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军火 (jūn huǒ) — munitions; arms and ammunition

Definition

noun
munitionsarms and ammunition

Examples

  • 军火。
    Guó jiā jìn zhǐ sī zì mǎi mai jūn huǒ.
    The state prohibits private trading of arms.
  • 军火。
    Zhè chǎng zhàn zhēng xiāo hào le dà liàng jūn huǒ.
    This war consumed a large amount of munitions.
  • 军火。
    jūn huǒ Mào yì shòu dào yán gé guǎn zhì.
    The arms trade is strictly regulated.

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
火huǒfire/firearms

军 (military) and 火 (fire/firearms) together name military arms and ammunition.

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.

火 is a simple drawing of a fire, with flames shown rising upward.

Open 火 →
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Military & Defense

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