鱼粉 (yú fěn) — fish meal (ground fish used as animal feed or fertilizer)

Definition

noun
fish meal (ground fish used as animal feed or fertilizer)

Examples

  • 鱼粉。
    Zhè zhǒng yú fěn shì yòng xiǎo yú zuò de.
    This kind of fish meal is made from small fish.
  • 鱼粉。
    Nóng mín bǎ yú fěn sā zài tián lǐ dāng féi liào.
    Farmers spread fish meal in the fields as fertilizer.
  • 鱼粉。
    Zhè jiā gōng chǎng měi nián shēng chǎn dà liàng yú fěn.
    This factory produces a large amount of fish meal every year.

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.

鱼yúfish
粉fěnpowder

鱼 suggests fish and 粉 suggests powder, yielding ground fish powder.

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 魚; 鱼 is its simplified writing.

For 鱼, the traditional form 魚 is a picture of a fish.

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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
米米mǐrice
Sound part声符shēngfú
分
分fēn粉fěn
Same sound today

粉 pairs 米 (rice) with 分 for its sound. The rice part points to face powder made from rice.

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