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枪击 (qiāng jī) — shooting (incident/event)

Definition

noun
shooting (incident/event)

Examples

  • 枪击。
    Zuó tiān fā shēng le yì qǐ qiāng jī shì jiàn.
    Yesterday, a shooting incident occurred.
  • 枪击。
    Tā zài qiāng jī zhòng shòu le zhòng shāng.
    He was seriously injured in the shooting.
  • 枪击。
    Jǐng fāng zhèng zài diào chá zhè qǐ qiāng jī.
    The police are investigating this shooting.

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.

枪qiānggun
击jīstrike; shoot

枪 is a gun and 击 is to strike or shoot; together they describe a shooting.

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.

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.

Open 枪 →

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 擊; 击 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
手手shǒuhand
Sound part声符shēngfú
毄
毄jī擊jī
Same sound today

The traditional form 擊 has 手 (hand) and 毄; 毄 gives the sound and also points to striking, while the simplified 击 is a later shorthand.

Open 击 →
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