前缀 (qián zhuì) — prefix | tongtong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

noun

prefix

前缀“re-”，“”。
Zhè ge cí de qián zhuì shì "re-", yì si shì "zài".
The prefix of this word is "re-", meaning "again".
前缀。
Qǐng gěi suǒ yǒu wén jiàn tiān jiā yí gè tǒng yī de qián zhuì.
Please add a uniform prefix to all files.
，“Mr.”前缀。
Zài yīng wén zhōng, "Mr." shì nán shì de qián zhuì.
In English, "Mr." is a prefix for men.

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.

缀zhuìattachment

前 (front) and 缀 (attachment) combine to mean something attached in front.

Characters in this word

Two or more meaningful parts placed together so that their meanings combine into a new one.

In the older form of 前, 止 (foot) and 舟 (boat) showed a foot on a boat moving forward; in the current 前 those parts are shortened.

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 綴; 缀 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú

糸糸mìsilk

Sound part声符shēngfú

叕

叕zhuó綴zhuì

The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

For 缀, the shape is explained by the traditional form 綴, which combines 糸 (silk) with 叕 as a sound part.