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来复枪 (lái fù qiāng) — rifle (historical term for a rifled firearm)

Definition

noun
rifle (historical term for a rifled firearm)
Measure word · 把

Examples

  • 来复枪。
    Tā shōu cáng le yì bǎ shí jiǔ shì jì de lái fù qiāng.
    He collected a 19th-century rifle.
  • 来复枪。
    Zhè zhǒng lái fù qiāng de shè chéng bǐ huá táng qiāng yuǎn dé duō.
    This type of rifle has a much longer range than a smoothbore musket.
  • 来复枪。
    Bó wù guǎn lǐ zhǎn chū le jǐ zhī lǎo shì lái fù qiāng.
    The museum displayed several old-style rifles.

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.

来复rifle
来lái复fù
音译Transliteration
枪qiānggun

来复 gives the rifled sense, and 枪 adds the idea of a gun.

Characters in this word

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

This origin belongs to the traditional form 來; 来 is its simplified writing.

The traditional form 來 shows a wheat plant: a central ear, upward leaves, and downward stem and roots. The simplified 来 is a later shorthand.

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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 復; 复 is its simplified writing.

The simplified 复 stands for more than one traditional character. In most words (复习, 恢复) it is 復; in others (复印, 复杂) (答复, 反复) it is 複 or 覆.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
彳彳chìwalk
Sound part声符shēngfú
复
复fù復fù
Same sound today

The traditional form 復 combines 彳, a walking part, with 复, a sound part, to show walking back and forth.

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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 槍; 枪 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
木木mù
Sound part声符shēngfú
倉
倉cāng槍qiāng
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

The traditional form 槍 pairs 木 (wood) with 倉 as a sound part; the simplified 枪 is a shorthand, and its right side is not the historical component.

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Appears in
Military & Defense

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