拼音
- nán (second tone, rising)
man, male
字形拆解
Ideographic description
⿱田力The sequence reads left to right and describes how the parts are arranged.
Mnemonic
A field 田 with a plough 力 beneath it: the labour spent in the fields. Both halves mean what they show — neither is there for the sound — and the word covers 男人, 男孩 and 男朋友. The pair 男 / 女 on the doors of a public building is usually the first sign a learner reads without help.
A memory aid written by HSK Guide editors. It is not an etymology and does not describe the historical origin of the character.