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同盟会 (Tóng méng huì) — Alliance Society (founded by Sun Yat-sen in 1905, precursor to the Kuomintang)

Definition

Proper noun: the revolutionary Alliance Society (Tongmenghui) founded by Sun Yat-sen in 1905 in Tokyo, the predecessor of the Kuomintang (国民党).

noun
Alliance Society (founded by Sun Yat-sen in 1905, precursor to the Kuomintang)

Examples

  • 同盟会。
    Sūn zhōng shān xiān sheng chuàng lì le Tóng méng huì.
    Dr. Sun Yat-sen founded the Alliance Society.
  • 同盟会。
    Tóng méng huì Shì zhōng guó jìn dài shǐ shàng zhòng yào de gé mìng zǔ zhī.
    The Alliance Society was an important revolutionary organization in modern Chinese history.
  • 同盟会。
    Xǔ duō Tóng méng huì de chéng yuán hòu lái chéng wéi le guó mín dǎng de lǐng xiù.
    Many members of the Alliance Society later became leaders of the Kuomintang.

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.

同盟alliance
同tóngsame盟méngalliance
偏正Modifier + head
会huìsociety

同盟 (alliance) and 会 (society) name the Alliance Society.

Characters in this word

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

同 originally drew a pipe. It is the old form of 筒.

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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
囧囧jiǒng
Sound part声符shēngfú
皿
皿mǐn盟méng
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

盟 pairs 囧 with 皿, and 皿 gives the sound.

Open 盟 →

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 會; 会 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
合合héto meet
Sound part声符shēngfú
𡆧
𡆧𡆧會huì
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

Traditional 會 pairs 合 (to meet) with 𡆧, an original form for ironware, to give the sound. The simplified 会 is a later shorthand, so its parts are not the original parts.

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