王储 (wáng chǔ) — crown prince | TongTong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

noun

crown prince

Measure word · 位

王储。
Zhè wèi wáng chǔ cóng xiǎo jiē shòu yán gé de wáng shì jiào yù.
This crown prince has received strict royal education since childhood.
王储。
wáng chǔ Zài gōng kāi chǎng hé fā biǎo le zhòng yào jiǎng huà.
The crown prince delivered an important speech in public.
王储。
Zhè wèi wáng chǔ jiāng zài míng nián zhèng shì jì chéng wáng wèi.
This crown prince will officially inherit the throne next year.

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.

'王' refers to the king, and '储' means designated successor, together giving the crown prince.

Characters in this word

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

The shape of 王 comes from a picture of a ritual axe, an object kept near a throne and connected with royal power.

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 儲; 储 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú

Sound part声符shēngfú

諸

諸zhū儲chǔ

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

The traditional form 儲 uses 人 as a person part and 諸 for sound. This describes 儲, not the simplified 储.

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