版块 (bǎn kuài) — (printing) printing block; (newspaper) section, column; (internet) board, subforum

Definition

Modern term for a labeled 'section' of a newspaper, magazine, or online forum. Concrete and countable: 报纸的体育版块, 论坛的文学版块.

noun
(printing) printing block(newspaper) sectioncolumn(internet) boardsubforum
Measure word · 个
Easily confused

Examples

  • 版块。
    Zhè ge bǎn kuài de pái bǎn xū yào chóng xīn shè jì.
    The layout of this printing block needs to be redesigned.
  • 。
    Wǒ měi zhōu dōu kàn bào zhǐ de tǐ yù bǎn kuài.
    I read the sports section of the newspaper every week.
  • 版块。
    Tā zài lùn tán de wén xué bǎn kuài fā le yì piān xīn wén zhāng.
    He posted a new article on the literature board of the forum.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
联合liánhéSide by side

Two parts of equal weight, alike or opposite in meaning, standing side by side.

版bǎnprinting block
块kuàiblock

Both parts mean a block: 版 is a printing plate or section, 块 a chunk or section, so together they denote a newspaper section or forum board.

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
片片piàn
Sound part声符shēngfú
反
反fǎn版bǎn
Close in sound todayThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

版 is formed by 片 and 反, with 片 contributing the sense and 反 the sound.

Open 版 →

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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