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军刀 (jūn dāo) — saber; military sword

Definition

noun
sabermilitary sword
Measure word · 把

Examples

  • 军刀。
    Tā shǒu lǐ ná zhe yì bǎ jūn dāo.
    He is holding a saber in his hand.
  • 军刀。
    Zhè bǎ jūn dāo fēi cháng fēng lì.
    This saber is very sharp.
  • 军刀。
    Bó wù guǎn lǐ zhǎn chū le gǔ dài de jūn dāo.
    The museum exhibits ancient sabers.

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jūnmilitary
刀dāoblade

军 means military and 刀 means blade, so it names a military sword.

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.

Open 军 →

A drawing of the thing itself, worn down over three thousand years into a few strokes.

The shape of 刀 comes from a simple picture of a knife.

Open 刀 →
Appears in
Military & Defense

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