枪决 (qiāng jué) — to execute by shooting

Definition

verb

to execute by shooting

枪决。
Fǎ yuàn jué dìng míng tiān duì zuì fàn zhí xíng qiāng jué.
The court decided to execute the criminal by shooting tomorrow.
枪决，。
Zhè ge fàn rén bèi qiāng jué le, dàn shì tā de jiā rén zhèng zài shàng sù.
This prisoner was executed by shooting, but his family is appealing.
，枪决。
Tā zài zhàn zhēng zhōng bèi fú lǔ hòu, bèi dí jūn qiāng jué le.
After being captured in the war, he was executed by shooting by the enemy.

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.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 槍; 枪 is its simplified writing.

木倉槍

Meaning part形符xíngfú

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.

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 決; 决 is its simplified writing.

氵夬決

Meaning part形符xíngfú

氵Written in full as水shuǐ

Sound part声符shēngfú

夬

夬guài決jué

The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

The traditional form 決 has 氵 (water) and 夬, which gives the sound. This describes 決, not the simplified 决.

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