石器 (shí qì) — stone implement, stone artifact

Definition

noun

stone implementstone artifact

Measure word · 件

石器。
Kǎo gǔ xué jiā zài yí zhǐ zhōng fā xiàn le xǔ duō shí qì.
Archaeologists discovered many stone artifacts at the site.
石器。
Zhè xiē shí qì zhì zuò dé fēi cháng jīng xì.
These stone tools are made very delicately.
石器。
Bó wù guǎn lǐ zhǎn chū le gǔ dài shí qì.
The museum displays ancient stone implements.

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.

器qìimplement

石器 pairs 石, stone, with 器, a tool or implement; together they name stone tools.

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

The shape of 石 shows a stone under a cliff-like overhang, or a cave set into a cliff side.

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

The origin of 器 is uncertain; one traditional account reads the whole shape as a scene of guarding over four vessels.

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