登月舱 (dēng yuè cāng) — lunar module

Definition

noun

lunar module

Measure word · 个

登月舱。
dēng yuè cāng Cóng zhǐ lìng cāng fēn lí chū lái.
The lunar module separated from the command module.
登月舱。
Yǔ háng yuán jià shǐ dēng yuè cāng jiàng luò zài yuè qiú biǎo miàn.
The astronauts piloted the lunar module to land on the lunar surface.
登月舱。
dēng yuè cāng De shè jì fēi cháng fù zá.
The design of the lunar module is very complex.

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.

登月land on the moon

动宾Verb + object

登月 describes landing on the moon, and 舱 is the module or cabin.

Characters in this word

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

癶豆登

登 pairs 癶, left and right feet, with 豆, a raised object or stepping stone; its older form also showed two hands at the bottom, which later dropped.

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

月 was drawn as a crescent moon, with the curved outline showing the moon’s shape.

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 艙; 舱 is its simplified writing.

舟倉艙

Meaning part形符xíngfú

Sound part声符shēngfú

倉

倉cāng艙cāng

Same sound today

The traditional form 艙 has 舟 (boat) and 倉, and 倉 is used for the sound. The simplified 舱 is a later shorthand.

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