黑痣 (hēi zhì) — mole (on the skin) | tongtong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

noun

mole (on the skin)

Measure word · 颗

Examples

黑痣。
Yī shēng shuō wǒ shēn shàng de zhè kē hēi zhì shì liáng xìng de.
The doctor said this mole on my body is benign.
黑痣。
Tā liǎn jiá shàng yǒu yì kē hěn xiǎo de hēi zhì.
She has a very small mole on her cheek.
黑痣，。
Wǒ hòu bèi yǒu yì kē hēi zhì, cóng xiǎo jiù yǒu de.
I have a mole on my back that I've had since childhood.

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.

Black describes the 痣, naming a dark skin spot.

Characters in this word

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

The shape of 黑 seems to come from drawing a head marked with dots, usually read as facial tattoos.

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

疒志痣

Meaning part形符xíngfú

疒疒nè

Sound part声符shēngfú

志

Same sound today

The shape of 痣 pairs 疒, the illness part, with 志, which gives the sound zhì.

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