发射场 (fā shè chǎng) — launch site, launching pad

Definition

noun
launch sitelaunching pad
Measure word · 个

Examples

  • 发射场。
    Huǒ jiàn shì cóng zhè ge fā shè chǎng fā shè de.
    The rocket was launched from this launch site.
  • 发射场。
    Zhōng guó de háng tiān fā shè chǎng zài jiǔ quán.
    China's space launch site is in Jiuquan.
  • 发射场。
    Cān guān fā shè chǎng xū yào tí qián shēn qǐng.
    To visit the launch site, you need to apply in advance.

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.

发射launch
发fāsend out射shèshoot
联合Side by side
场chǎngsite

「发射」 gives the kind of 「场」: a launching site.

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.

Open 发 →

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

In 射, the left part comes from 弓 (bow) and 矢 (arrow), and the right part comes from a hand drawing the bowstring.

Open 射 →

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 場; 场 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
土土tǔearth
Sound part声符shēngfú
昜
昜yáng場chǎng
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

The traditional form 場 pairs 土 (earth) with 昜 as a sound part; the simplified 场 is a later abbreviation, so its parts do not have that historical role.

Open 场 →

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