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天文馆 (tiān wén guǎn) — planetarium

Definition

noun
planetarium
Measure word · 座

Examples

  • 天文馆。
    Míng tiān wǒ men xué xiào zǔ zhī qù tiān wén guǎn cān guān.
    Tomorrow our school is organizing a visit to the planetarium.
  • 天文馆。
    Zhè ge tiān wén guǎn de qióng mù diàn yǐng fēi cháng zhèn hàn.
    The dome-screen films in this planetarium are very impressive.
  • 天文馆。
    Wǒ xiǎo shí hou zuì xǐ huan qù tiān wén guǎn kàn xīng xing.
    When I was little, I loved going to the planetarium to look at stars.

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.

天文celestial patterns
天tiānsky文wénpatterns
偏正Modifier + head
馆guǎnhall

天文 (celestial patterns) and 馆 (hall) name a hall for observing celestial patterns.

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
大大dà
Sound part声符shēngfú
丁
丁dīng天tiān
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.

Open 天 →

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.

Open 文 →

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 館; 馆 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
飠Written in full as食shí
Sound part声符shēngfú
官
官guān館guǎn
Same sound today

The traditional form 館 is made of 食, written as 飠 on the left, and 官 on the right; 官 provides the sound. The simplified 馆 is a later shorthand.

Open 馆 →
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