法航 (Fǎ háng) — Air France | TongTong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

noun

Air France

Examples

法航。
Wǒ zuò Fǎ háng qù bā lí.
I flew Air France to Paris.
法航。
Fǎ háng De háng bān wǎn diǎn le liǎng gè xiǎo shí.
The Air France flight was delayed by two hours.
法航。
Tā zài yì jiā lǚ xíng shè mǎi le Fǎ háng de jī piào.
She bought an Air France ticket at a travel agency.

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fǎFrance

航hángaviation

法 points to France and 航 to aviation, together naming Air France.

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.

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

舟亢航

Meaning part形符xíngfú

舟舟zhōuboat

Sound part声符shēngfú

亢

亢kàng航háng

Same sound today

航 shows a boat with 舟, and 亢 gives the character its sound.

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