皮下组织 (pí xià zǔ zhī) — subcutaneous tissue

Definition

noun
subcutaneous tissue

Examples

  • 皮下组织。
    pí xià zǔ zhī Wèi yú pí fū de zuì shēn céng.
    Subcutaneous tissue is located in the deepest layer of the skin.
  • 皮下组织。
    Yī shēng jiǎn chá le tā de pí xià zǔ zhī.
    The doctor examined his subcutaneous tissue.
  • 皮下组织。
    Zhù shè shí yào wù huì jìn rù pí xià zǔ zhī.
    When injecting, the medicine enters the subcutaneous tissue.

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.

皮下under the skin
皮pískin下xiàunder
偏正Modifier + head
组织tissue
组zǔorganize织zhīweave
联合Side by side

皮下 under the skin and 组织 tissue combine to mean subcutaneous tissue.

Characters in this word

A drawing of the thing itself, worn down over three thousand years into a few strokes.

皮 shows a hand pulling fur off an animal pelt, with the pelt drawn at the upper left.

Open 皮 →

An abstract idea shown by a mark or a diagram rather than by a picture of an object.

下 is drawn as a short horizontal line below a long curved line.

Open 下 →

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 組; 组 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
糸糸mìsilk
Sound part声符shēngfú
且
且qiě組zǔ
Close in sound todayThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

The traditional form 組 pairs 糸 (silk) with 且 as a sound part; the simplified 组 is a shorthand.

Open 组 →

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 織; 织 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
糸糸mìsilk
Sound part声符shēngfú
戠
戠zhí織zhī
Same sound today

The traditional form 織 uses 糸, silk, with 戠 for the sound. The simplified 织 is a later shorthand.

Open 织 →

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