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犹太教 (Yóu tài jiào) — Judaism

Definition

noun
Judaism

Examples

  • 犹太教，。
    Tā cóng xiǎo xìn yǎng Yóu tài jiào, měi gè ān xī rì dōu huì qù jiào táng.
    He has believed in Judaism since childhood and goes to the synagogue every Sabbath.
  • 犹太教《》《》。
    Yóu tài jiào De jīng diǎn bāo kuò 《tuō lā》 hé 《tǎ mù dé》.
    The scriptures of Judaism include the Torah and the Talmud.
  • 犹太教。
    Jīn nián wǒ cān jiā le Yóu tài jiào de yú yuè jié qìng zhù huó dòng.
    This year I attended a Passover celebration of Judaism.

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.

犹太Jewish
犹yóu太tài
音译Transliteration
教jiàoreligion

“犹太” spells the foreign name for the Jewish people and “教” means teaching or religion; together they name Judaism.

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 猶; 犹 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
犬犬quǎndog
Sound part声符shēngfú
酋
酋qiú猶yóu
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

The traditional form 猶 combines 犬 (dog) with 酋 as a sound part, and the evidence identifies it as a kind of monkey. The simplified 犹 is a shorthand, not the historical shape.

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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.

太 is a modified form of 大, with an extra dot added to show 'too big'.

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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.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
子子zǐchild
攵Written in full as攴pūteaching cane; stick that represents authority
Sound part声符shēngfú
爻
爻yáo教jiào
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

教 uses 爻 for its sound and puts 子 (child) with 攵 (攴), a teaching cane, to show teaching a child.

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Religion & Belief

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