档案局 (dàng àn jú) — archives bureau; archives administration | tongtong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

noun

archives bureauarchives administration

Measure word · 个

Examples

档案局。
Tā zài dàng àn jú gōng zuò le hěn duō nián.
He has worked at the archives bureau for many years.
档案局。
dàng àn jú Bǎo cún zhe zhè zuò chéng shì de lì shǐ jì lù.
The archives bureau preserves the historical records of this city.
档案局。
Wǒ men xū yào qù dàng àn jú chá yí xià nà fèn wén jiàn.
We need to go to the archives bureau to look up that document.

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.

档案

档dàngrecords案àncase

联合Side by side

局júbureau

An archives bureau: 档案 names records, and 局 names the office.

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 檔; 档 is its simplified writing.

木當檔

Meaning part形符xíngfú

木木mùtree

Sound part声符shēngfú

當

當dāng檔dàng

Same sound today

The traditional form 檔 pairs 木, a tree, with 當 as the sound part. The simplified 档 is an abbreviation of 檔.

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

木安案

Meaning part形符xíngfú

Sound part声符shēngfú

安

安ān案àn

Same sound today

案 pairs 木, a wood/tree shape, with 安, which is used for its sound.

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

Meaning part形符xíngfú

Sound part声符shēngfú

句

句jù局jú

Same sound today

The shape of 局 pairs 尸, a meaning part, with 句, a sound part.

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