城 (chéng)

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

Etymology

Phonosemantic compound. 土 represents the meaning and 成 represents the sound.

Shuowen Jiezi

《說文》:“城,以盛民也。从土,从成,成亦聲。,籀文城从。”

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