水产 (shuǐ chǎn) — aquatic product | TongTong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

noun

aquatic product

Measure word · 种

水产。
Zhè jiā chāo shì de shuǐ chǎn zhǒng lèi hěn fēng fù.
This supermarket has a wide variety of aquatic products.
水产。
Yán hǎi dì qū de rén men yǐ shuǐ chǎn wéi zhǔ shí zhī yī.
People in coastal areas eat aquatic products as one of their staple foods.
水产。
Zhè ge gǎng kǒu zhǔ yào chū kǒu shuǐ chǎn.
This port mainly exports aquatic products.

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.

水 points to water and 产 to product, together naming things harvested from water.

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

水 is a simple drawing of water flowing.

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 產; 产 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú

生生shēngto be born

Sound part声符shēngfú

彥

彥yàn產chǎn

The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

The traditional form 產 pairs 生, "to be born," with 彥 as a sound part; the simplified 产 is a shorthand.

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