城

chéng

city walls

city; town; CL:座[zuo4],道[dao4],個|个[ge4]

earth (土) + sound (成) = walled city

土 anchors the meaning: city walls were massive earthen constructions. 成 mainly contributes the sound chéng and does not carry the wall meaning.

土+成→城
土EarthSemantic
成To completePhonetic

这座城很古老,城墙还保存得很好。

zhè zuò chéng hěn gǔ lǎo, chéng qiáng hái bǎo cún de hěn hǎo。

This city is very old, and its city walls are still well preserved.

他们从远处看到了那座城的轮廓。

tā men cóng yuǎn chù kàn dào le nà zuò chéng de lún kuò。

They saw the outline of that city from far away.

Words with 城

羊城

yáng chéng

Yangcheng, a nickname for 廣州|广州[Guang3 zhou1]

新城区

xīn chéng qū

Xincheng, a district of Hohhot City 呼和浩特市[Hu1 he2 hao4 te4 Shi4], Inner Mongolia

城区

chéng qū

city district

老城

lǎo chéng

old town

蒲城

pú chéng

Pucheng County in Weinan 渭南[Wei4 nan2], Shaanxi

石城

shí chéng

see 石城縣|石城县[Shi2 cheng2 Xian4]

平城

píng chéng

Pyongsong (city in North Korea)

鬼城

guǐ chéng

ghost town

城郊

chéng jiāo

suburbs

禅城

chán chéng

see 禪城區|禅城区[Chan2 cheng2 Qu1]

府城

fǔ chéng

capital of 府 prefecture (from Tang to Qing times)

晋城市

jìn chéng shì

Jincheng, prefecture-level city in Shanxi Province 山西省[Shan1 xi1 Sheng3]

More characters with 土

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