猩红热 (xīng hóng rè) — scarlet fever

Definition

noun

scarlet fever

猩红热，。
Zhè hái zi dé le xīng hóng rè, xū yào mǎ shàng zhì liáo.
This child has scarlet fever and needs treatment right away.
猩红热。
xīng hóng rè Shì yì zhǒng yán zhòng de chuán rǎn bìng.
Scarlet fever is a serious infectious disease.
猩红热。
xīng hóng rè Huàn zhě xū yào gé lí zhì liáo.
Scarlet fever patients need to be isolated and treated.

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.

猩红scarlet

偏正Modifier + head

猩红 'scarlet' + 热 'fever' names scarlet fever.

Characters in this word

No reliable origin is recorded for this character.

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 紅; 红 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú

糸糸mìsilk

Sound part声符shēngfú

工

Close in sound todayThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

The traditional form 紅 puts 糸 (silk) next to 工, which gives the sound; the simplified 红 is a later shorthand.

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 熱; 热 is its simplified writing.

埶灬熱

Meaning part形符xíngfú

灬Written in full as火huǒfire

Sound part声符shēngfú

埶

埶yì熱rè

The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

The traditional form 熱 pairs 埶 with 火 (written as 灬) to show heat, while 埶 gives a sound.