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灾区 (zāi qū) — disaster area; stricken region

Definition

灾区 is specifically an area hit by a disaster — pairing 灾 (disaster) with 区 (area). 比 区域 more specific: a 区域 is any zone, a 灾区 is one struck by disaster.

noun
disaster areastricken region
Measure word · 个

Examples

  • ，灾区。
    Dì zhèn fā shēng hòu, zāi qū de jiù yuán gōng zuò lì kè zhǎn kāi.
    After the earthquake, rescue work in the disaster area began immediately.
  • 灾区。
    Zhèng fǔ xiàng zāi qū yùn sòng le dà liàng shí pǐn hé yào pǐn.
    The government shipped large quantities of food and medicine to the disaster area.
  • 灾区。
    zāi qū De jū mín zhèng zài nǔ lì chóng jiàn jiā yuán.
    The residents of the disaster area are working hard to rebuild their homes.

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.

灾zāidisaster
区qūarea

灾 means disaster and 区 means area, so together they name a disaster area.

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 災; 灾 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
火火huǒfire
Sound part声符shēngfú
𡿧
𡿧𡿧災zāi
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

The traditional form 災 combines 火 (fire) with 𡿧, an old picture of flowing water that supplied the sound; the simplified 灾 is a shorthand and its parts are not the historical components.

Open 灾 →

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

This origin belongs to the traditional form 區; 区 is its simplified writing.

The traditional form 區 is made from 匸 and 品; the simplified 区 is a shorthand.

Open 区 →
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