天文学家 (tiān wén xué jiā) — astronomer

Definition

noun

astronomer

Measure word · 位

天文学家。
Nà wèi tiān wén xué jiā yòng wàng yuǎn jìng guān chá xīng xing.
That astronomer observes stars with a telescope.
天文学家。
Zhè wèi tiān wén xué jiā fā xiàn le xīn de xiǎo xíng xīng.
This astronomer discovered a new asteroid.
天文学家。
Hěn duō tiān wén xué jiā yán jiū yǔ zhòu de qǐ yuán.
Many astronomers study the origin of the universe.

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

Sound part声符shēngfú

丁

The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

The shape comes from a frontal standing man 大 with a head; 天 pairs 大 with 丁 for sound.

An abstract idea shown by a mark or a diagram rather than by a picture of an object.

The current form 文 shows a man with head, arms, legs, and chest; the tattoo marks on the chest are no longer drawn.

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 學; 学 is its simplified writing.

The traditional form 學 may have used 爻 and 六 for sound, with hands and a child added later; the simplified 学 is a shorthand.

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

宀宀miánroof

Sound part声符shēngfú

𢑓

𢑓𢑓家jiā

The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

The early drawing of 家 showed a roof 宀 over a male-pig sign 𢑓 that gave the pronunciation; the lower part later changed shape.

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