边框 (biān kuàng) — frame, rim, border (of a picture, window, screen, etc.)

Definition

noun
framerimborder (of a picture, window, screen, etc.)
Measure word · 个

Examples

  • 边框。
    Zhè ge xiàng kuàng de biān kuàng shì mù zhì de.
    The frame of this picture frame is made of wood.
  • 边框，。
    Shǒu jī píng mù de biān kuàng hěn zhǎi, kàn qǐ lái hěn dà fāng.
    The bezel of the phone screen is very thin, making it look elegant.
  • 边框。
    Chuāng hu de biān kuàng xū yào chóng xīn shuā qī le.
    The window frame needs to be repainted.

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.

边biānedge
框kuàngframe

边 gives the edge idea and 框 gives the frame, together meaning the border or rim.

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.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 邊; 边 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
辶Written in full as辵chuòwalking; movement
Sound part声符shēngfú
臱
臱mián邊biān(r)
Same sound today

The traditional form 邊 pairs 辶 (walking; movement) with the sound part 臱; the simplified 边 is a later shorthand, so its parts are not the original parts.

Open 边 →

No reliable origin is recorded for this character.

Open 框 →

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