巨石阵 (jù shí zhèn) — Stonehenge; giant stone arrangement, megalithic…

Definition

noun

Stonehengegiant stone arrangementmegalithic structure (generic)

Measure word · 座

巨石阵。
jù shí zhèn Shì yīng guó zhù míng de shǐ qián yí zhǐ.
Stonehenge is a famous prehistoric site in Britain.
巨石阵。
Wǒ men jì huà míng nián qù cān guān jù shí zhèn.
We plan to visit Stonehenge next year.
巨石阵。
Kǎo gǔ xué jiā zài huāng yě zhōng fā xiàn le yí chù xīn de jù shí zhèn.
Archaeologists discovered a new stone arrangement in the wilderness.

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.

巨石great stone

偏正Modifier + head

阵zhènformation

巨 means great, 石 means stone, and 阵 means formation, together naming a great stone formation.

Characters in this word

No reliable origin is recorded for this character.

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

The shape of 石 shows a stone under a cliff-like overhang, or a cave set into a cliff side.

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

This origin belongs to the traditional form 陣; 阵 is its simplified writing.

In the traditional form 陣, a left-side part was added to a shortened 東; the older shape also used 攴. The simplified 阵 is a later shorthand.