关节炎 (guān jié yán) — arthritis | TongTong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

noun

arthritis

Examples

关节炎，。
Tā dé le yán zhòng de guān jié yán, zǒu lù hěn kùn nan.
He has severe arthritis and has difficulty walking.
关节炎。
Zhè zhǒng yào wù duì huǎn jiě guān jié yán zhèng zhuàng hěn yǒu xiào.
This medication is very effective at relieving arthritis symptoms.
关节炎。
Lǎo nián rén yào zhù yì yù fáng guān jié yán.
Elderly people should take care to prevent arthritis.

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.

关节joint

关guānhinge节jiéjoint

联合Coordinate

炎yáninflammation

关节 means joint, and 炎 means inflammation; together they name inflammation of a joint.

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 關; 关 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú

門門méndoor

Sound part声符shēngfú

𢇅

𢇅𢇅關guān

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

For 关, the traditional form 關 shows 門 as a door and 𢇅 as two wooden sticks locking it, with ring-like marks on top.

Open 关 →

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 節; 节 is its simplified writing.

⺮即節

Meaning part形符xíngfú

⺮Written in full as竹zhúbamboo

Sound part声符shēngfú

即

即jí節jié

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

The traditional form 節 pairs ⺮ (bamboo) with 即, which gives the sound; the bamboo part points to a node of bamboo. The simplified 节 is a later abbreviation.

Open 节 →

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

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