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电磁场 (diàn cí chǎng) — electromagnetic field

Definition

noun
electromagnetic field

Examples

  • 电磁场。
    diàn cí chǎng Shì yì zhǒng wù lǐ xiàn xiàng.
    An electromagnetic field is a physical phenomenon.
  • 电磁场。
    Shǒu jī chǎn shēng de diàn cí chǎng duì rén tǐ kě néng yǒu yǐng xiǎng.
    The electromagnetic field produced by mobile phones may affect the human body.
  • 电磁场。
    Kē xué jiā zài yán jiū dì qiú de diàn cí chǎng.
    Scientists are studying the Earth's electromagnetic field.

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.

电磁electromagnetic
电diànelectricity磁címagnetism
联合Coordinate
场chǎngfield

"电" and "磁" name electric and magnetic aspects, while "场" names the field they occupy.

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.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 電; 电 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
雨雨yǔrain
Sound part声符shēngfú
申
申shēn電diàn
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

For the traditional form 電, 雨 (rain) sits with 申, read shēn and meaning lightning.

Open 电 →

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
石石shírock; stone
Sound part声符shēngfú
兹
兹zī磁cí
Same sound today

磁 is built from 石, meaning rock or stone, and 兹, which gives the sound.

Open 磁 →

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 →
Appears in
Physics & Chemistry

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