军犬 (jūn quǎn) — military dog, war dog

Definition

noun
military dogwar dog
Measure word · 只

Examples

  • 军犬。
    Xùn liàn jūn quǎn xū yào hěn cháng shí jiān.
    Training military dogs takes a long time.
  • 军犬。
    Zhè xiē jūn quǎn zài biān jìng xún luó.
    These military dogs patrol the border.
  • 军犬。
    jūn quǎn Bāng zhù shì bīng zhǎo dào le shī zōng de rén.
    The military dog helped the soldiers find the missing person.

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
犬quǎndog

军 army specifies the kind of 犬 dog.

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.

Open 军 →

A drawing of the thing itself, worn down over three thousand years into a few strokes.

犬 is a drawing of a dog seen from the side.

Open 犬 →

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