快门 (kuài mén) — camera shutter | TongTong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

noun

camera shutter

快门，。
Àn xià kuài mén, zhào piàn jiù pāi hǎo le.
Press the shutter, and the photo is taken.
快门。
Zhè ge xiàng jī de kuài mén sù dù hěn kuài.
This camera's shutter speed is very fast.
快门。
Tā qīng qīng de àn le yí xià kuài mén.
He gently pressed the shutter once.

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.

快 suggests quick action and 门 suggests a door-like device, together naming a camera shutter.

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.

忄夬快

Meaning part形符xíngfú

忄Written in full as心xīn

Sound part声符shēngfú

夬

夬guài快kuài

Close in sound todayThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

快 pairs the left part 忄 (full form 心, the heart) with the right part 夬, which gives the sound.

A drawing of the thing itself, worn down over three thousand years into a few strokes.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 門; 门 is its simplified writing.

The traditional form 門 pictures a gate as two door shapes side by side; the simplified 门 is a later shorthand.

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