肛门 (gāng mén) — anus | TongTong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

noun

anus

Measure word · 个

Examples

肛门。
Yī shēng jiǎn chá le tā de gāng mén.
The doctor examined his anus.
肛门。
gāng mén Zhōu wéi yǒu hóng zhǒng xiàn xiàng.
There is redness and swelling around the anus.
肛门。
Zhè ge bù wèi jiào zuò gāng mén.
This body part is called the anus.

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.

门ménopening

肛 points to the anal area, and 门 names an opening.

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

肉肉ròuflesh; body

Sound part声符shēngfú

工

工gōng肛gāng

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

肛 shows 肉 (flesh/body) next to 工, which gives its pronunciation.

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

This origin belongs to the traditional form 門; 门 is its simplified writing.

The traditional form 門 pictures a gate as two door shapes side by side; the simplified 门 is a later shorthand.

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