订户 (dìng hù) — subscriber (to a newspaper or periodical)

Definition

noun

subscriber (to a newspaper or periodical)

Measure word · 个

订户。
Zhè fèn bào zhǐ yǒu hěn duō dìng hù.
This newspaper has many subscribers.
订户。
dìng hù Kě yǐ miǎn fèi huò dé yì běn zá zhì.
Subscribers can get a free magazine.
订户。
Xīn de dìng hù měi gè yuè dōu huì shōu dào wǒ men de qī kān.
New subscribers will receive our periodical every month.

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.

订dìngsubscribe

户hùhousehold

The 订 (subscribe) describes the 户 (household), giving a household that subscribes.

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 訂; 订 is its simplified writing.

言丁訂

Meaning part形符xíngfú

Sound part声符shēngfú

丁

Same sound today

The traditional form 訂 combines 言, related to speech, with 丁, which gives the sound; the simplified 订 is a later shorthand.

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

This origin belongs to the traditional form 戶; 户 is its simplified writing.

The traditional form 戶 is a picture of half of a gate. The simplified 户 is a later shorthand, so its shape should not be read as the original parts.