军事学 (jūn shì xué) — military science

Definition

noun
military science

Examples

  • 军事学。
    Tā zài dà xué xué de shì jūn shì xué.
    He studied military science at university.
  • 军事学。
    jūn shì xué Yán jiū zhàn zhēng hé guó fáng de guī lǜ.
    Military science studies the laws of war and national defense.
  • 军事学。
    Tā duì jūn shì xué hěn gǎn xìng qù.
    He is very interested in military science.

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.

军事military affairs
军jūnmilitary事shìaffairs
偏正Modifier + head
学xuéstudy

军 'military' and 事 'affairs' together with 学 'study' name the study of military affairs.

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 軍; 军 is its simplified writing.

  • 車車jūcart; chariot
  • 勹勹bāoto surround

In the traditional form 軍, 車 shows the chariot sense, while the part now written 勹 is a sound part, not the 'surround' 勹. Simplified 军 is a later shorthand.

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

In 事, 又 is a hand and 中 is a flagpole with a drum; holding a flag in hand depicts performing a job.

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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.

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