会计学 (kuài jì xué) — accounting

Definition

noun
accounting

Examples

  • 会计学。
    Wǒ dà xué xué de shì kuài jì xué.
    I studied accounting in college.
  • 会计学。
    Zhè jiā gōng sī de kuài jì xué zuò dé hěn hǎo.
    This company's accounting is done well.
  • 会计学。
    kuài jì xué Shì yì mén fēi cháng zhòng yào de xué kē.
    Accounting is a very important subject.

Origin

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.

会计accounting
会huìaggregate计jìcalculate
联合Side by side
学xuéstudy

会计 (accounting) and 学 (study) combine to mean the study of accounting.

Characters in this word

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 會; 会 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
合合héto meet
Sound part声符shēngfú
𡆧
𡆧𡆧會huì
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

Traditional 會 pairs 合 (to meet) with 𡆧, an original form for ironware, to give the sound. The simplified 会 is a later shorthand, so its parts are not the original parts.

Open 会 →

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

This origin belongs to the traditional form 計; 计 is its simplified writing.

The traditional form 計 pairs 言 (say) with 十 (all). The simplified 计 is a later shorthand, so its parts are not the historical shape.

Open 计 →

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 學; 学 is its simplified writing.

The traditional form 學 may have used 爻 and 六 for sound, with hands and a child added later; the simplified 学 is a shorthand.

Open 学 →

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