空域 (kōng yù) — airspace | tongtong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

noun

airspace

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Examples

，空域。
Fēi jī de fēi xíng shòu dào yán gé guǎn zhì, bù néng suí yì jìn rù mǒu xiē kōng yù.
Aircraft flights are strictly controlled and cannot arbitrarily enter certain airspace.
空域。
Liǎng guó jiù biān jìng kōng yù de huà fēn wèn tí jìn xíng le tán pàn.
The two countries negotiated the division of border airspace.
空域。
Jūn yòng kōng yù tōng cháng bú duì mín yòng fēi jī kāi fàng.
Military airspace is usually not open to civilian aircraft.

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.

域yùregion

空 (sky) + 域 (region): a region of the sky.

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.

穴工空

Meaning part形符xíngfú

穴穴xuécave, hole

Sound part声符shēngfú

工

工gōng空kōng

Close in sound todayThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

空 is built from 穴, a cave or hole, and 工, which gives the sound.

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

土或域

Meaning part形符xíngfú

Sound part声符shēngfú

或

The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

域 uses 土, earth or soil, to show it is about land, and 或 to suggest its pronunciation.

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