军籍 (jūn jí) — military status; military registration (one's name on the army roll)

Definition

Refers to one's official registration/status as a member of the armed forces — a formal record, not the person themselves. Distinguished from 军人 (soldier) or 军队 (armed forces), which denote the people and organization.

noun
military statusmilitary registration (one's name on the army roll)

Examples

  • ，军籍。
    Tā rù wǔ hòu, jūn jí jiù zhèng shì jiàn lì le.
    After he enlisted, his military status was officially established.
  • 军籍。
    Zhǐ yǒu yōng yǒu jūn jí de jūn rén cái néng xiǎng shòu zhè xiē dài yù.
    Only military personnel with military status can enjoy these benefits.
  • 军籍。
    Tā de jūn jí zài yí cì shì gù zhōng bèi qǔ xiāo le.
    His military registration was canceled after an accident.

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
籍jíregister

军 denotes army and 籍 denotes register, giving military registration.

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
𥫗Written in full as竹zhúbamboo
Sound part声符shēngfú
耤
耤jí籍jí
Same sound today

籍 pairs 𥫗 (bamboo, written as 竹) with 耤 for the sound. The bamboo part is for bamboo census books.

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