羊皮纸 (yáng pí zhǐ) — parchment | TongTong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

noun

parchment

Measure word · 张

Examples

羊皮纸。
Zhè zhāng yáng pí zhǐ jì lù le gǔ dài de fǎ lǜ.
This parchment records ancient laws.
羊皮纸。
Yì shù jiā xǐ huan zài yáng pí zhǐ shàng zuò huà.
Artists like to paint on parchment.
羊皮纸，。
yáng pí zhǐ Fēi cháng nài yòng, kě yǐ bǎo cún hěn jiǔ.
Parchment is very durable and can be preserved a long time.

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.

羊皮sheep skin

羊yángsheep皮pískin

偏正Modifier + head

羊 is sheep, 皮 is skin, and 纸 is paper, meaning paper made from sheep skin.

Characters in this word

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

The shape of 羊 comes from a drawing of a ram's head.

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

皮 shows a hand pulling fur off an animal pelt, with the pelt drawn at the upper left.

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 紙; 纸 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú

糸糸mìsilk

Sound part声符shēngfú

氏

氏shì紙zhǐ

Same sound today

For 纸, the traditional form 紙 combines 糸 (silk) with 氏 (the sound part).

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