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军法 (jūn fǎ) — military law

Definition

noun
military law

Examples

  • 军法。
    Wéi fǎn jūn fǎ huì shòu dào yán lì de chǔ fá.
    Violating military law will result in severe punishment.
  • 军法。
    Zhè míng shì bīng yīn chù fàn jūn fǎ bèi sòng shàng le jūn shì fǎ tíng.
    This soldier was sent to a military court for violating military law.
  • 军法，。
    jūn fǎ Yǔ pǔ tōng fǎ lǜ yí yàng, dōu shì wèi le wéi hù zhì xù.
    Military law, like ordinary law, is meant to maintain order.

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
法fǎlaw

法 for military affairs, with 军 specifying the sphere.

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

Meaning part形符xíngfú
氵Written in full as水shuǐwater
廌廌zhìa type of antelope or caprid
Sound part声符shēngfú
盍
盍hé法fǎ
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

法's older form combined 氵 (water) and 廌 (a type of antelope or caprid), with 盍 as a sound part; later 廌 was dropped.

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