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线轴 (xiàn zhóu) — spool of thread, bobbin, reel for thread

Definition

noun
spool of threadbobbinreel for thread
Measure word · 个

Examples

  • 线轴。
    Mā ma bǎ xiàn zhóu fàng zài féng rèn jī páng biān.
    Mom put the spool of thread next to the sewing machine.
  • 线轴。
    Zhè ge xiàn zhóu shàng de xiàn kuài yòng wán le.
    The thread on this spool is almost used up.
  • 线轴。
    Wǒ xū yào yí gè xiàn zhóu lái féng yī fu.
    I need a spool of thread to sew clothes.

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.

线xiànthread
轴zhóuspool

线 (thread) and 轴 (spool) combine to name a bobbin for thread.

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 線; 线 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
糹Written in full as糸mì
Sound part声符shēngfú
泉
泉quán線xiàn
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

The traditional form 線 uses 糹 (silk/thread) to show the meaning and 泉 to suggest the sound; the simplified 线 is a later shorthand.

Open 线 →

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 軸; 轴 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
車車jūcart, carriage
Sound part声符shēngfú
由
由yóu軸zhóu
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

The traditional form 軸 pairs 車 (cart) with a part that gives the sound, 由; it pictures an axle passing through a cartwheel. The simplified 轴 is a later abbreviation.

Open 轴 →
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