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法医学 (fǎ yī xué) — forensic medicine

Definition

noun
forensic medicine

Examples

  • 法医学。
    Tā shì yì míng fǎ yī xué zhuān jiā.
    He is a forensic medicine expert.
  • 法医学。
    Zhè mén kè jiè shào fǎ yī xué de jī běn zhī shi.
    This course introduces the basics of forensic medicine.
  • 法医学。
    fǎ yī xué Bāng zhù jǐng fāng jiě jué le fù zá de àn jiàn.
    Forensic medicine helped the police solve a complex case.

Origin

Derived word
构词法gòucífǎ
后缀hòuzhuìSuffix

A fixed syllable at the end that turns the word into a noun, a person, a place or the like.

法医legal medicine
法fǎlaw医yīmedicine
偏正Modifier + head
学xuédiscipline

法 and 医 give law medicine, and 学 adds the sense of a field of study.

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
氵Written in full as水shuǐwater
廌廌zhìa type of antelope or caprid
Sound part声符shēngfú
盍
盍hé法fǎ
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

法's older form combined 氵 (water) and 廌 (a type of antelope or caprid), with 盍 as a sound part; later 廌 was dropped.

Open 法 →

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 醫; 医 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
酉酉yǒuliquor
Sound part声符shēngfú
殹
殹yì醫yī
Same sound today

The traditional form 醫 pairs 酉 (liquor) with 殹 as a sound part; the simplified 医 is a shorthand, so its parts are not the historical ones.

Open 医 →

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 學; 学 is its simplified writing.

The traditional form 學 may have used 爻 and 六 for sound, with hands and a child added later; the simplified 学 is a shorthand.

Open 学 →
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