门缝 (mén féng) — crack between a door and its frame | TongTong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

noun

crack between a door and its frame

Measure word · 道

Examples

门缝。
Yì zhāng zhǐ cóng mén féng lǐ diào le chū lái.
A piece of paper fell out from the crack in the door.
门缝。
Dēng guāng cóng mén féng lǐ tòu chū lái.
Light shone through the crack in the door.
门缝。
Tā wǎng mén féng lǐ sāi le yì zhāng zhǐ tiáo.
He stuffed a note into the crack in the door.

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.

门 and 缝 combine to mean a crack around a door.

Characters in this word

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

This origin belongs to the traditional form 門; 门 is its simplified writing.

The traditional form 門 pictures a gate as two door shapes side by side; the simplified 门 is a later shorthand.

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 縫; 缝 is its simplified writing.

糹逢縫

Meaning part形符xíngfú

糹Written in full as糸mì

Sound part声符shēngfú

逢

逢féng縫fèng(r)

Same sound today

The traditional form 縫 pairs 糸 with 逢; 逢 gives the sound, and 糸 fits the sense. The simplified 缝 is a shorthand.

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