柔术 (róu shù) — jujitsu, jujutsu (a Japanese martial art focusi… | tongtong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

noun

jujitsujujutsu (a Japanese martial art focusing on throws, joint locks, and grappling)

Examples

柔术，。
Tā liàn le wǔ nián róu shù, yǐ jīng ná dào le hēi dài.
He has practiced jujitsu for five years and has already earned a black belt.
柔术，。
róu shù Qiáng diào yǐ róu kè gāng, bù yǐ lì liàng yìng pèng yìng.
Jujitsu emphasizes using softness to overcome hardness, not meeting force with force.
柔术。
Tā xiǎng qù bā xī xué xí bā xī róu shù.
He wants to go to Brazil to study Brazilian jiu-jitsu.

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.

A 柔 (soft) 术 (art) is the Japanese grappling art of jujitsu.

Characters in this word

No reliable origin is recorded for this character.

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 術; 术 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú

行行xíngstreet, path

Sound part声符shēngfú

朮

朮zhú術shù

Same sound today

The traditional form 術 has 行 (street, path) beside 朮, which gives the sound; the simplified 术 is a later shorthand.

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