路由器 (lù yóu qì) — router (networking device)

Definition

noun

router (networking device)

Measure word · 台

路由器，。
Wǒ jiā xīn zhuāng le yí gè lù yóu qì, wǎng sù kuài duō le.
My home just installed a new router, and the internet speed is much faster.
路由器。
Zhè kuǎn lù yóu qì néng tóng shí lián jiē wǔ shí tái shè bèi.
This router can connect 50 devices at the same time.
路由器，。
Bǎ lù yóu qì fàng zài kè tīng zhōng jiān, xìn hào huì gèng hǎo.
Put the router in the middle of the living room for a better signal.

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.

路由route

联合Coordinate

路由 (route) and 器 (device) combine to mean a device that performs routing.

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.

Meaning part形符xíngfú

Sound part声符shēngfú

各

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

路 combines 足, a foot, with 各, which supplies the sound.

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

It began as a drawing of new shoots or leaves growing upward from a plant-like base.

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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