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穆罕默德 (Mù hǎn mò dé) — Muhammad (name of the Islamic prophet)

Definition

noun
Muhammad (name of the Islamic prophet)

Examples

  • 穆罕默德。
    Mù hǎn mò dé Shì yī sī lán jiào de xiān zhī.
    Muhammad is the prophet of Islam.
  • 穆罕默德。
    Hěn duō rén měi nián dōu huì jì niàn Mù hǎn mò dé de dàn chén.
    Many people commemorate Muhammad's birthday every year.
  • 穆罕默德。
    Zhè běn shū jì lù le Mù hǎn mò dé de shēng píng shì jì.
    This book records the life story of Muhammad.

Origin

Single-morpheme word
构词法gòucífǎ
音译yīnyìTransliteration

The characters spell the sound of a foreign word; their individual meanings play no part.

穆mù
罕hǎn
默mò
德dé

The characters 穆罕默德 only spell the foreign name Muhammad; they carry no independent meaning here.

Sound-only characters

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

Meaning part形符xíngfú
禾禾hégrain
Sound part声符shēngfú
㣎
㣎㣎穆mù
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

穆 is built from 禾, grain, with 㣎 added for its sound, giving a picture of standing grain.

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

Meaning part形符xíngfú
网网wǎngnet
Sound part声符shēngfú
干
干gān罕hǎn
Close in sound todayThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

罕 combines 网 (net) as a meaning part with 干 as a sound part.

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

Meaning part形符xíngfú
犬犬quǎndog
Sound part声符shēngfú
黑
黑hēi默mò
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

默 pairs 黑 with 犬 (dog), and 黑 gives the sound.

Open 默 →

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

Meaning part形符xíngfú
彳彳chìroad
Sound part声符shēngfú
惪
惪dé德dé
Same sound today

德 combines 彳, a road, with 惪, a component meaning virtue that also supplies the sound.

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Appears in
Religion & Belief

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