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选举权 (xuǎn jǔ quán) — right to vote; franchise

Definition

noun
right to votefranchise

Examples

  • 选举权。
    Měi gè gōng mín dōu yōng yǒu xuǎn jǔ quán.
    Every citizen has the right to vote.
  • 选举权。
    xuǎn jǔ quán Shì mín zhǔ zhì dù de zhòng yào zǔ chéng bù fen.
    The right to vote is an important part of a democratic system.
  • ，选举权。
    Zhè cì xuǎn jǔ zhōng, suǒ yǒu fú hé tiáo jiàn de gōng mín dōu xíng shǐ le xuǎn jǔ quán.
    In this election, all eligible citizens exercised their right to vote.

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.

选举elect
选xuǎnchoose举jǔelect
联合Coordinate
权quánright

选举 names the act of voting, and 权 adds the sense of a right.

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 選; 选 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
止止zhǐ
Sound part声符shēngfú
巽
巽xùn選xuǎn
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

The traditional form 選 combines 止 with 巽, which gives the sound xùn; its sense of choosing is explained as rejecting or sending someone back. Simplified 选 is a shorthand.

Open 选 →

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 舉; 举 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
手手shǒuhand
Sound part声符shēngfú
與
與yǔ舉jǔ
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

The traditional form 舉 pairs 與, which gives the sound, with 手, a hand; the simplified 举 is a later shorthand.

Open 举 →

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 權; 权 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
木木mùtree
Sound part声符shēngfú
雚
雚guàn權quán
Close in sound todayThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

The traditional form 權 shows 木, a tree, with 雚 giving the sound; it named a kind of tree and was used for a standard weight. The simplified 权 is a later shorthand, not the historical shape.

Open 权 →
Appears in
Rights & Citizenship

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