血液学 (xuè yè xué) — hematology | tongtong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

noun

hematology

血液学。
Tā shì yì míng xuè yè xué zhuān jiā.
He is a hematology specialist.
血液学。
Wǒ men zhèng zài xué xí xuè yè xué de jī chǔ zhī shi.
We are learning the basics of hematology.
血液学。
xuè yè xué Shì yī xué zhōng fēi cháng zhòng yào de yí gè fēn zhī.
Hematology is a very important branch of medicine.

Derived word

构词法gòucífǎ

后缀hòuzhuìSuffix

A fixed syllable at the end that turns the word into a noun, a person, a place or the like.

血液blood

联合Side by side

血液 gives blood, and 学 gives study, naming the science of 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.

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

氵夜液

Meaning part形符xíngfú

氵Written in full as水shuǐwater

Sound part声符shēngfú

夜

Same sound today

The left side 氵 is water, and the right side 夜 gives the sound; together they form 液, a liquid, like water.

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 學; 学 is its simplified writing.

The traditional form 學 may have used 爻 and 六 for sound, with hands and a child added later; the simplified 学 is a shorthand.