西 属 撒 哈 拉

XīshǔSāhālā

Spanish Sahara (former Spanish colony in Africa)

Traditional 西屬撒哈拉

Meaning

XīshǔSāhālāxi1 shu3 sa1 ha1 la1

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Xī · west, western, westward

Radical 西 · 6 strokes · Parts 兀囗

Pictographic: A bird settling into its nest, representing sunset; compare 東

shǔ · class, category, type; family; affiliated, belonging to

Radical 尸 · 12 strokes · Parts 尸禹

Pictophonetic: body

Sā · to disperse, to let go, to relax

Radical 扌 · 15 strokes · Parts 扌散

Ideographic: To scatter 散 seeds by hand 扌; 散 also provides the pronunciation

hā · the sound of laughter

Radical 口 · 9 strokes · Parts 口合

Pictophonetic: mouth

lā · to pull, to drag; to seize, to hold; to lengthen; to play (a violin)

Radical 扌 · 8 strokes · Parts 扌立

Pictophonetic: hand

Glyphs: Wikimedia Commons, public domain.