域名 (yù míng) — domain name

Definition

noun
domain name
Measure word · 个

Examples

  • 域名。
    Zhè ge yù míng yǐ jīng bèi bié rén zhù cè le.
    This domain name has already been registered by someone else.
  • 域名。
    Gōng sī xū yào mǎi yí gè xīn de yù míng.
    The company needs to buy a new domain name.
  • 域名。
    Shū rù yù míng jiù néng fǎng wèn wǎng zhàn le.
    Enter the domain name and you can visit the website.

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.

域yùdomain
名míngname

域 (domain) and 名 (name) combine to mean the name of a domain.

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.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
土土tǔ
Sound part声符shēngfú
或
或huò域yù
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

域 uses 土, earth or soil, to show it is about land, and 或 to suggest its pronunciation.

Open 域 →

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

名 puts 夕 (crescent moon) above 口 (mouth), showing a name spoken in the dark.

Open 名 →

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