机械手 (jī xiè shǒu) — mechanical arm; manipulator

Definition

noun

mechanical armmanipulator

Measure word · 台

机械手。
Zhè ge jī xiè shǒu kě yǐ bān yùn yì bǎi gōng jīn de huò wù.
This mechanical arm can carry one hundred kilograms of goods.
机械手，。
Gōng chǎng lǐ ān zhuāng le shí tái jī xiè shǒu, shēng chǎn xiào lǜ tí gāo le hěn duō.
Ten manipulators were installed in the factory, greatly improving production efficiency.
机械手。
jī xiè shǒu De jīng mì chéng dù zhí jiē yǐng xiǎng chǎn pǐn zhì liàng.
The precision of a mechanical arm directly affects product quality.

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.

机械machinery

联合Side by side

机械 (machinery) plus 手 (arm/hand) names a machine part that grasps or moves.

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.

木几机

Meaning part形符xíngfú

木木mùtree; wood

Sound part声符shēngfú

几

Same sound today

The left part is 木 (tree; wood), and the right part 几 gives the sound.

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

木戒械

Meaning part形符xíngfú

木木mùwood

Sound part声符shēngfú

戒

Close in sound todayThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

械 pairs 木, meaning wood, with 戒 for sound. The early sense was handcuffs or shackles, later extended to devices.

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

手 draws a five-fingered human hand: the top line is a bent middle finger, and the horizontal lines show the other four fingers.