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加热器 (jiā rè qì) — heater; heating device

Definition

noun
heaterheating device
Measure word · 台

Examples

  • ，。
    Dōng tiān jiā lǐ yí dìng yào yǒu jiā rè qì, bù rán tài lěng le.
    You must have a heater at home in winter, otherwise it's too cold.
  • 加热器，。
    Zhè tái jiā rè qì de gōng lǜ hěn gāo, jiā rè hěn kuài.
    This heater has high power and heats up quickly.
  • 加热器，。
    Zuó tiān jiā rè qì huài le, wǒ zhǎo rén lái xiū.
    Yesterday the heater broke, and I asked someone to repair it.

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.

加热heat
加jiāadd热rèheat
动宾Verb + object
器qìdevice

加 means add and 热 means heat, together naming a device that adds heat.

Characters in this word

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

加 pairs 力 and 口. In one explanation 力 is strength and 口 is the mouth, meaning exaggeration; in another 力 is plowing effort and 口 is breath or exclamation, meaning extra effort.

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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 熱; 热 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
灬Written in full as火huǒfire
Sound part声符shēngfú
埶
埶yì熱rè
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

The traditional form 熱 pairs 埶 with 火 (written as 灬) to show heat, while 埶 gives a sound.

Open 热 →

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

The origin of 器 is uncertain; one traditional account reads the whole shape as a scene of guarding over four vessels.

Open 器 →
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