画框 (huà kuàng) — picture frame | TongTong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

noun

picture frame

Measure word · 个

Examples

画框，。
Zhè fú huà méi yǒu huà kuàng, guà zài qiáng shàng bù hǎo kàn.
This painting has no frame and doesn't look nice on the wall.
画框。
Wǒ mǎi le yí gè jīn sè de huà kuàng lái pèi zhè zhāng zhào piàn.
I bought a gold picture frame to match this photo.
画框，。
Zhè xiē huà kuàng shì yòng mù tou zuò de, fēi cháng jīng zhì.
These picture frames are made of wood and are very delicate.

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.

画huàpicture

画 names the picture and 框 names the border, giving the border for a picture.

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.

No reliable origin is recorded for this character.

Appears in

Art & Fine Arts

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