漁村

ぎょそん · gyoson · JLPT N1 · noun

village

🐟 漁 = fishing (water radical 氵 + fish 魚), 村 = village, so fishing village

The left part 氵 is the water radical, and 魚 means fish. Together they form 漁, fishing. Add 村, village, and the compound means a village built around fishing.

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.'

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