刀架 (dāo jià) — tool carrier or carriage on a machine tool

Definition

On a lathe or machine tool, the part that holds the cutting blade in position and can be moved or adjusted. The 把 construction is natural here (把刀架调整到正确位置).

noun
tool carrier or carriage on a machine tool

Examples

  • 刀架。
    Chē chuáng shàng de dāo jià kě yǐ qián hòu yí dòng.
    The tool carrier on the lathe can move forward and backward.
  • 刀架。
    Shī fu bǎ dāo jià tiáo zhěng dào zhèng què wèi zhì.
    The master adjusted the tool carriage to the correct position.
  • 刀架。
    Zhè ge dāo jià néng tóng shí zhuāng sān bǎ dāo.
    This tool post can hold three cutting tools at once.

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.

刀dāoknife
架jiàrack

刀 means knife, and 架 is a rack, so 刀架 is a rack that holds cutting tools.

Characters in this word

A drawing of the thing itself, worn down over three thousand years into a few strokes.

The shape of 刀 comes from a simple picture of a knife.

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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
木木mùtree, wood
Sound part声符shēngfú
加
加jiā架jià
Same sound today

架 shows 木, meaning wood, with 加 giving the sound; it refers to a wooden prop.

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