日程表 (rì chéng biǎo) — schedule; agenda

Definition

noun

scheduleagenda

Measure word · 张

日程表。
Qǐng bǎ míng tiān de rì chéng biǎo fā gěi wǒ.
Please send me tomorrow's schedule.
日程表。
Huì yì rì chéng biǎo shàng liè chū le suǒ yǒu yì tí.
The meeting agenda lists all the topics.
日程表。
Wǒ de rì chéng biǎo yǐ jīng pái mǎn le.
My schedule is already full.

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.

日程

偏正Modifier + head

日 means day and 程 means course, while 表 means chart, giving the sense of a chart of daily courses.

Characters in this word

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

日 originally drew the sun. A mark was added inside to tell it apart from similar square shapes.

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

禾呈程

Meaning part形符xíngfú

禾禾hégrain

Sound part声符shēngfú

呈

Same sound today

程 is made from 禾 (grain) and 呈 (pronounced chéng); the evidence gives measurements.

Two or more meaningful parts placed together so that their meanings combine into a new one.

The shape 表 pairs 衣 (garment) with 毛 (hair or feather), originally an outer garment.

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