丝网 (sī wǎng) — silk screen (mesh used in screen printing) | tongtong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

noun

silk screen (mesh used in screen printing)

Measure word · 张

Examples

丝网，。
Zhè zhǒng sī wǎng de wǎng kǒng fēi cháng xì, shì hé yìn shuā jīng xì de tú àn.
This kind of silk screen has very fine mesh, suitable for printing detailed patterns.
丝网T。
Tā zhèng zài yòng sī wǎng zhì zuò yí jiàn T xù.
He is using a silk screen to make a T-shirt.
丝网。
Zhè dào gōng xù xū yào huàn yì zhāng xīn de sī wǎng.
This step requires changing to a new silk screen.

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.

丝 silk and 网 net combine to mean a silk net or mesh.

Characters in this word

Two or more meaningful parts placed together so that their meanings combine into a new one.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 絲; 丝 is its simplified writing.

糸糸絲

糸糸mì
糸糸mì

In the traditional form 絲, the shape is two 糸 written together; this is about 絲, not the simplified 丝.

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 網; 网 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú

糸糸mìrope

Sound part声符shēngfú

罔

罔wǎng網wǎng

Same sound today

The traditional form 網 pairs 糸 (rope) with 罔 to give the sound; the simplified 网 is a later shorthand.

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