镜框 (jìng kuàng) — picture frame; spectacle (eyeglasses) frame

Definition

镜框 literally means 'mirror frame' but covers both picture frames and eyeglass frames — context disambiguates. For picture frames, 相框 is the more everyday term.

noun
picture framespectacle (eyeglasses) frame
Measure word ·

Examples

  • 镜框
    Zhè ge jìng kuàng shì mù tou de, hěn zhòng.
    This picture frame is made of wood, very heavy.
  • 镜框
    Tā de jìng kuàng shì jīn sè de, hěn piào liang.
    Her spectacle frame is gold-colored, very pretty.
  • 镜框
    Diàn lǐ yǒu gè zhǒng jìng kuàng, yǒu xiàng kuàng yě yǒu yǎn jìng kuàng.
    The store has all kinds of frames, including picture frames and spectacle frames.

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.

jìngmirror

镜 (mirror) and 框 (frame) combine to mean the frame around a mirror or lens.

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 鏡; 镜 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
jīnmetal
Sound part声符shēngfú
jìngjìng
Same sound today

The traditional form 鏡 puts 金, metal, next to 竟 to give the sound. The simplified 镜 is a later shorthand.

Open 镜 →

No reliable origin is recorded for this character.

Open 框 →

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