村庄
cūn zhuāng · HSK 6
village
🏘️ 村 = village radical + 寸 (inch); 庄 = farmstead/manor
村 pairs the tree radical 木 with 寸 (inch/hand) — a small settlement by the trees. 庄 (under the 广 roof radical) means farmstead or estate. Together 村庄 names a village or hamlet.
村 — tree 木 + inch/measure 寸
村 combines 木 (tree) with 寸 (inch/hand), where 寸 also serves as the phonetic. Originally written 邨 with the 邑 (settlement) radical, it referred to a small rural settlement, often near trees. The modern form 村 became standard, keeping the meaning 'village.'