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画板 (huà bǎn) — drawing board

Definition

noun
drawing board
Measure word · 块

Examples

  • 画板。
    Tā zài huà bǎn shàng huà le yì fú shān shuǐ huà.
    He painted a landscape on the drawing board.
  • 画板，。
    Zhè zhāng huà bǎn shì mù tou zuò de, hěn jiē shi.
    This drawing board is made of wood and is very sturdy.
  • 画板。
    Wǒ xū yào yí kuài dà huà bǎn lái huà shè jì tú.
    I need a large drawing board to draw the design.

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.

画huàdrawing
板bǎnboard

画 tells the use, and 板 is the board itself.

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 畫; 画 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
聿聿yùbrush
Sound part声符shēngfú
規
規guī畫huà
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

The traditional form 畫 pairs 聿, a brush, with 規 for its sound. The simplified 画 is a later shorthand, so its parts are not the old parts.

Open 画 →

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
木木mùtree
Sound part声符shēngfú
反
反fǎn板bǎn
Close in sound todayThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

板 pairs 木 (tree) with 反 as a sound part.

Open 板 →
Appears in
Art & Fine Arts

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