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Chinese

一年一度

/i⁵⁵⁻⁵¹ ni̯ɛn³⁵ i⁵⁵⁻³⁵ tu⁵¹/
once a year; annually
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    Origin

    The phrase is composed of the characters 一 (one), 年 (year), and 度 (linear measure; size; measures). The character 年 contains the semantic component 禾 (grain; cereal) and the phonetic component 人 (man; person; people).

    The character 度 includes the semantic component 又 (again; once more) and is associated with the phonetic components 石 (stone; rock) and 庶 (numerous; many). The component 庶 further consists of the component 广 (house built to depend on a cliff) and the semantic component 火 (fire; flame), alongside the component 炗 (light). The character 庶 also uses 石 as a phonetic component.

    Confidence: high · written by gemma4:26b, checked statement-by-statement against the sources below.

    一年一度是由「一」、「年」、「度」三個漢字構成。其中，「年」字包含語義成分「禾」（意指穀物），並以「人」（意指人）作為音符。

    「度」字包含語義成分「又」（意指再次），並由「石」（意指石頭）與「庶」（意指許多）作為音符。在「庶」字的組成中，包含了「广」（意指依山而建的房屋）以及語義成分「火」（意指火焰）與「炗」（意指光亮）。

    Confidence: high · written by gemma4:26b, checked statement-by-statement against the sources below.

    Lineage

    • characterChinese一 “one”
    • characterChinese年 “year (in generic contexts)”
      • meaningChinese禾 “grain; cereal”
      • soundChinese人 “man; person; people (Classifier: 個／个 m c; 隻／只 h)”
    • characterChinese度 “linear measure; size; measures”
      • soundChinese石 “stone; rock (Classifier: 嚿 c; 塊／块 c)”
      • soundChinese庶 “numerous; many”
        • componentChinese广 “house built to depend on a cliff”
        • meaningChinese火 “fire; flame (Classifier: 把 m; 團／团 m)”
        • componentChinese炗 “light”
      • meaningChinese又 “again; once more”
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    Meanings

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    1. once a year; annually

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    Sources

    • etymagent (local gemma4:26b) — Generated
    • Written form — n/a
    • Wiktionary (via Wiktextract / kaikki.org) — CC BY-SA 4.0