可溶性 (kě róng xìng) — solubility

Definition

noun
solubility

Examples

  • 可溶性，。
    Zhè zhǒng wù zhì de kě róng xìng hěn gāo, róng yì zài shuǐ zhōng róng jiě.
    This substance has high solubility and dissolves easily in water.
  • 可溶性。
    Wēn dù shēng gāo tōng cháng huì zēng jiā gù tǐ zài yè tǐ zhōng de kě róng xìng.
    Raising the temperature usually increases the solubility of solids in liquids.
  • 可溶性。
    Shí yàn bào gào yāo qiú wǒ men jì suàn gāi yán de kě róng xìng.
    The lab report requires us to calculate the solubility of this salt.

Origin

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.

可溶soluble
可kěable溶róngdissolve
偏正Modifier + head
性xìngquality

可溶 means able to dissolve, and 性 gives the quality.

Characters in this word

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
口口kǒu
Sound part声符shēngfú
丂
丂kǎo可kě
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

可 pairs 口 (mouth) with 丂 as a sound part; it is tied to air from the mouth, perhaps singing.

Open 可 →

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
氵Written in full as水shuǐwater
Sound part声符shēngfú
容
容róng溶róng
Same sound today

溶 has 氵 (water) on the left and 容 on the right, with 容 giving the sound róng.

Open 溶 →

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
忄Written in full as心xīnheart
Sound part声符shēngfú
生
生shēng性xìng
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

性 is built from 忄 (the heart) and 生 (a sound clue). The heart part connects the word to a person's inner nature or quality.

Open 性 →

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