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序号 (xù háo) — serial number

Definition

noun
serial number

Examples

  • 序号。
    Qǐng tí gōng chǎn pǐn de xù háo.
    Please provide the product's serial number.
  • 序号。
    Měi gè líng jiàn dōu yǒu yí gè wéi yī de xù háo.
    Each part has a unique serial number.
  • 序号。
    Nǐ kě yǐ zài bāo zhuāng shàng zhǎo dào xù háo.
    You can find the serial number on the packaging.

Origin

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.

序xùsequence
号hàonumber

序 (sequence) and 号 (number) combine to mean a number showing order.

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
广广guǎng
Sound part声符shēngfú
予
予yǔ序xù
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

序 combines 广 and 予; 予 gives the sound, while 广 marks the meaning.

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

  • 口口kǒumouth
  • 丂丂kǎoexhaled air; a tiger's cry

The shape 号 comes from 口, a mouth, and 丂, exhaled air or a tiger's cry.

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