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血块 (xuè kuài) — blood clot

Definition

noun
blood clot
Measure word · 块

Examples

  • 血块。
    Yī shēng fā xiàn tā tǐ nèi yǒu yí gè xuè kuài.
    The doctor found a blood clot in his body.
  • 血块。
    Zhè zhǒng yào kě yǐ bāng zhù róng jiě xuè kuài.
    This medicine can help dissolve blood clots.
  • 血块。
    Shǒu shù hòu yào xiǎo xīn xuè kuài de xíng chéng.
    After surgery, be careful about the formation of blood clots.

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.

血xuèblood
块kuàilump

A 块 of 血, a coagulated lump of blood.

Characters in this word

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

  • 一一yīdrop of blood
  • 皿皿mǐncontainer

The shape shows 一, a drop of blood, inside 皿, a container, for blood held in a sacrificial vessel.

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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 塊; 块 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
土土tǔearth; dust
Sound part声符shēngfú
鬼
鬼guǐ塊kuài
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

The traditional form 塊 pairs 土 (earth; dust) with 鬼 as a sound part to show a clod of dirt. The simplified 块 is a later shorthand, so its parts are not the historical pieces.

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