石墙 (shí qiáng) — stone wall | TongTong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

noun

stone wall

Measure word · 堵

石墙。
Zhè zuò shí qiáng yǐ jīng yǒu jǐ bǎi nián lì shǐ le.
This stone wall has a history of several hundred years.
石墙。
Tā men yòng shí qiáng bǎ huā yuán wéi le qǐ lái.
They surrounded the garden with a stone wall.
石墙。
Gǔ lǎo de shí qiáng shàng pá mǎn le téng wàn.
The ancient stone wall is covered with vines.

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.

石 means stone and 墙 means wall, so 石墙 is a wall built of stone.

Characters in this word

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

The shape of 石 shows a stone under a cliff-like overhang, or a cave set into a cliff side.

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 牆; 墙 is its simplified writing.

爿嗇牆

Meaning part形符xíngfú

嗇嗇sèwheat in a granary

Sound part声符shēngfú

爿

爿pán牆qiáng

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

In the traditional form 牆, 爿 gives the sound and 嗇, showing wheat in a granary, gives the wall meaning. The simplified 墙 is a later short form.

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