手模 (shǒu mó) — fingerprint | tongtong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

noun

fingerprint

Examples

手模。
Jǐng chá zài xiàn chǎng zhǎo dào le tā de shǒu mó.
The police found his fingerprint at the scene.
手模。
Zhè ge shǒu mó shǔ yú nà ge xián yí rén.
This fingerprint belongs to that suspect.
手模。
Xiàn zài hěn duō shǒu jī kě yǐ yòng shǒu mó jiě suǒ.
Many phones can now be unlocked with a fingerprint.

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.

模mópattern

The 手 indicates the hand, and the 模 is the pattern left by it.

Characters in this word

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

手 draws a five-fingered human hand: the top line is a bent middle finger, and the horizontal lines show the other four fingers.

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

木莫模

Meaning part形符xíngfú

木木mùtree

Sound part声符shēngfú

莫

莫mò模mó

Same sound today

The left part 木 is tree; the right part 莫 gives the sound.

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