工程学 (gōng chéng xué) — engineering

Definition

noun

engineering

Measure word · 门

工程学。
Tā dà xué xué de shì gōng chéng xué.
He studied engineering in college.
工程学。
gōng chéng xué Shì yì mén hěn hǎo de zhuān yè.
Engineering is a very good major.
工程学。
Hěn duō rén duì gōng chéng xué gǎn xìng qù.
Many people are interested in engineering.

Derived word

构词法gòucífǎ

后缀hòuzhuìSuffix

A fixed syllable at the end that turns the word into a noun, a person, a place or the like.

工程engineering

偏正Modifier + head

学xuédiscipline

工程 names engineering work, and 学 names the field of study.

Characters in this word

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

The shape of 工 is a picture of a bladed tool used to plow ground or mark a border; some read it as a carpenter's square.

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

禾呈程

Meaning part形符xíngfú

禾禾hégrain

Sound part声符shēngfú

呈

Same sound today

程 is made from 禾 (grain) and 呈 (pronounced chéng); the evidence gives measurements.

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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