栅 (shān) — (bound morpheme) grid; grating (in electronics, optics, or computing)
Definition
Bound morpheme meaning 'grid' or 'grating' — a pattern of parallel lines or bars. It is not used alone: it appears in compounds like 栅极 (grid, in a vacuum tube) and 光栅 (diffraction grating).
bound form
(bound morpheme) gridgrating (in electronics, optics, or computing)
Examples
- 栅。Diàn zǐ guǎn lǐ miàn de shān jí kòng zhì zhe diàn liú.The grid inside the vacuum tube controls the electric current.
- 栅。Zhè zhāng guāng shān de fēn biàn lǜ fēi cháng gāo.This diffraction grating has very high resolution.
- 栅。Píng mù shàng xiǎn shì le yí gè jì suàn yòng de shān gé.A computational grid was displayed on the screen.
Origin
Sound + meaning六书liùshū
形声xíngshēngMost 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 柵; 栅 is its simplified writing.
Sound part声符shēngfú
冊
冊cè柵zhà
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.
In the traditional form 柵, 木 is wood, and 冊, a bound set of wooden strips, gives the sound; 栅 is the later simplified form.
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