新竹

Xinzhu or Hsinchu city in northern Taiwan, noted for high tech industries / Xinzhu or Hsinchu county in northwest Taiwan

Characters and words in 新竹

新

xi̅n = xi + (e)n1

abbr. for Xinjiang 新疆[Xin1 jiang1] or Singapore 新加坡[Xin1 jia1 po1] / surname Xin

新

xi̅n = xi + (e)n1

new / newly / meso- (chemistry)

新 = 亲 + 斤 : Xi Shi (xi) and her bride (亲) are inspecting their wedding presents in front of the encampment ((e)n1). There's a brand new (新) pair of barbells (斤) packed in plastic foil.

竹

zhú = zhu + Ø2

bamboo / CL:棵[ke1],支[zhi1],根[gen1] / Kangxi radical 118

竹 = 𠂉 + 丨 + 亅 : Julian Giant Squid (zhu) is weaving a bamboo basket (竹) in the space station's kitchen (Ø2). He is using a key (𠂉), a dinosaur bone (丨) and a crowbar (亅) as basis structure and connects the three stays by weaving soft bamboo (竹) around them.