文稿 (wén gǎo) — manuscript; draft | tongtong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

noun

manuscriptdraft

Measure word · 篇

文稿。
Wǒ zhèng zài xiū gǎi zhè piān wén gǎo.
I am currently revising this manuscript.
文稿。
Tā de wén gǎo yǐ jīng jiāo gěi biān jí le.
His manuscript has been handed to the editor.
文稿。
Qǐng bǎ zhè fèn wén gǎo dǎ yìn chū lái.
Please print out this draft.

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.

文wénwritten text

文 refers to written text and 稿 to a draft, together naming a manuscript or draft.

Characters in this word

An abstract idea shown by a mark or a diagram rather than by a picture of an object.

The current form 文 shows a man with head, arms, legs, and chest; the tattoo marks on the chest are no longer drawn.

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

禾高稿

Meaning part形符xíngfú

Sound part声符shēngfú

高

Same sound today

稿 is built from 禾, which carries the meaning, and 高, which supplies the pronunciation.