受害者 (shòu hài zhě) — victim | TongTong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

noun

victim

Measure word · 个

受害者。
Tā shì zhè cì shì gù de shòu hài zhě.
He is the victim of this accident.
受害者。
Jǐng fāng zhèng zài bāng zhù shòu hài zhě.
The police are helping the victim.
受害者。
Zhè xiē shòu hài zhě xū yào shè huì de guān xīn.
These victims need society's care.

Derived word

构词法gòucífǎ

后缀hòuzhuìSuffix

A fixed syllable at the end that turns the word into a noun, a person, a place or the like.

受害suffer harm

动宾Verb + object

'受' and '害' describe suffering harm, and '者' refers to the person involved.

Characters in this word

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

受 possibly combines 爪 and 又 as hands with 舟 as a boat, to show handing something over.

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

假借jiǎjièLater borrowed for its sound alone — the picture has nothing to do with today’s meaning.

Meaning part形符xíngfú

宀宀mián

Sound part声符shēngfú

丯

丯jiè害hài

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

害 was borrowed purely for its sound. Its old picture, possibly a house rafter, is unrelated to harm.

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

The form 者 originally drew a sugarcane with full stems, small points around it, and an open smiling mouth at the bottom.

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