音乐家 (yīn yuè jiā) — musician | TongTong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

noun

musician

Measure word · 位

音乐家。
Zhè wèi yīn yuè jiā chuàng zuò le xǔ duō jīng diǎn zuò pǐn.
This musician has created many classic works.
音乐家。
Tā cóng xiǎo jiù xiǎng chéng wéi yì míng yīn yuè jiā.
She has wanted to become a musician since she was a child.
音乐家。
Yīn yuè tīng lǐ zuò mǎn le lái tīng yīn yuè jiā yǎn zòu de guān zhòng.
The concert hall was full of audience members who came to hear the musician perform.

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.

音乐music

联合Coordinate

The word builds on 音乐, meaning music, with 家 added to point to a person, so it means musician.

Characters in this word

An abstract idea shown by a mark or a diagram rather than by a picture of an object.

音 adds a short stroke that seals the mouth-like part, showing a covered or muffled sound rather than speech.

Two or more meaningful parts placed together so that their meanings combine into a new one.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 樂; 乐 is its simplified writing.

In the traditional form 樂, 絲 (string) with 木 (wood) shows strings on a piece of wood, a musical instrument; the simplified 乐 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.

Meaning part形符xíngfú

宀宀miánroof

Sound part声符shēngfú

𢑓

𢑓𢑓家jiā

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

The early drawing of 家 showed a roof 宀 over a male-pig sign 𢑓 that gave the pronunciation; the lower part later changed shape.

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