逻辑学 (luó ji xué) — logic (as a discipline), the study of logic

Definition

noun
logic (as a discipline)the study of logic

Examples

  • 逻辑学，。
    Tā duì luó ji xué hěn gǎn xìng qù, zhèng zài dú yì běn xiāng guān de shū.
    He is very interested in logic and is reading a related book.
  • 逻辑学。
    Xué xí luó ji xué néng bāng nǐ tí gāo tuī lǐ néng lì.
    Studying logic can help you improve your reasoning ability.
  • 逻辑学，。
    Zhè mén luó ji xué kè chéng hěn nán, dàn hěn yǒu yòng.
    This logic course is difficult but very useful.

Origin

Derived word
构词法gòucífǎ
后缀hòuzhuìSuffix

A fixed syllable at the end that turns the word into a noun, a person, a place or the like.

逻辑logic
逻luó辑jí
学xuédiscipline

逻辑 spells the foreign word, and 学 names the discipline.

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 邏; 逻 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
辶Written in full as辵chuòwalk
Sound part声符shēngfú
羅
羅luó邏luó
Same sound today

The traditional form 邏 combines 辶, meaning walk, with 羅 for the sound; the simplified 逻 is a later shorthand.

Open 逻 →

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 輯; 辑 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
車車jū
Sound part声符shēngfú
咠
咠qì輯jí
Close in sound todayThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

The traditional form 輯 pairs 車 (vehicle) with 咠, which gives the sound; the simplified 辑 is a later abbreviation.

Open 辑 →

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 學; 学 is its simplified writing.

The traditional form 學 may have used 爻 and 六 for sound, with hands and a child added later; the simplified 学 is a shorthand.

Open 学 →

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