学分 (xué fēn) — course credit | TongTong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

noun

course credit

Measure word · 个

，学分。
Zhè xué qī wǒ xiū le wǔ mén kè, měi mén kè yǒu sān xué fēn.
This semester I took five courses, each with three credits.
学分。
Bì yè xū yào xiū gòu yì bǎi liù shí gè xué fēn.
You need to earn 160 credits to graduate.
，学分。
Tā zhuǎn dào xīn xué xiào hòu, yǐ qián de xué fēn hái kě yǐ yòng.
After he transferred to the new school, his previous credits can still be used.

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.

学 “study” and 分 “points” together mean the points earned for study.

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 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.

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

八刀分

分 pairs 八 (to separate) with 刀 (knife), showing something cut apart with a knife.

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