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cūn · village, hamlet

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HSK 3.0 · Level 4Frequency #2435
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村=
木mùwood
+寸cùninch
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7Total strokes

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Left-rightCharacter structure

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木Key radical

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Vocabulary in context

Common words with 村

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cūnWords pronounced cūn
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Example sentences

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Zài chéng shì shēng huó hé zài nóng cūn shēng huó hěn bù tóng.在城市生活和在农村生活很不同。

Living in the city is really different to living in the country.

Source: Tatoeba #334029 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Tā men zài xiāng cūn ān dìng le xià lái.他们在乡村安定了下来。

They settled in the country.

Source: Tatoeba #490047 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Zhè jiù shì wǒ chū shēng de cūn zhuāng.这就是我出生的村庄。

That's the village I was born in.

Source: Tatoeba #4270728 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Yǒu hěn duō kē xué jiā zhù zài zhège xiǎo cūn lǐ.有很多科学家住在这个小村里。

Many scientists live in this small village.

Source: Tatoeba #760703 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Zhè shì zhè ge shī rén chū shēng de cūn zǐ.这是这个诗人出生的村子。

This is the village where the poet was born.

Source: Tatoeba #332938 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Céng jīng zài yí gè cūn luò lǐ zhù zhe yí wèi lǎo rén.曾经在一个村落里住着一位老人。

Once there lived an old man in a village.

Source: Tatoeba #1397114 · CC BY 2.0 FR
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How to study 村 in context

  1. Say cūn, then recall the core meaning: village, hamlet.
  2. Write all 7 strokes while keeping the left-right balanced.
  3. Use it in 农村 (nóng cūn), meaning “rural area”.
  4. Read the complete sentence aloud once, then cover the translation and explain how 村 works in that context.

Definitions and traditional forms are compiled from Make Me a Hanzi, HSK curriculum data, and CC-CEDICT. Sourced example sentences link to Tatoeba; editorial examples are labeled separately. Review data sources and licenses.