樵夫 (qiáo fū) — woodcutter | tongtong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

noun

woodcutter

Measure word · 个

樵夫。
Nà ge qiáo fū měi tiān shàng shān kǎn chái.
That woodcutter goes up the mountain to cut firewood every day.
樵夫。
qiáo fū Zài sēn lín lǐ fā xiàn le yì zhī shòu shāng de xiǎo lù.
The woodcutter found an injured fawn in the forest.
樵夫。
Gǔ dài hěn duō qiáo fū kào mài chái wéi shēng.
In ancient times, many woodcutters made a living by selling firewood.

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.

樵qiáofirewood

樵 gives firewood and 夫 gives man, so the word names a man who cuts firewood.

Characters in this word

No reliable origin is recorded for this character.

A drawing of the thing itself, worn down over three thousand years into a few strokes.

假借jiǎjièLater borrowed for its sound alone — the picture has nothing to do with today’s meaning.

夫 originally drew a man. It was borrowed purely for its sound to write a pronoun, so the picture and the pronoun meaning are unrelated.