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设计图 (shè jì tú) — design drawing; blueprint

Definition

noun
design drawingblueprint
Measure word · 张

Examples

  • 设计图。
    Zhè zhāng shè jì tú hěn xiáng xì.
    This design drawing is very detailed.
  • 设计图。
    Shè jì shī zhèng zài xiū gǎi shè jì tú.
    The designer is revising the design drawing.
  • 设计图。
    Àn zhào shè jì tú shī gōng.
    Construct according to the design drawing.

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.

设计design
设shèset up计jìplan
联合Coordinate
图túdrawing

设计 means planning or arranging, and 图 is a drawing, so the word denotes a drawing of a design.

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 設; 设 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
言言yán
Sound part声符shēngfú
埶
埶yì設shè
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

The traditional form 設 uses 言 (speech) to show the meaning and 埶 to give the sound; this explanation is for 設, not the simplified 设.

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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.

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.

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

This origin belongs to the traditional form 圖; 图 is its simplified writing.

  • 囗囗wéiwalled city
  • 啚啚bǐ

The traditional form 圖 pairs 囗, a walled city, with 啚, an early form meaning remote areas or territory. The simplified 图 is a later abbreviation.

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Appears in
Photography & Design

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