合众社 (hé zhòng shè) — United Press International (UPI)

Definition

noun

United Press International (UPI)

合众社。
Jīn tiān hé zhòng shè fā bù le yí fèn zhòng yào bào gào.
Today UPI released an important report.
合众社。
hé zhòng shè De jì zhě lái zì shì jiè gè dì.
UPI's journalists come from all over the world.
合众社。
Wǒ měi tiān dōu huì kàn hé zhòng shè de xīn wén.
I read UPI news every day.

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.

合众unite many

动宾Verb + object

合众 conveys bringing many together, 社 denotes an agency, forming the United Press International name.

Characters in this word

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

亼口合

合 shows 亼 and 口 arranged as two mouths speaking together.

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

This origin belongs to the traditional form 眾; 众 is its simplified writing.

The traditional form 眾 shows three people under a sun-like shape, meaning a crowd gathered under the sun; the simplified 众 is a later shorthand.

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

社 joins 示 (god; deity) and 土 (soil), so its shape is about the god of the land.