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直角 (zhí jiǎo) — right angle

Definition

noun
right angle
Measure word · 个

Examples

  • 直角。
    Zhè shì yí gè zhí jiǎo.
    This is a right angle.
  • 直角。
    Zhè ge sān jiǎo xíng de jiǎo shì zhí jiǎo.
    The angle of this triangle is a right angle.
  • 直角。
    Zhèng fāng xíng yǒu sì gè zhí jiǎo.
    A square has four right angles.

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.

直zhíright
角jiǎoangle

直 means right and 角 means angle; together they mean a right angle.

Characters in this word

Two or more meaningful parts placed together so that their meanings combine into a new one.

The earliest form of 直 pairs 目, an eye, with an unclear stroke 丨.

Open 直 →

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

The form 角 is a picture of a horn.

Open 角 →
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