数值 (shù zhí) — numerical value | TongTong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

noun

numerical value

Examples

数值。
Zhè ge shí yàn de shù zhí hěn zhòng yào.
The numerical value of this experiment is very important.
数值。
Zhè ge shù zhí xū yào yòng tú biǎo lái biǎo shì.
This numerical value needs to be represented with a chart.
数值。
Jì suàn dé chū yí gè zhǔn què de shù zhí.
The calculation yields an accurate numerical value.

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.

数 is number and 值 is value, so it is a number's value.

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 數; 数 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú

攴攴pū

Sound part声符shēngfú

婁

婁lóu數shù(r)

The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

The traditional form 數 pairs 攴, the meaning part, with 婁, the sound part; the simplified 数 is a shorthand.

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

亻直值

Meaning part形符xíngfú

亻Written in full as人rén

Sound part声符shēngfú

直

直zhí值zhí

Same sound today

值 is made from 亻 (written in full as 人, a person) and 直, with 直 giving the sound.

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