军区 (jūn qū) — military region

Definition

noun
military region
Measure word · 个

Examples

  • 军区。
    Zhè ge jūn qū fù zé běi bù biān jìng de fáng yù.
    This military region is responsible for the defense of the northern border.
  • 军区。
    Tā céng zài nán fāng jūn qū fú yì shí nián.
    He served in a southern military region for ten years.
  • 军区。
    Quán guó huà fēn wèi qī gè jūn qū.
    The whole country is divided into seven military regions.

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
区qūregion

The 军 idea narrows the 区 to a military one.

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 →

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

This origin belongs to the traditional form 區; 区 is its simplified writing.

The traditional form 區 is made from 匸 and 品; the simplified 区 is a shorthand.

Open 区 →

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