先科 (xiān kē) — Xianke (Chinese electronics brand)

Definition

先科 (Xiānkē) is a Chinese brand name, best known in the 1990s for home electronics like DVD players and audio systems.

noun

Xianke (Chinese electronics brand)

先科DVD。
Wǒ jiā yǒu yì tái xiān kē de DVD bō fàng jī.
My family has a Xianke DVD player.
先科。
xiān kē Zhè ge pǐn pái zài jiǔ shí nián dài fēi cháng liú xíng.
The Xianke brand was very popular in the 1990s.
先科，。
Tā mǎi le yì tái xiān kē de yīn xiǎng, yīn zhì hěn hǎo.
He bought a Xianke audio system; the sound quality is very good.

Characters in this word

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

先 combines 止 (foot) and 儿 (person) to show someone moving forward.

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

禾斗科

Meaning part形符xíngfú

斗斗dòumeasuring tool

Sound part声符shēngfú

禾

Close in sound todayThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

科 pairs 禾, which gives the hé sound, with 斗, a measuring tool.