羊角 (yáng jiǎ) — ram's horns; sheep's horns

Definition

noun
ram's hornssheep's horns
Measure word · 对

Examples

  • 羊角。
    Zhè zhī gōng yáng de yáng jiǎ yòu cháng yòu wān.
    This ram's horns are long and curved.
  • 羊角。
    Tā yòng yáng jiǎ zuò de hào jiǎo shēng yīn hěn xiǎng liàng.
    The horn he made from the ram's horn sounds very loud.
  • 羊角。
    Mù mín bǎ yáng jiǎ guà zài mén kǒu zuò wéi zhuāng shì.
    The herder hangs the ram's horns at the door as decoration.

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.

羊, sheep, and 角, horn, combine to mean the horn of a sheep or ram.

Characters in this word

A drawing of the thing itself, worn down over three thousand years into a few strokes.

The shape of 羊 comes from a drawing of a ram's head.

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A drawing of the thing itself, worn down over three thousand years into a few strokes.

The form 角 is a picture of a horn.

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