舱面 (cāng miàn) — deck (of a ship or boat)

Definition

noun

deck (of a ship or boat)

Measure word · 个

舱面。
Chuán yuán men zhèng zài qīng sǎo cāng miàn.
The crew is cleaning the deck.
舱面，。
Wǒ men zài cāng miàn shàng sàn bù, hǎi fēng hěn shū fu.
We take a walk on the deck; the sea breeze is very comfortable.
舱面。
Yóu kè men dōu zài cāng miàn shàng shài tài yáng.
The tourists are all sunbathing on the deck.

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.

舱cāngship's hold

舱 names a ship's hold, and 面 names a surface; together they mean the deck surface.

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.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 艙; 舱 is its simplified writing.

舟倉艙

Meaning part形符xíngfú

Sound part声符shēngfú

倉

倉cāng艙cāng

Same sound today

The traditional form 艙 has 舟 (boat) and 倉, and 倉 is used for the sound. The simplified 舱 is a later shorthand.

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

面 originally drew a man’s face, with one eye exaggerated; the horizontal stroke was added later.