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军校 (jūn xiào) — military academy; military school

Definition

noun
military academymilitary school
Measure word · 所

Examples

  • 。
    Tā cóng jūn xiào bì yè le.
    He graduated from a military academy.
  • 军校。
    Tā kǎo shàng le jūn xiào.
    He was admitted to a military academy.
  • 军校。
    Zhè suǒ jūn xiào yǒu hěn cháng de lì shǐ.
    This military academy has a long history.

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jūnmilitary
校xiàoschool

军 means military and 校 means school, so the word names a military academy.

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
木木mùtree
Sound part声符shēngfú
交
交jiāo校jiào
Close in sound todayThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

校 is built from 木 (tree) on the left and 交 on the right, which supplies the sound.

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Appears in
Military & Defense

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