化学剂 (huà xué jì) — chemical reagent

Definition

noun

chemical reagent

Measure word · 种

化学剂。
Shí yàn shì lǐ xū yào duō zhǒng huà xué jì cái néng wán chéng shí yàn.
A laboratory needs many kinds of chemical reagents to complete experiments.
化学剂，。
Zhè zhǒng huà xué jì yǒu fǔ shí xìng, shǐ yòng shí yào xiǎo xīn.
This chemical reagent is corrosive, so you need to be careful when using it.
化学剂。
Tā zhèng zài pèi zhì yì zhǒng xīn de huà xué jì.
He is preparing a new chemical reagent.

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.

化学chemistry

偏正Modifier + head

剂jìreagent

化学 gives 'chemistry' and 剂 gives 'reagent', together naming a chemical reagent.

Characters in this word

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

化 shows two person figures, one upright and one upside down, to give the idea of reversal or change.

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 學; 学 is its simplified writing.

The traditional form 學 may have used 爻 and 六 for sound, with hands and a child added later; the simplified 学 is a shorthand.

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 劑; 剂 is its simplified writing.

齊刂劑

Meaning part形符xíngfú

刂Written in full as刀dāo

Sound part声符shēngfú

齊

齊qí劑jì

Close in sound todayThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

In the traditional form 劑, 齊 gives the sound and 刂 (刀, a knife) shows the meaning. The simplified 剂 is a later shorthand.