军纪 (jūn jǐ) — military discipline

Definition

noun
military discipline

Examples

  • 军纪。
    Zhè zhī jūn duì de jūn jǐ fēi cháng yán gé.
    This army's military discipline is very strict.
  • 军纪。
    Wéi fǎn jūn jǐ huì shòu dào yán lì chéng fá.
    Violating military discipline will be severely punished.
  • 军纪。
    Tā yīn wèi wéi fǎn jūn jǐ bèi kāi chú le.
    He was expelled for violating military discipline.

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
纪jìdiscipline

“军” (army) and “纪” (discipline) together name the discipline kept in an army.

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.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 紀; 纪 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
糸糸mìsilk
Sound part声符shēngfú
己
己jǐ紀jì
Same sound today

The traditional form 紀 pairs 糸, silk, with 己 as the sound part; the simplified 纪 is a shorthand.

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