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模块 (mó kuài) — module

Definition

noun
module
Measure word · 个

Examples

  • 模块。
    Zhè ge ruǎn jiàn yóu jǐ gè mó kuài zǔ chéng.
    This software consists of several modules.
  • 模块。
    Zhè mén kè chéng fēn wéi sān gè mó kuài.
    This course is divided into three modules.
  • 模块。
    Zhè ge mó kuài kě yǐ gēng huàn.
    This module can be replaced.

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.

模mómodel
块kuàiblock

"模" (model) and "块" (block) combine to name a modular block or component.

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.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
木木mùtree
Sound part声符shēngfú
莫
莫mò模mó
Same sound today

The left part 木 is tree; the right part 莫 gives the sound.

Open 模 →

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 塊; 块 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
土土tǔearth; dust
Sound part声符shēngfú
鬼
鬼guǐ塊kuài
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

The traditional form 塊 pairs 土 (earth; dust) with 鬼 as a sound part to show a clod of dirt. The simplified 块 is a later shorthand, so its parts are not the historical pieces.

Open 块 →
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