天文学 (tiān wén xué) — astronomy | TongTong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

noun

astronomy

天文学，。
Tā duì tiān wén xué hěn gǎn xìng qù, jīng cháng kàn xīng xing.
He is very interested in astronomy and often looks at the stars.
天文学。
tiān wén xué Shì yì mén yán jiū yǔ zhòu de kē xué.
Astronomy is a science that studies the universe.
天文学。
Wǒ dà xué shí xuǎn xiū le tiān wén xué kè chéng.
I took an astronomy course as an elective in college.

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.

Meaning part形符xíngfú

Sound part声符shēngfú

丁

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

The shape comes from a frontal standing man 大 with a head; 天 pairs 大 with 丁 for sound.

An abstract idea shown by a mark or a diagram rather than by a picture of an object.

The current form 文 shows a man with head, arms, legs, and chest; the tattoo marks on the chest are no longer drawn.

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 學; 学 is its simplified writing.

The traditional form 學 may have used 爻 and 六 for sound, with hands and a child added later; the simplified 学 is a shorthand.

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