计数器 (jì shù qì) — counter (device or function that counts)

Definition

noun

counter (device or function that counts)

Measure word · 台

计数器。
Zhè ge jì shù qì xiǎn shì dāng qián rén shù shì wǔ bǎi.
This counter shows the current number of people is five hundred.
计数器。
Wǎng zhàn shàng de fǎng wèn jì shù qì měi tiān dōu zài zēng jiā.
The visit counter on the website increases every day.
计数器。
Gōng chǎng lǐ yǒu yí gè yòng lái tǒng jì chǎn pǐn shù liàng de jì shù qì.
In the factory, there is a counter used to tally the number of products.

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.

计数count numbers

动宾Verb + object

A 器 (device) for 计 (counting) 数 (numbers).

Characters in this word

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

This origin belongs to the traditional form 計; 计 is its simplified writing.

言十計

The traditional form 計 pairs 言 (say) with 十 (all). The simplified 计 is a later shorthand, so its parts are not the historical shape.

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 數; 数 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú

攴攴pū

Sound part声符shēngfú

婁

婁lóu數shù(r)

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

The traditional form 數 pairs 攴, the meaning part, with 婁, the sound part; the simplified 数 is a shorthand.

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

The origin of 器 is uncertain; one traditional account reads the whole shape as a scene of guarding over four vessels.

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