军号 (jūn háo) — bugle (a brass instrument used in military signals)

Definition

A 军号 is a brass bugle used for military signals, calls, and reveille. Not a generic 'horn' (喇叭) — it specifically denotes the small, valveless signal bugle of the army.

noun
bugle (a brass instrument used in military signals)
Measure word · 只

Examples

  • ，军号。
    Měi tiān zǎo chén, tā dōu huì chuī jūn háo jiào dà jiā qǐ chuáng.
    Every morning, he blows the bugle to wake everyone up.
  • 嘹军号。
    Yuǎn chù chuán lái yí zhèn liáo liàng de jūn háo shēng.
    A clear bugle sound came from afar.
  • 军号。
    Tā zài bù duì lǐ xué huì le chuī jūn háo.
    He learned to play the bugle in the army.

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
号hàohorn

军 (military) and 号 (horn) combine for a military signal instrument.

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.

  • 口口kǒumouth
  • 丂丂kǎoexhaled air; a tiger's cry

The shape 号 comes from 口, a mouth, and 丂, exhaled air or a tiger's cry.

Open 号 →

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