统计 (tǒng jì) — to count or tally up systematically; to compile…

Definition

统计 emphasizes gathering and tabulating data systematically, often leading to a report or set of statistics. Use 计算 for pure math computation, and 数 for simply counting items.

verb

to count or tally up systematicallyto compile statistics

Examples

统计。
Qǐng nǐ tǒng jì yí xià zhè ge yuè de xiāo shòu é.
Please tally up this month's sales figure.
统计。
Wǒ men xū yào tǒng jì suǒ yǒu xué shēng de kǎo shì chéng jì.
We need to compile the test scores of all students.
统计？
Zhè xiē shù jù tǒng jì wán le ma?
Have these data been tallied?

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.

统tǒngoverall

计jìcount

Overall gathering and counting combine to mean tallying systematically.

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 統; 统 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú

糸糸mì

Sound part声符shēngfú

充

充chōng統tǒng

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

The traditional form 統 uses 糸 as a meaning part and 充 as a sound part; the simplified 统 is a later shorthand, so this story is about 統, not about 统's parts.

Open 统 →

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

This origin belongs to the traditional form 計; 计 is its simplified writing.

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