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法学院 (fǎ xué yuàn) — law school

Definition

noun
law school
Measure word · 所

Examples

  • 法学院。
    Tā gāo zhōng bì yè hòu zhí jiē shàng le fǎ xué yuàn.
    He went directly to law school after high school.
  • 法学院。
    Zhè suǒ fǎ xué yuàn zài quán guó pái míng qián sān.
    This law school is ranked in the top three nationally.
  • 法学院，。
    Tā zài fǎ xué yuàn dú le qī nián, zhōng yú ná dào le bó shì xué wèi.
    She studied at law school for seven years and finally earned her doctorate.

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.

法学legal studies
法fǎlaw学xuéstudy
偏正Modifier + head
院yuàninstitution

法学 names the study of law, and 院 marks the institution devoted to it.

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.

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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.

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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
阝Written in full as阜fù
Sound part声符shēngfú
完
完wán院yuàn
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

院 is built from 阝, written in full as 阜, and 完, which gives the sound.

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