铠甲 (kǎi jiǎ) — armor (suit of protective gear worn in battle)

Definition

noun

armor (suit of protective gear worn in battle)

Measure word · 副

铠甲。
Gǔ dài de jiāng jūn dōu chuān zhuó hòu hòu de kǎi jiǎ.
Ancient generals all wore thick armor.
铠甲。
Zhè tào kǎi jiǎ shì yòng tiě piàn zhì chéng de.
This suit of armor is made of iron plates.
铠甲。
Bó wù guǎn lǐ chén liè zhe yí fù wán zhěng de kǎi jiǎ.
A complete suit of armor is displayed in the museum.

Compound word

构词法gòucífǎ

联合liánhéCoordinate

Two parts of equal weight, alike or opposite in meaning, standing side by side.

铠kǎiarmor

铠 and 甲 both mean protective armor, so the word names a suit of armor.

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 鎧; 铠 is its simplified writing.

金豈鎧

Meaning part形符xíngfú

Sound part声符shēngfú

豈

豈qǐ鎧kǎi

Same sound today

The traditional form 鎧 uses 金 for metal and 豈 for sound; the simplified 铠 is a later shorthand.

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

甲 is drawn as a hard protective shell, carapace, or scales of an animal, or as armor made of connected plates.

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