木筏 (mù fá) — log raft | TongTong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

noun

log raft

Measure word · 个

Examples

木筏。
Tā men yòng mù tou zuò le yì zhī mù fá.
They made a log raft out of wood.
木筏。
mù fá Zài hé shàng màn màn dì piāo zhe.
The log raft is slowly drifting on the river.
木筏。
Wǒ men zuò mù fá guò le nà tiáo hé.
We crossed that river on a log raft.

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.

木 gives 'wood' and 筏 gives 'raft', so together they mean a raft made of logs.

Characters in this word

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

木 is drawn as a tree, with branches above and roots below.

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

竹伐筏

Meaning part形符xíngfú

竹竹zhúbamboo

Sound part声符shēngfú

伐

伐fá筏fá

Same sound today

筏 has 竹 (bamboo) as its meaning part and 伐 as its sound part, pointing to a raft made of bamboo.

Appears in

Boats & Water Travel

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