Radical 土

9 strokes

earth 土 (54a) + turn into 成 (259) = town 城

Originally this character meant “city wall”, hence its appearance in the name for the Great Wall of China.

[长城 (172) chángchéng the Great Wall]

[城里 (157) chénglǐ in town]

(A property developer shows investors a site) “This whole expanse of earth will turn into a town,” he says. / The chunky fairy lands heavily at his feet and says, “Over my dead body.”