夏娃 (Xià wá) — Eve (the first woman in the Bible)

Definition

noun

Eve (the first woman in the Bible)

，夏娃。
Zài shèng jīng gù shi zhōng, Xià wá shì yà dāng de qī zi.
In the Bible story, Eve is Adam's wife.
夏娃，。
Xià wá Tōu chī le jìn guǒ, bèi gǎn chū le yī diàn yuán.
Eve ate the forbidden fruit and was expelled from the Garden of Eden.
夏娃。
Zhè fú huà miáo huì le Xià wá zhāi xià píng guǒ de nà yí kè.
This painting depicts the moment Eve picks the apple.

Characters in this word

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

Some scholars connect 夏 to 日 (sun) and 頁 (head; man), reading it as a man under the sun, but this is uncertain.

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

女圭娃

Meaning part形符xíngfú

Sound part声符shēngfú

圭

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

娃 combines 女 (woman) on the left with 圭 on the right; 女 is the meaning part, and 圭 is the sound part.

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