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打击乐 (dǎ jī yuè) — percussion music

Definition

noun
percussion music
Measure word · 种

Examples

  • 打击乐。
    Tā cóng xiǎo jiù xǐ huan dǎ jī yuè.
    He has liked percussion music since childhood.
  • 打击乐。
    Zhè chǎng yīn yuè huì yǐ dǎ jī yuè wéi zhǔ.
    This concert is mainly percussion music.
  • 打击乐。
    dǎ jī yuè Zài yuè duì zhōng fēi cháng zhòng yào.
    Percussion music is very important in the band.

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.

打击strike
打dǎhit击jīstrike
联合Coordinate
乐lèmusic

“打击乐” uses “打击” for hitting and striking, naming “乐” music made by percussion.

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
扌Written in full as手shǒuhand
Sound part声符shēngfú
丁
丁dīng打dǎ
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

打 uses 扌, a hand, to show an action done with the hand, and 丁 to give the sound.

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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 擊; 击 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
手手shǒuhand
Sound part声符shēngfú
毄
毄jī擊jī
Same sound today

The traditional form 擊 has 手 (hand) and 毄; 毄 gives the sound and also points to striking, while the simplified 击 is a later shorthand.

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

This origin belongs to the traditional form 樂; 乐 is its simplified writing.

In the traditional form 樂, 絲 (string) with 木 (wood) shows strings on a piece of wood, a musical instrument; the simplified 乐 is a later shorthand.

Open 乐 →
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