缆 (lǎn) — cable, hawser (thick rope used for tying ships or in cable cars)
Definition
noun
cablehawser (thick rope used for tying ships or in cable cars)
Measure word · 根
Examples
- 缆，。Zhè gēn lǎn hěn jiē shi, kě yǐ chéng shòu hěn dà de zhòng liàng.This cable is very strong and can bear a lot of weight.
- 。Wǒ men chéng zuò lǎn chē shàng le shān dǐng.We took the cable car to the mountaintop.
- 缆，。Hǎi biān yǒu yì tiáo cū lǎn, yòng lái xì chuán.There is a thick cable by the seaside used to tie up boats.
Origin
Sound + meaning六书liùshū
形声xíngshēngMost 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 纜; 缆 is its simplified writing.
Meaning part形符xíngfú
糹Written in full as糸mìsilk
Sound part声符shēngfú
覽
覽lǎn纜
Same sound today
The traditional form 纜 has 糹 (silk) beside 覽, which gives the sound; the simplified 缆 is a later shorthand.
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