4 zhi4 zhou1], Hunan

大邑县

dà yì xiàn

Dayi County in Chengdu 成都[Cheng2 du1], Sichuan

岩手县

yán shǒu xiàn

Iwate prefecture in the north of Japan's main island Honshū 本州[Ben3 zhou1]

爱知县

ài zhī xiàn

Aichi prefecture, central Japan

淇县

qí xiàn

Qi County or Qixian, a county in Hebi City 鶴壁市|鹤壁市[He4 bi4 Shi4], Henan

汝南县

rǔ nán xiàn

Runan, a county in Zhumadian City 駐馬店市|驻马店市[Zhu4 ma3 dian4 Shi4], Henan

More characters with 且

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