风土人情 (fēng tǔ rén qíng)

Character breakdown

• 风 (fēng) · 4 strokes

  Simplified form of 風. Originally written the same as 鳳 (phoenix) because the two characters sounded the same. Later the bottom part of the character was abbreviated to distinguish the two characters.

• 土 (Tǔ) · 3 strokes

  Depicts a lump of dirt on the ground.

• 人 (rén) · 2 strokes

  Pictograph of the side view of a standing person.

• 情 (qíng) · 11 strokes

  Phonosemantic compound. 忄 represents the meaning and 青 represents the sound.

Usage

这本书介绍了当地的风土人情。

local conditions and customs (idiom)

zhè běn shū jiè shào liǎo dàng dì de fēng tǔ rén qíng 。