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血浆 (xuè jiāng) — blood plasma

Definition

noun
blood plasma

Examples

  • 血浆。
    Yī shēng shuō tā de xuè jiāng xū yào huà yàn.
    The doctor said his blood plasma needs to be tested.
  • 血浆。
    xuè jiāng Shì xuè yè de zhòng yào zǔ chéng bù fen.
    Blood plasma is an important component of blood.
  • 血浆。
    Xiàn xiě zhě kě yǐ juān zèng xuè jiāng lái bāng zhù bìng rén.
    Blood donors can donate plasma to help patients.

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
浆jiāngliquid

血 names blood and 浆 names the liquid part.

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.

Open 血 →

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 漿; 浆 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
水水shuǐwater
Sound part声符shēngfú
將
將jiāng漿jiāng
Same sound today

The traditional form 漿 uses 水 to show a liquid and 將 for the sound. The simplified 浆 is a later shorthand, so its shape is not the historical one.

Open 浆 →
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