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共和军 (gòng hé jūn) — the Republican Army

Definition

noun
the Republican Army

Examples

  • 共和军。
    gòng hé jūn Shì běi ài ěr lán de yí gè zhǔn jūn shì zǔ zhī.
    The Republican Army is a paramilitary organization in Northern Ireland.
  • ，共和军。
    Lì shǐ shàng, gòng hé jūn céng duō cì jìn xíng wǔ zhuāng huó dòng.
    Historically, the Republican Army has carried out armed activities many times.
  • 共和军。
    Guān yú gòng hé jūn de bào dào jīng cháng chū xiàn zài xīn wén zhōng.
    Reports about the Republican Army often appear in the news.

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.

共和republic
共gòngshared和héharmony
联合Coordinate
军jūnarmy

共 'shared' and 和 'harmony' make 共和, the republic; adding 军 'army' names its army.

Characters in this word

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

  • 廾廾gǒngtwo hands
  • 口口kǒuan object

共 shows 廾, two hands, holding up an object. That object was written 口 and later became the 廿-like top.

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

Meaning part形符xíngfú
口口kǒumouth
Sound part声符shēngfú
禾
禾hé和hé
Same sound today

和 pairs 禾, which gives the sound, with 口 (mouth), the meaning part; the reference connects this shape to harmony.

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

This origin belongs to the traditional form 軍; 军 is its simplified writing.

  • 車車jūcart; chariot
  • 勹勹bāoto surround

In the traditional form 軍, 車 shows the chariot sense, while the part now written 勹 is a sound part, not the 'surround' 勹. Simplified 军 is a later shorthand.

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Appears in
Military & Defense

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