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武馆 (wǔ guǎn) — martial arts school

Definition

noun
martial arts school
Measure word · 家

Examples

  • 武馆。
    Tā měi tiān fàng xué hòu qù wǔ guǎn liàn quán.
    He goes to the martial arts school to practice boxing after school every day.
  • 武馆。
    Zhè jiā wǔ guǎn de jiào liàn hěn yǒu jīng yàn.
    The coaches at this martial arts school are very experienced.
  • 武馆。
    Tā xiǎng kāi yì jiā zì jǐ de wǔ guǎn.
    He wants to open his own martial arts school.

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.

武wǔmartial arts
馆guǎnhall

武 refers to martial arts and 馆 is a hall, so it names a hall for martial arts.

Characters in this word

Two or more meaningful parts placed together so that their meanings combine into a new one.

武 puts 戈 (dagger-axe) above 止 (foot/to walk), showing an army going on an expedition.

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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.

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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