国库 (guó kù) — national treasury; state exchequer

Definition

noun

national treasurystate exchequer

国库。
Zhèng fǔ cóng guó kù bō kuǎn zhī chí jiào yù shì yè.
The government allocates funds from the national treasury to support education.
国库。
Zhè xiē shuì shōu rù guó kù hòu tǒng yī guǎn lǐ.
After these tax revenues enter the national treasury, they are managed uniformly.
国库。
Shěn jì shǔ měi nián dōu huì jiǎn chá guó kù de zhàng mù.
The audit office checks the national treasury's accounts every year.

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.

库kùtreasury

国 means state and 库 means treasury, so together they name the state's treasury.

Characters in this word

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 國; 国 is its simplified writing.

囗或國

Meaning part形符xíngfú

囗囗wéiclosure

Sound part声符shēngfú

或

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

The traditional form 國 uses 囗 to show closure and 或 to give the sound.

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 庫; 库 is its simplified writing.

广車庫

Meaning part形符xíngfú

广广guǎngbuilding

Sound part声符shēngfú

車

車jū庫kù

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

The traditional form 庫 pairs 广 (building) with 車 (sound); the building part points to a storehouse. The simplified 库 is a later shorthand.

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