汗腺 (hàn xiàn) — sweat gland

Definition

noun
sweat gland

Examples

  • ,汗腺。
    Tiān qì rè de shí hou, hàn xiàn huì fēn mì hàn yè lái bāng zhù jiàng wēn.
    When it's hot, sweat glands secrete sweat to help cool the body.
  • 汗腺,。
    Tā qù yī yuàn jiǎn chá le hàn xiàn, fā xiàn yǒu xiē dǔ sè.
    He went to the hospital to get his sweat glands checked and found some blockages.
  • 汗腺。
    Yǒu xiē dòng wù de hàn xiàn hé rén lèi bú tài yí yàng.
    Some animals have sweat glands that are quite different from humans'.

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.

汗hànsweat

汗 (sweat) and 腺 (gland) combine to mean a gland that produces sweat.

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
Sound part声符shēngfú
干
干gān汗hàn
Close in sound todayThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

汗 has 水, the water form, beside 干; 水 relates to liquid sweat, while 干 gives the sound.

Open 汗 →

No reliable origin is recorded for this character.

Open 腺 →

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