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科学院 (kē xué yuàn) — academy of sciences

Definition

noun
academy of sciences
Measure word · 个

Examples

  • 科学院。
    Tā zài yì suǒ zhù míng kē xué yuàn gōng zuò.
    She works at a famous academy of sciences.
  • 科学院。
    Zhè ge kē xué yuàn yǒu hěn cháng de lì shǐ.
    This academy of sciences has a long history.
  • 科学院。
    Hěn duō kē xué jiā zài zhè ge kē xué yuàn zuò yán jiū.
    Many scientists do research at this academy of sciences.

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.

科学science
科kēbranch学xuéstudy
偏正Modifier + head
院yuànacademy

科学院 joins 科学, the organized field of study, with 院, an institution.

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
斗斗dòumeasuring tool
Sound part声符shēngfú
禾
禾hé科kē
Close in sound todayThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

科 pairs 禾, which gives the hé sound, with 斗, a measuring tool.

Open 科 →

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 學; 学 is its simplified writing.

The traditional form 學 may have used 爻 and 六 for sound, with hands and a child added later; the simplified 学 is a shorthand.

Open 学 →

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
阝Written in full as阜fù
Sound part声符shēngfú
完
完wán院yuàn
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

院 is built from 阝, written in full as 阜, and 完, which gives the sound.

Open 院 →
Appears in
Science (General)School & Education

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