月历 (yuè lì) — monthly calendar; (historical) monthly record o…

Definition

noun

monthly calendar(historical) monthly record of government announcements

Measure word · 本

Easily confused

月历。
Wǒ bǎ xīn mǎi de yuè lì guà zài le qiáng shàng.
I hung the new monthly calendar on the wall.
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Zhè běn yuè lì shàng biāo jì le suǒ yǒu zhòng yào de huì yì.
All important meetings are marked on this monthly calendar.
，月历。
Zài gǔ dài, yuè lì shì guān fǔ měi yuè fā bù de zhèng lìng jì lù.
In ancient times, the monthly calendar was a record of the government's monthly announcements.

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.

历lìcalendar

月 and 历 form a calendar organized by month.

Characters in this word

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

月 was drawn as a crescent moon, with the curved outline showing the moon’s shape.

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

Sound part声符shēngfú

厤

厤lì歷lì

Same sound today

The form 歷 pairs 止 with the sound part 厤.