医学会 (yī xué huì) — medical association; medical society

Definition

noun
medical associationmedical society
Measure word · 个

Examples

  • 医学会。
    Tā měi nián dōu cān jiā quán guó yī xué huì nián huì.
    He attends the national medical association annual conference every year.
  • 医学会。
    Nà jiā yī yuàn de yī shēng dōu shì yī xué huì de huì yuán.
    All the doctors at that hospital are members of the medical association.
  • 医学会。
    yī xué huì De zhuān jiā zhèng zài yán jiū zhè zhǒng xīn yào.
    The medical society's experts are researching this new drug.

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.

医学medical science
医yīmedicine学xuéstudy
偏正Modifier + head
会huìassociation

医学 and 会 combine to name an association for medical studies.

Characters in this word

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 醫; 医 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
酉酉yǒuliquor
Sound part声符shēngfú
殹
殹yì醫yī
Same sound today

The traditional form 醫 pairs 酉 (liquor) with 殹 as a sound part; the simplified 医 is a shorthand, so its parts are not the historical ones.

Open 医 →

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 學; 学 is its simplified writing.

The traditional form 學 may have used 爻 and 六 for sound, with hands and a child added later; the simplified 学 is a shorthand.

Open 学 →

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 會; 会 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
合合héto meet
Sound part声符shēngfú
𡆧
𡆧𡆧會huì
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

Traditional 會 pairs 合 (to meet) with 𡆧, an original form for ironware, to give the sound. The simplified 会 is a later shorthand, so its parts are not the original parts.

Open 会 →

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