袖章 (xiù zhāng) — armband | tongtong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

noun

armband

Measure word · 个

袖章。
Tā dài le yí gè hóng xiù zhāng.
He wore a red armband.
袖章。
Jǐng chá de xiù zhāng shàng yǒu jǐng chá de biāo zhì.
The police armband has a police emblem on it.
，袖章。
Wèi le jì niàn, hěn duō rén dài le hēi xiù zhāng.
To commemorate, many people wore black armbands.

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.

'袖' names the sleeve and '章' the badge, giving a badge worn on the sleeve.

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

衣衣yīclothing

Sound part声符shēngfú

由

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

袖 pairs 衣 (clothing) with 由, which provides the sound.

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

章 shows a chisel piercing a piece of jade in the middle. It originally meant treating jade.