发送器 (fā sòng qì) — transmitter (device)

Definition

noun

transmitter (device)

Measure word · 台

发送器。
Zhè ge fā sòng qì kě yǐ fā sòng xìn hào hěn yuǎn.
This transmitter can send signals very far.
发送器。
Wǒ men xū yào yí gè xīn de fā sòng qì lái tì huàn jiù de.
We need a new transmitter to replace the old one.
发送器？
fā sòng qì De gōng lǜ shì duō shǎo?
What is the power of the transmitter?

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.

发送send

发fāsend out送sòngdeliver

联合Coordinate

发 and 送 both mean send, and 器 is the device that sends.

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.

Meaning part形符xíngfú

辶Written in full as辵chuòto walk

Sound part声符shēngfú

灷

灷zhuàn送sòng

The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

送 combines 辶, the walking radical, with 灷, which supplies the sound; the walking part fits meanings like see off or deliver.

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

The origin of 器 is uncertain; one traditional account reads the whole shape as a scene of guarding over four vessels.

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