大枪 (dà qiāng) — rifle | TongTong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

noun

rifle

Measure word · 支

大枪。
Tā káng zhe yì zhī dà qiāng.
He is carrying a rifle.
大枪。
Zhè bǎ dà qiāng shì yé ye liú xià de.
This rifle was left by grandfather.
大枪。
Shì bīng men yòng dà qiāng miáo zhǔn dí rén.
The soldiers aimed at the enemy with rifles.

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.

The 大 (large) and 枪 (gun) form a large gun.

Characters in this word

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

The form 大 is a picture of a person standing and facing forward, not of someone stretching their arms.

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 槍; 枪 is its simplified writing.

木倉槍

Meaning part形符xíngfú

Sound part声符shēngfú

倉

倉cāng槍qiāng

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

The traditional form 槍 pairs 木 (wood) with 倉 as a sound part; the simplified 枪 is a shorthand, and its right side is not the historical component.

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