液 (yè) — (bound form) liquid, fluid, juice
Definition
A bound morpheme meaning 'liquid' or 'fluid' — it never stands alone and must attach to another character (e.g. 液体, 血液, 溶液). Compare 汁 zhī ('juice'), which is a free word for the liquid inside fruits or plants.
bound form
liquidfluidjuice
Easily confused
- 掖yēlook-aliketo tuck (into clothing); to hide (on one's person)
- 夜yèsound-alikenight (noun)
- 页yèsound-alike(classifier) for pages (of a book, document, paper)
- 业yèsound-alike(suffix) industry, line of business (in 行业, 产业, 企业)
- 晔yèsound-alike(bound form) bright, brilliant (used in literary/classical contexts and names)
- 靥yèsound-alike(bound form, literary) dimple; smilng dimple
Examples
- 。Zhè zhǒng yè tǐ yǒu hěn qiáng de fǔ shí xìng.This kind of liquid is highly corrosive.
- 。Yī shēng jiǎn chá le tā de xuè yè yàng běn.The doctor examined his blood sample.
- 。Zhè zhǒng róng yè kě yǐ yòng lái qīng xǐ diàn lù bǎn.This solution can be used to clean circuit boards.
Origin
Sound + meaning六书liùshū
形声xíngshēngMost characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.
The left side 氵 is water, and the right side 夜 gives the sound; together they form 液, a liquid, like water.
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