垫圈 (diàn quān) — washer (mechanical part)

Definition

noun

washer (mechanical part)

Measure word · 个

垫圈。
Ān zhuāng zhè ge luó sī zhī qián yào xiān fàng yí gè diàn quān.
Before installing this screw, you need to put a washer first.
垫圈。
Zhè ge diàn quān yòng jiǔ le yǐ jīng biàn xíng le.
This washer has deformed after long use.
垫圈。
Nǐ xū yào huàn yí gè xīn de xiàng jiāo diàn quān.
You need to replace it with a new rubber washer.

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.

Padding and ring combine for a small ring used to cushion or seal.

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.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 墊; 垫 is its simplified writing.

執土墊

Meaning part形符xíngfú

土土tǔearth

Sound part声符shēngfú

執

執zhí墊diàn

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

The traditional form 墊 pairs 土, showing earth, with 執, providing the sound; this is about 墊, not the simplified 垫.

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

囗卷圈

Meaning part形符xíngfú

囗囗wéi

Sound part声符shēngfú

卷

Close in sound todayThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

圈 is made of the outer 囗, an enclosure shape, and the inner 卷, which gives the sound.

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