火葬场 (huǒ zàng chǎng) — crematorium

Definition

noun
crematorium
Measure word · 家

Examples

  • ，火葬场。
    Tā qù shì yǐ hòu, jiā rén bǎ tā sòng dào le huǒ zàng chǎng.
    After he passed away, his family sent him to the crematorium.
  • 火葬场。
    huǒ zàng chǎng Páng biān yǒu yí gè dà huā yuán.
    There is a large garden next to the crematorium.
  • ，火葬场。
    Zàng lǐ jié shù yǐ hòu, dà jiā qù le huǒ zàng chǎng.
    After the funeral ended, everyone went to the crematorium.

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.

火葬cremation
火huǒfire葬zàngburial
偏正Modifier + head
场chǎngplace

火 fire and 葬 burial make cremation, naming a 场 place for it.

Characters in this word

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

火 is a simple drawing of a fire, with flames shown rising upward.

Open 火 →

Two or more meaningful parts placed together so that their meanings combine into a new one.

  • 茻茻mǎnggrass
  • 死死sǐdead person

In 葬, 死, a dead person, is shown in 茻, grass, to picture burying the dead in grass.

Open 葬 →

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 場; 场 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
土土tǔearth
Sound part声符shēngfú
昜
昜yáng場chǎng
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

The traditional form 場 pairs 土 (earth) with 昜 as a sound part; the simplified 场 is a later abbreviation, so its parts do not have that historical role.

Open 场 →

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