原稿 (yuán gǎo) — original manuscript; master copy | TongTong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

noun

original manuscriptmaster copy

Measure word · 份

Examples

原稿。
Tā bǎ yuán gǎo jiāo gěi le biān jí.
He handed the original manuscript to the editor.
原稿。
Zhè fèn yuán gǎo yǐ jīng xiū gǎi le sān cì.
This original manuscript has been revised three times.
原稿，。
Qǐng bǎo liú yuán gǎo, bú yào zài shàng miàn xiě zì.
Please keep the original manuscript; don't write on 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.

原yuánoriginal

稿gǎomanuscript

原 means original and 稿 means manuscript, so 原稿 is an original manuscript.

Characters in this word

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

泉泉quánspring
厂厂chǎngcliff

原 combines 泉 (spring) and 厂 (cliff), picturing a spring bursting from a cliff-side, which gives the sense of origin or source.

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

禾高稿

Meaning part形符xíngfú

Sound part声符shēngfú

高

Same sound today

稿 is built from 禾, which carries the meaning, and 高, which supplies the pronunciation.

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