云母 (yún mǔ) — mica | tongtong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

noun

mica

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云母。
yún mǔ Shì yì zhǒng cháng jiàn de kuàng wù.
Mica is a common mineral.
云母。
yún mǔ Kě yǐ yòng lái zhì zào diàn qì líng jiàn.
Mica can be used to make electrical components.
云母。
Zhè zhǒng yún mǔ de zhì dì hěn tè bié.
This type of mica has a very special texture.

Compound word

构词法gòucífǎ

偏正piānzhèngModifier + head

The first part narrows down the second: it says what kind of thing the head is.

母mǔmineral-name form

云 points to the cloud-like appearance, and 母 is a fixed mineral-name form; together they name mica.

Characters in this word

Two or more meaningful parts placed together so that their meanings combine into a new one.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 雲; 云 is its simplified writing.

雨云雲

The traditional form 雲 is 雨 (rain) plus 云; 云 was the original writing for 'cloud', and 雨 was added to separate it from the borrowed sense 'to say'.

No reliable origin is recorded for this character.