TSUMUGU · TOCFL 3 (est.) · 詞
墨西哥
word · TOCFL 3 (est.)
ㄇㄛˋ ㄒㄧ ㄍㄜ · Mòxīgē
proper noun — Mexico, the country in southern North America
字源 FORM — what the parts do
墨phonetic (墨水)mòchosen for the sound /mɔ/, not the meaning "ink" 西phonetic (西邊)xīchosen for the sound /ɕi/, not the meaning "west" 哥phonetic (哥哥)gēchosen for the sound /kə/, not the meaning "elder brother" 墨西哥，墨水的墨，東西的西，哥哥的哥。