发射机 (fā shè jī) — transmitter (electronic device); sender (of sig…

Definition

noun

transmitter (electronic device)sender (of signals)

Measure word · 台

发射机。
Zhè ge fā shè jī shì yòng lái fā sòng wú xiàn diàn xìn hào de.
This transmitter is used to send radio signals.
发射机。
Diàn shì tǎ shàng de fā shè jī bǎ jié mù chuán sòng dào qiān jiā wàn hù.
The transmitter on the TV tower broadcasts programs to thousands of households.
发射机。
Gōng rén men zhèng zài wéi xiū nà ge lǎo jiù de fā shè jī.
The workers are repairing that old transmitter.

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transmit/fire

联合Side by side

机jīmachine

发 and 射 mean send and shoot, together indicating emission, and 机 means machine.

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.

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.

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

木几机

Meaning part形符xíngfú

木木mùtree; wood

Sound part声符shēngfú

几

Same sound today

The left part is 木 (tree; wood), and the right part 几 gives the sound.