画室 (huà shì) — studio (artist's workspace)

Definition

noun

studio (artist's workspace)

Measure word · 间

画室。
Tā měi tiān shàng wǔ dōu qù huà shì huà huà.
He goes to the studio to paint every morning.
画室。
Zhè ge huà shì lǐ yǒu hěn duō huà bǎn hé yán liào.
There are many easels and paints in this studio.
画室。
Tā de huà shì zài chéng shì zhōng xīn de yì tiáo xiǎo jiē shàng.
His studio is on a small street in the city center.

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.

画 drawing and 室 room mean a room for drawing.

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 畫; 画 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú

聿聿yùbrush

Sound part声符shēngfú

規

規guī畫huà

The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

The traditional form 畫 pairs 聿, a brush, with 規 for its sound. The simplified 画 is a later shorthand, so its parts are not the old parts.

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

宀至室

Meaning part形符xíngfú

宀宀miánroof

Sound part声符shēngfú

至

Close in sound todayThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

室 puts 宀 (roof) over 至, the spot where someone stops, giving the meaning of a house or residence.