脚注 (jiǎo zhù) — footnote | tongtong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

noun

footnote

Measure word · 个

Examples

脚注。
Zhè piān lùn wén yǒu wǔ gè jiǎo zhù.
This paper has five footnotes.
脚注。
Dú zhě kě yǐ cān kǎo shū zhōng de jiǎo zhù lái liǎo jiě gèng duō xìn xī.
Readers can refer to the footnotes in the book to learn more information.
脚注。
Zuò zhě zài jiǎo zhù lǐ bǔ chōng le zhòng yào shù jù.
The author added important data in the footnotes.

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.

脚 (foot) and 注 (note) combine to mean a note at the foot of a page.

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 腳; 脚 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú

⺼Written in full as肉ròumeat, body

Sound part声符shēngfú

卻

卻què腳jiǎo

The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

The traditional form 腳 uses ⺼ for a body part and 卻 for the sound; the simplified 脚 is a later shorthand.

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

Meaning part形符xíngfú

水水shuǐwater

Sound part声符shēngfú

主

主zhǔ注zhù

Same sound today

注 combines 水, meaning water, with 主, which gives the sound.

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