挂历 (guà lì) — wall calendar; hanging calendar

Definition

noun

wall calendarhanging calendar

Measure word · 本

Examples

挂历。
Qiáng shàng guà zhe yì zhāng guà lì.
There's a wall calendar hanging on the wall.
挂历。
Zhè běn guà lì shàng miàn yǒu měi lì de fēng jǐng.
This wall calendar has beautiful scenery on it.
挂历。
Tā měi nián dōu huì mǎi yì běn xīn guà lì.
She buys a new wall calendar every year.

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.

挂guàhang

历lìcalendar

The calendar is named for the way it hangs, combining 挂 and 历.

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.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 掛; 挂 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú

⺘Written in full as手shǒuhand

Sound part声符shēngfú

卦

卦guà掛guà

Same sound today

In the traditional form 掛, the hand part ⺘ and the sound part 卦 show hooking or hanging something with the hand; this form was originally a popular form of 挂.

Open 挂 →

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 歷; 历 is its simplified writing.

The simplified 历 stands for more than one traditional character. In most words (简历, 经历) it is 歷; in others (日历) it is 曆.

厤止歷

Meaning part形符xíngfú

止止zhǐ

Sound part声符shēngfú

厤

厤lì歷lì

Same sound today

The form 歷 pairs 止 with the sound part 厤.