建筑学 (jiàn zhù xué) — architecture | TongTong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

noun

architecture

建筑学。
Tā dà xué xué de shì jiàn zhù xué.
He studied architecture in college.
建筑学。
Wǒ duì jiàn zhù xué hěn gǎn xìng qù.
I'm very interested in architecture.
建筑学。
jiàn zhù xué Shì yì mén yì shù yǔ kē xué de jié hé.
Architecture is a combination of art and science.

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.

建筑build

联合Coordinate

学xuédiscipline

建筑 denotes building, and 学 names a field of study, so the word is the discipline of architecture.

Characters in this word

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

廴聿建

The shape 建 shows 廴 and 聿, but it comes from an older drawing of a hand planting a pole into a base; the lower part of 聿 is not a brush.

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 築; 筑 is its simplified writing.

筑木築

Meaning part形符xíngfú

木木mùwood

Sound part声符shēngfú

筑

Same sound today

The traditional form 築 pairs 木 (wood) with 筑, which gives the sound; the simplified 筑 is a later shorthand.

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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