领域 (lǐng yù) — field; domain; area (of study, activity, or exp… | TongTong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

领域 means 'field' or 'domain' of study, activity, or expertise (e.g. 经济领域, 科学领域). Compared with 范畴, it is the everyday, broader term; 范畴 is more formal/scholarly, used in logic and academic classification.

noun

fielddomainarea (of study, activity, or expertise)

Examples

领域。
Tā zài zhè ge lǐng yù zuò chū le hěn dà gòng xiàn.
He made great contributions in this field.
领域。
Wǒ duì jīng jì lǐng yù bú tài liǎo jiě.
I don't know much about the economic field.
领域。
Zhè shì yì shù lǐng yù de yí cì gé mìng.
This is a revolution in the art field.

Origin

Compound word

构词法gòucífǎ

联合liánhéCoordinate

Two parts of equal weight, alike or opposite in meaning, standing side by side.

领lǐngterritory

域yùregion

领 and 域 both point to an area or territory, so together they name a field or sphere.

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 領; 领 is its simplified writing.

令頁領

Meaning part形符xíngfú

頁頁yè

Sound part声符shēngfú

令

令lìng領lǐng

Same sound today

The traditional form 領 has 令 as a sound part and 頁 as a meaning part; the simplified 领 is a later shorthand.

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

土或域

Meaning part形符xíngfú

Sound part声符shēngfú

或

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

域 uses 土, earth or soil, to show it is about land, and 或 to suggest its pronunciation.

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