搅拌器 (jiǎo bàn qì) — blender; whisk

Definition

noun

blenderwhisk

Measure word · 台

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.

搅拌stir

联合Coordinate

搅拌 means stir and 器 names a device, so it is a device for stirring.

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 攪; 搅 is its simplified writing.

扌覺攪

Meaning part形符xíngfú

扌Written in full as手shǒuhand

Sound part声符shēngfú

覺

覺jué攪jiǎo

Same sound today

The traditional form 攪 uses 扌 (hand) to show the action and 覺 for its sound; the simplified 搅 is a later shorthand.

No reliable origin is recorded for this character.

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

The origin of 器 is uncertain; one traditional account reads the whole shape as a scene of guarding over four vessels.

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