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磁场 (cí chǎng) — magnetic field

Definition

noun
magnetic field
Measure word · 个

Examples

  • 磁场。
    Dì qiú de cí chǎng bǎo hù le wǒ men.
    Earth's magnetic field protects us.
  • 磁场。
    Zhè ge qū yù de cí chǎng zuì jìn fā shēng le biàn huà.
    The magnetic field in this area has changed recently.
  • 磁场。
    Kē xué jiā zhèng zài cè liáng tài yáng de cí chǎng.
    Scientists are measuring the sun's magnetic 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.

磁címagnetic
场chǎngfield

The magnetic sense in 磁 specifies the field in 场, giving magnetic field.

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.

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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