军徽 (jūn huī) — army emblem

Definition

noun
army emblem
Measure word · 枚

Examples

  • 军徽。
    Měi gè bù duì dōu yǒu zì jǐ de jūn huī.
    Every unit has its own army emblem.
  • 军徽。
    Jūn rén de mào zi shàng yǒu jūn huī.
    There is an army emblem on the soldier's hat.
  • 军徽。
    Shè jì xīn de jūn huī xū yào jīng guò yán gé shěn pī.
    Designing a new army emblem requires strict approval.

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.

军jūnarmy
徽huīemblem

军 means army and 徽 means emblem, together naming a military emblem.

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 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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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
糸糸mìcloth
Sound part声符shēngfú
微
微wēi徽huī
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

徽 pairs 糸 (cloth) with 微 for the sound.

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