港
gǎng · HSK 7
Hong Kong
🇭🇰 港 = 氵(water) + 巷 (alley) — a watery alley, i.e. a harbor; Hong Kong = 'fragrant harbor'
The character literally means harbor or port: water radical 氵plus 巷 (alley/lane), giving the sense of a water-lane where boats dock. 香港 (Hong Kong) translates as 'fragrant harbor', so 港 alone often stands in for the city.
港 — water radical 氵 + 巷 (alley)
A semantic-phonetic compound: 氵 (water) gives the meaning, while 巷 (alley) supplies the sound. Originally referred to a branch of a river or a small waterway, then extended to mean a sheltered inlet where boats could moor — a harbor or port.