发达国家 (fā dá guó jiā) — developed country

Definition

noun
developed country
Measure word · 个

Examples

  • 发达国家。
    fā dá guó jiā Tōng cháng yǒu jiào gāo de shēng huó shuǐ píng.
    Developed countries usually have a higher standard of living.
  • 发达国家。
    Zhōng guó zhèng zài nǔ lì jiàn shè chéng wéi fā dá guó jiā.
    China is striving to become a developed country.
  • 发达国家。
    Yǒu xiē fā zhǎn zhōng guó jiā de jīng jì zēng zhǎng sù dù bǐ fā dá guó jiā hái yào kuài.
    The economic growth rate of some developing countries is even faster than that of developed countries.

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.

发达developed
发fādevelop达dáreach
联合Side by side
国家country
国guóstate家jiāfamily
联合Side by side

发达 means developed, and 国家 is a country, so the word denotes a developed country.

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.

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

Meaning part形符xíngfú
辶Written in full as辵chuò
Sound part声符shēngfú
大
大dà达dá
Same sound today

This form 达 pairs 辶 (written in full as 辵) with 大 as a sound component.

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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 國; 国 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
囗囗wéiclosure
Sound part声符shēngfú
或
或huò國guó
Close in sound todayThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

The traditional form 國 uses 囗 to show closure and 或 to give the sound.

Open 国 →

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

Meaning part形符xíngfú
宀宀miánroof
Sound part声符shēngfú
𢑓
𢑓𢑓家jiā
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

The early drawing of 家 showed a roof 宀 over a male-pig sign 𢑓 that gave the pronunciation; the lower part later changed shape.

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