枪身 (qiāng shēn) — gun barrel; (firearm) barrel

Definition

noun

gun barrel(firearm) barrel

枪身。
Zhè zhī qiāng shēn de cái zhì shì tè zhǒng gāng cái.
The barrel of this gun is made of special steel.
枪身。
Cā qiāng shí xū yào xiǎo xīn qīng lǐ qiāng shēn nèi bù.
When cleaning a gun, you need to carefully clean the inside of the barrel.
枪身。
Dí jūn jiǎo huò le sān bǎ wán hǎo de qiāng shēn.
The enemy captured three intact gun barrels.

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 means gun and 身 means body, so the word refers to the body or barrel of a gun.

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.

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

The shape of 身 comes from a drawing of a pregnant woman.