警区 (jǐng qū) — patrol area, beat (the area a police officer is assigned to patrol)

Definition

noun
patrol areabeat (the area a police officer is assigned to patrol)
Measure word · 个
Easily confused

Examples

  • 警区。
    Tā měi tiān fù zé zhè ge jǐng qū de ān quán.
    He is responsible for the safety of this patrol area every day.
  • 警区。
    Jǐng chá zài jǐng qū lǐ xún luó.
    The police patrol within the beat.
  • 警区。
    Zhè ge jǐng qū de zhì ān hěn hǎo.
    Public security in this patrol area is very good.

Origin

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.

警jǐngpolice
区qūarea

警 means police, 区 means area; together they name a patrol area.

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
言言yánspoken language, speech
Sound part声符shēngfú
敬
敬jìng警
Same sound today

警 places 言 (speech) below 敬; 敬 gives the sound.

Open 警 →

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

This origin belongs to the traditional form 區; 区 is its simplified writing.

The traditional form 區 is made from 匸 and 品; the simplified 区 is a shorthand.

Open 区 →

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