拷 (kǎo) — bound form meaning 'torture, interrogate' (in 拷打, 拷问); bound form meaning 'copy' (in 拷贝)
Definition
拷 (kǎo) is a bound morpheme — it never stands alone. In 拷打 / 拷问 it means 'to torture / interrogate'; in 拷贝 (from English 'copy') it means 'to copy'.
bound form
bound form meaning 'tortureinterrogate' (in 拷打, 拷问)bound form meaning 'copy' (in 拷贝)
Examples
- 。Gǔ dài fàn rén cháng bèi kǎo dǎ.Ancient criminals were often tortured.
- 。Jǐng fāng kǎo wèn tā hěn jiǔ.The police interrogated him for a long time.
- U。Wǒ bǎ wén jiàn kǎo bèi dào U pán lǐ.I copied the file to the USB drive.
Origin
Sound + meaning六书liùshū
形声xíngshēngMost characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.
拷 puts 扌 (hand) beside 考, which gives the sound; this form replaced the earlier 考.
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