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新高 (xīn gāo) — new high (record high)

Definition

noun
new high (record high)

Examples

  • 新高。
    Gǔ piào shì chǎng jīn tiān chuàng xià le xīn gāo.
    The stock market hit a new high today.
  • 新高。
    Tā de chéng jì yòu chuàng le xīn gāo.
    His scores set a new high again.
  • 新高。
    Zhè ge gōng sī de gǔ jià dá dào le lì shǐ xīn gāo.
    This company's stock price reached a historic new high.

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.

新xīnnew
高gāohigh point

新 means new, and 高 refers to a high point; together they name a newly reached high.

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.

假借jiǎjièLater borrowed for its sound alone — the picture has nothing to do with today’s meaning.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
斤斤jīn
Sound part声符shēngfú
辛
辛xīn新xīn
Same sound today

The shape originally paired 斤, for chopping wood, with 辛 for sound. It was borrowed for its sound to write 新, so the chopping-wood parts are unrelated to 'new'.

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A drawing of the thing itself, worn down over three thousand years into a few strokes.

高 was drawn as a tall building.

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