绳 (shéng) — rope; string; (surname) Sheng

Definition

noun

ropestring(surname) Sheng

Measure word · 根

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Zhè gēn shéng zi hěn cū, néng chéng shòu hěn zhòng de wù pǐn.
This rope is very thick and can bear heavy items.
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Dēng shān zhě yòng shéng zi bǎo hù zì jǐ de ān quán.
Climbers use rope to protect their own safety.
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Tā yòng lì yì lā, shéng zi jiù duàn le.
He gave it a hard pull, and the rope snapped.

Sound + meaning

六书liùshū

形声xíngshēng

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 繩; 绳 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú

糸糸mì

Sound part声符shēngfú

黽

黽mǐn繩shéng

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

The traditional form 繩 is built from 糸, the rope/string part, and 黽, the sound part.

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