军警 (jūn jǐng) — military and police (forces)

Definition

noun

military and police (forces)

Examples

军警。
Chéng shì de ān quán yóu jūn jǐng gòng tóng wéi hù.
The city's security is jointly maintained by military and police.
军警。
Zhè cì xíng dòng chū dòng le dà pī jūn jǐng.
A large number of military and police forces were dispatched for this operation.
军警。
Tā fù qīn shì yì míng jūn jǐng.
His father is a military-police officer.

Origin

Compound word

构词法gòucífǎ

联合liánhéCoordinate

Two parts of equal weight, alike or opposite in meaning, standing side by side.

军jūnmilitary

警jǐngpolice

'军' means military and '警' means police, combined to refer to both forces.

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 →

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

敬言警

Meaning part形符xíngfú

言言yánspoken language, speech

Sound part声符shēngfú

敬

敬jìng警

Same sound today

警 places 言 (speech) below 敬; 敬 gives the sound.

Open 警 →

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