血渍 (xuè zì) — bloodstain | tongtong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

noun

bloodstain

Measure word · 块

Easily confused

血渍。
Chèn shān shàng yǒu yí kuài míng xiǎn de xuè zì.
There is an obvious bloodstain on the shirt.
血渍DNA。
Jǐng fāng zhèng zài jiàn dìng xuè zì de DNA.
The police are analyzing the DNA of the bloodstain.
血渍。
Zhè zhǒng qīng jié jì néng yǒu xiào qù chú xuè zì.
This cleaner can effectively remove bloodstains.

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.

渍 'stain' marked by 血 'blood' names a bloodstain.

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.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 漬; 渍 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú

Sound part声符shēngfú

責

責zé漬zì

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

The traditional form 漬 has 水, water, beside 責, which gives the sound; the simplified 渍 is a later abbreviation.