果冻 (guǒ dòng) — jelly (gelatin dessert), Jell-O

Definition

noun

jelly (gelatin dessert)Jell-O

Measure word · 个

果冻，。
Wǒ xǐ huan chī guǒ dòng, yóu qí shì cǎo méi wèi de.
I like eating jelly, especially strawberry-flavored.
果冻。
Mā ma gěi hái zi men mǎi le jǐ gè guǒ dòng.
Mom bought a few jellies for the kids.
果冻，。
Zhè zhǒng guǒ dòng de kǒu gǎn hěn ruǎn, xiǎo péng yǒu dōu hěn ài chī.
This kind of jelly has a soft texture, and kids all love it.

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.

冻dòngjellied form

果 names fruit, and 冻 names the jellied form, giving fruit jelly.

Characters in this word

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

果 originally drew fruits hanging on a tree.

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 凍; 冻 is its simplified writing.

冫東凍

Meaning part形符xíngfú

冫Written in full as仌bīng

Sound part声符shēngfú

東

東dōng凍dòng

Same sound today

The traditional form 凍 pairs 冫 (ice) with 東 for the sound; the simplified 冻 is a later shorthand.

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