发射器 (fā shè qì) — launcher (for missiles, rockets, etc.); transmitter (for radio signals, communications)

Definition

Compound of 发射 (fāshè, 'to launch/emit') plus the device suffix 器. Refers to equipment that launches projectiles (missiles, rockets) or transmits signals — choose 'launcher' for weapons, 'transmitter' for radio/wireless signals.

noun
launcher (for missiles, rockets, etc.)transmitter (for radio signals, communications)
Measure word ·

Examples

  • 发射器
    Zhè zhǒng xīn xíng fā shè qì kě yǐ yuǎn jù lí jīng zhǔn dǎ jī mù biāo.
    This new type of launcher can strike targets with precision at long range.
  • 发射器
    Wú xiàn fā shè qì de gōng lǜ tài dī le, xìn hào fù gài fàn wéi yǒu xiàn.
    The power of the wireless transmitter is too low, so the signal coverage is limited.
  • 发射器
    Wèi xīng guǐ dào shàng bù shǔ le jǐ gè xìn hào fā shè qì.
    Several signal transmitters were deployed in satellite orbit.

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.

发射send and shoot
sendshèshoot
联合Coordinate
device

发射, send and shoot, plus 器, a device, gives a device that sends or shoots.

Characters in this word

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.

Open 发 →

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

In 射, the left part comes from 弓 (bow) and 矢 (arrow), and the right part comes from a hand drawing the bowstring.

Open 射 →

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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