马术 (mǎ shù) — horsemanship, equestrianism (the sport or skill…

Definition

noun

horsemanshipequestrianism (the sport or skill of horseback riding)

Measure word · 项

马术，。
Tā cóng xiǎo xué xí mǎ shù, xiàn zài shì yì míng zhuān yè qí shǒu.
She started learning horsemanship as a child and is now a professional rider.
马术。
Ào yùn huì shàng de mǎ shù bǐ sài xī yǐn le hěn duō guān zhòng.
The equestrian events at the Olympic Games attracted many spectators.
马术。
Zhè jiā jù lè bù tí gōng mǎ shù péi xùn kè chéng.
This club offers horsemanship training courses.

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.

马 points to horses, and 术 means skill or art.

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 馬; 马 is its simplified writing.

The traditional form 馬 shows a horse with its head facing left, a flowing mane, and two legs standing vertically.

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 術; 术 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú

行行xíngstreet, path

Sound part声符shēngfú

朮

朮zhú術shù

Same sound today

The traditional form 術 has 行 (street, path) beside 朮, which gives the sound; the simplified 术 is a later shorthand.

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