血小板 (xuè xiǎo bǎn) — blood platelet

Definition

noun

blood platelet

血小板。
Yī shēng zài jiǎn chá wǒ de xuè xiǎo bǎn shù liàng.
The doctor is checking my platelet count.
血小板，。
Tā de xuè xiǎo bǎn shuǐ píng hěn dī, xū yào zhì liáo.
Her platelet level is very low and needs treatment.
血小板。
Zhè zhǒng bìng huì yǐng xiǎng xuè xiǎo bǎn de gōng néng.
This disease can affect platelet function.

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.

小板small plate

偏正Modifier + head

The blood idea and small plate idea combine to name a tiny plate-like cell in blood.

Characters in this word

Two or more meaningful parts placed together so that their meanings combine into a new one.

The shape shows 一, a drop of blood, inside 皿, a container, for blood held in a sacrificial vessel.

Two or more meaningful parts placed together so that their meanings combine into a new one.

The shape of 小 comes from three small dots, later elongated into its strokes; the apparent parts 八 and 丨 are a later way of seeing it.

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

木反板

Meaning part形符xíngfú

木木mùtree

Sound part声符shēngfú

反

Close in sound todayThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

板 pairs 木 (tree) with 反 as a sound part.

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