电场 (diàn chǎng) — (physics) electric field

Definition

noun
(physics) electric field
Easily confused

Examples

  • 电场。
    Zhè ge qū yù zhōng de diàn chǎng hěn qiáng.
    The electric field in this region is very strong.
  • 电场。
    diàn chǎng De fāng xiàng shì cóng zhèng diàn hè zhǐ xiàng fù diàn hè.
    The direction of the electric field is from positive charge to negative charge.
  • 电场。
    Tā men yòng yí qì cè liáng le diàn chǎng de biàn huà.
    They measured the changes in the electric field with an instrument.

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.

电diànelectricity
场chǎngfield

电 names electricity, and 场 is the field it occupies.

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 電; 电 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
雨雨yǔrain
Sound part声符shēngfú
申
申shēn電diàn
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

For the traditional form 電, 雨 (rain) sits with 申, read shēn and meaning lightning.

Open 电 →

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 場; 场 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
土土tǔearth
Sound part声符shēngfú
昜
昜yáng場chǎng
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

The traditional form 場 pairs 土 (earth) with 昜 as a sound part; the simplified 场 is a later abbreviation, so its parts do not have that historical role.

Open 场 →

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