档案馆 (dàng àn guǎn) — archives (place) | TongTong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

noun

archives (place)

Examples

档案馆。
Wǒ qù dàng àn guǎn chá le yì xiē lì shǐ zī liào.
I went to the archives to look up some historical materials.
档案馆。
Zhè ge dàng àn guǎn bǎo cún le hěn duō zhēn guì de wén jiàn.
This archives preserves many precious documents.
档案馆，。
Tā zài dàng àn guǎn gōng zuò le èr shí nián, duì lǐ miàn de zī liào fēi cháng shú xi.
He worked at the archives for twenty years and is very familiar with the materials inside.

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records

档dàngfile案àncase

联合Coordinate

“档案” (records) and “馆” (hall) combine to mean a hall for keeping records.

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.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 館; 馆 is its simplified writing.

飠官館

Meaning part形符xíngfú

飠Written in full as食shí

Sound part声符shēngfú

官

官guān館guǎn

Same sound today

The traditional form 館 is made of 食, written as 飠 on the left, and 官 on the right; 官 provides the sound. The simplified 馆 is a later shorthand.

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