圆号 (yuán háo) — French horn (brass instrument) | TongTong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

noun

French horn (brass instrument)

Measure word · 把

Examples

圆号。
yuán háo Shì yì zhǒng tóng guǎn yuè qì.
The French horn is a brass instrument.
圆号，。
Tā xué yuán háo yǐ jīng sān nián le, chuī dé hěn hǎo tīng.
He has been learning the French horn for three years and plays it beautifully.
圆号。
Zhè shǒu qǔ zi xū yào sì gè yuán háo yì qǐ yǎn zòu.
This piece requires four French horns to play together.

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.

The sense of 圆 (round) combines with 号 (horn) to name a brass instrument with a coiled, rounded shape.

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 圓; 圆 is its simplified writing.

囗員圓

Meaning part形符xíngfú

囗囗wéi

Sound part声符shēngfú

員

員yuán圓yuán

Same sound today

This is about the traditional form 圓, not the simplified 圆. In 圓, 囗 surrounds 員, and the inner part of 員 is an old circle picture.

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

口丂号

口口kǒumouth
丂丂kǎoexhaled air; a tiger's cry

The shape 号 comes from 口, a mouth, and 丂, exhaled air or a tiger's cry.

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