发卡 (fà qiǎ) — hairpin, hair clip | TongTong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

noun

hairpinhair clip

Measure word · 个

发卡。
Tā mǎi le yí gè piào liang de fà qiǎ.
She bought a beautiful hairpin.
发卡。
Zhè ge fà qiǎ shì hóng sè de.
This hairpin is red.
发卡。
Nǐ dài de zhè ge fà qiǎ hěn hǎo kàn.
The hairpin you're wearing is very pretty.

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.

卡kǎclip; fastener

“发” means hair and “卡” means a clip or fastener, yielding a clip for the hair.

Characters in this word

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

This origin belongs to the traditional form 發; 发 is its simplified writing.

The simplified 发 stands for more than one traditional character. In most words (爆发, 出发) it is 發; in others (理发, 头发) it is 髮.

The form 發, which 发 stands for in many words, was originally drawn as a bow firing an arrow.

Two or more meaningful parts placed together so that their meanings combine into a new one.

卡 is made from 上 (up) and 下 (down), with their horizontal lines fused, showing something squeezed between above and below.

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