发夹 (fà jiā) — hairpin; bobby pin | TongTong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

noun

hairpinbobby pin

Measure word · 个

发夹。
Tā yòng fà jiā bǎ tóu fa pán le qǐ lái.
She pinned up her hair with a hairpin.
发夹，。
Zhè zhǒng fà jiā hěn láo gù, bù róng yì sōng diào.
This kind of bobby pin is very sturdy and won't easily come loose.
发夹。
Tā de fà jiā shàng xiāng le yì kē xiǎo zhēn zhū.
Her hairpin has a small pearl set on it.

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.

「发」 means hair and 「夹」 means clip, so the word is a clip for hair.

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

This origin belongs to the traditional form 發; 发 is its simplified writing.

The simplified 发 stands for more than one traditional character. In most words (爆发, 出发) it is 發; in others (理发, 头发) it is 髮.

The form 發, which 发 stands for in many words, was originally drawn as a bow firing an arrow.

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

This origin belongs to the traditional form 夾; 夹 is its simplified writing.

The traditional form 夾 draws a person with two people beside or under the arms, giving the idea of holding or sandwiching between sides.

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