农会 (nóng huì) — peasant association

Definition

noun
peasant association
Measure word · 个

Examples

  • 农会1920。
    Zhè ge nóng huì chéng lì yú 1920 nián.
    This peasant association was founded in 1920.
  • 农会。
    Tā jiā rù le dāng dì de nóng huì.
    He joined the local peasant association.
  • 农会。
    nóng huì Bāng zhù nóng mín jiě jué le hěn duō wèn tí.
    The peasant association helped farmers solve many problems.

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.

农nóngpeasant
会huìassociation

农 means peasant and 会 means association, together naming a peasant association.

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 農; 农 is its simplified writing.

The traditional form 農 comes from 林 (vegetation) and 辰 (a hoe), showing a hoe among vegetation to remove weeds; the simplified 农 is a later abbreviation.

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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.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 會; 会 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
合合héto meet
Sound part声符shēngfú
𡆧
𡆧𡆧會huì
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

Traditional 會 pairs 合 (to meet) with 𡆧, an original form for ironware, to give the sound. The simplified 会 is a later shorthand, so its parts are not the original parts.

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