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养分 (yǎng fèn) — nutrient

Definition

noun
nutrient

Examples

  • 养分。
    Zhí wù cóng tǔ rǎng zhōng xī shōu yǎng fèn.
    Plants absorb nutrients from the soil.
  • 养分。
    Zhè zhǒng shí wù hán yǒu fēng fù de yǎng fèn.
    This kind of food is rich in nutrients.
  • 养分。
    Tǔ rǎng de yǎng fèn bù zú huì yǐng xiǎng zuò wù shēng zhǎng.
    Insufficient nutrients in the soil will affect crop growth.

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.

养yǎngnourish
分fēncomponent

养 describes nourishing and 分 names a component, together giving a nutrient.

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 養; 养 is its simplified writing.

The traditional form 養 uses 羊 as a sound part and 食 as a meaning part.

Open 养 →

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

分 pairs 八 (to separate) with 刀 (knife), showing something cut apart with a knife.

Open 分 →
Appears in
Biology

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