纪念章 (jì niàn zhāng) — commemorative badge, commemorative medal, souve…

Definition

noun

commemorative badgecommemorative medalsouvenir badge

Measure word · 枚

纪念章。
Wǒ shōu cáng le hěn duō ào yùn huì jì niàn zhāng.
I collected many Olympic commemorative badges.
纪念章。
Zhè méi jì niàn zhāng shì gōng sī chéng lì shí zhōu nián shí fā de.
This commemorative medal was issued for the company's tenth anniversary.
纪念章。
Tā bǎ jì niàn zhāng guà zài shū bāo shàng.
He hung the souvenir badge on his backpack.

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.

纪念commemorate

联合Side by side

纪念 means commemorate, 章 means badge, so the word is a badge for commemoration.

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.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 紀; 纪 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú

糸糸mìsilk

Sound part声符shēngfú

己

Same sound today

The traditional form 紀 pairs 糸, silk, with 己 as the sound part; the simplified 纪 is a shorthand.

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

亼心念

念 combines 今, an upside-down mouth, with 心, the heart, to listen to one's heart.

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

章 shows a chisel piercing a piece of jade in the middle. It originally meant treating jade.