域 yù area
area; district; field; land; region; domain
怎么记住“域”: 土 earth + 或 or = area. The surveyor checks the earth and asks whether the farm or the forest owns this area.
部件结构
形声 · Meaning + sound
One part gives the meaning, the other gives the sound.
域 = 土 earth + 或 or
- 土 earth meaning
- 或 or sound
- 戈 dagger
- 口 mouth
- 一 one
The surveyor checks the earth and asks whether the farm or the forest owns this area.
How it came to be
Earth gives the meaning and the right part gives the sound.
用法
- Formal, written character for a bounded area or field, never used alone.
- 领域 (lǐngyù), field/domain, is used abstractly for areas of study or expertise, e.g. 研究领域 (yánjiū lǐngyù) research field.
- 区域 (qūyù), region/zone, and 地域 (dìyù), geographic area, are common in news, planning, and business contexts.
- 流域 (liúyù), river basin, and 海域 (hǎiyù), sea area, are more specialized geographic terms.