发型 (fà xíng) — hairstyle | TongTong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

noun

hairstyle

Measure word · 种

发型。
Tā zuì jìn huàn le yí gè xīn fà xíng.
She recently got a new hairstyle.
发型。
Zhè ge fà xíng kàn qǐ lái hěn shì hé nǐ de liǎn xíng.
This hairstyle looks like it suits your face shape.
发型。
Lǐ fà shī jiàn yì wǒ liú yí gè gèng duǎn de fà xíng.
The barber suggested I keep a shorter hairstyle.

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.

The 型 of 发 is the style of 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.

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

刑土型

Meaning part形符xíngfú

土土tǔearth

Sound part声符shēngfú

刑

Same sound today

型 pairs 土 (earth) with 刑, which supplies the sound; the shape shows an earthen mold, hence form or pattern.

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