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滇

diān
proper noun

Meanings

  1. 1 abbreviation for Yunnan Province
  2. 2 Lake Dian in Kunming; an ancient kingdom there

Examples

HSK 6
滇池在昆明西南。
Diānchí zài Kūnmíng xīnán.
Lake Dian lies southwest of Kunming.
HSK 7-9
滇菜以菌菇和米线闻名。
Diān cài yǐ jūngū hé mǐxiàn wénmíng.
Yunnan cuisine is famous for its mushrooms and rice noodles.

Tips

culture
滇 is the one-character nickname for Yunnan, used on license plates and in compounds like 滇菜 (Yunnan cuisine). It comes from 滇池 (Lake Dian) and the ancient Dian kingdom that ruled the area before the Han.

Components

radical
氵 shuǐ
water
The water radical 氵 on the left points to the original referent, 滇池, the great lake that gave the province its name.
phonetic
真 zhēn
true; real
真 supplies the sound (shifted from zhēn to diān); it carries no meaning, working only as the phonetic.

In Pop Culture

滇池 Diānchí
Lake Dian
Large freshwater lake southwest of Kunming, Yunnan; the source of the province's 滇 nickname and home to the Bronze-Age Dian kingdom.

Stroke Order

滇 diān