跆拳道 (tái quán dào) — taekwondo | TongTong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

noun

taekwondo

Examples

跆拳道。
Tā cóng xiǎo jiù kāi shǐ xué xí tái quán dào.
He started learning taekwondo when he was young.
跆拳道，。
Wǒ qù nián cān jiā le tái quán dào bǐ sài, dé le dì èr míng.
I took part in a taekwondo competition last year and got second place.
跆拳道。
tái quán dào Shì hán guó de yí xiàng chuán tǒng wǔ shù.
Taekwondo is a traditional martial art from South Korea.

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.

跆拳foot and fist

跆táifoot拳quánfist

联合Coordinate

The name adapts a foreign term into Chinese: 跆拳 gives the foot and fist idea, and 道 gives the way or discipline of the art.

Characters in this word

No reliable origin is recorded for this character.

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

龹手拳

Meaning part形符xíngfú

手手shǒuhand

Sound part声符shēngfú

龹

龹龹拳quán

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

拳 pairs 手 (hand) with 龹 for sound. The hand part shows that the meaning is a form of hand, such as a fist.

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

Meaning part形符xíngfú

行行xíngstreet

止止zhǐfoot

Sound part声符shēngfú

𩠐

首shǒu道dào

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

Early 道 showed a street 行, a foot 止, and a part written 首 or 𩠐; the right part of 行 later disappeared.

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