马鬃 (mǎ zōng) — horse's mane | tongtong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

noun

horse's mane

马鬃。
Zhè pǐ hēi mǎ de mǎ zōng fēi cháng cháng.
This black horse's mane is very long.
马鬃。
Tā zài bāng mǎ shū mǎ zōng.
She is brushing the horse's mane.
马鬃。
Huà jiā xǐ huan huà mǎ de mǎ zōng.
Painters like to draw horses' manes.

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.

鬃zōngmane

马 gives horse, and 鬃 gives mane, so the term means the mane of a horse.

Characters in this word

A drawing of the thing itself, worn down over three thousand years into a few strokes.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 馬; 马 is its simplified writing.

The traditional form 馬 shows a horse with its head facing left, a flowing mane, and two legs standing vertically.

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

髟宗鬃

Meaning part形符xíngfú

髟髟biāoappearance of long hair

Sound part声符shēngfú

宗

Same sound today

鬃 pairs 髟, a part showing long hair, with 宗, which gives the sound.