衔 xián rank
rank; title
怎么记住“衔”: 彳 crossroads + 钅 gold + 亍 footstep = rank. At the parade on the crossroads, the general pins a gold star on the officer, and every proud footstep back to the line shows his new rank.
部件结构
形声 · Meaning + sound
One part gives the meaning, the other gives the sound.
衔 = 彳 crossroads + 钅 gold + 亍 footstep
- 彳 crossroads meaning
- 钅 gold sound
- 亍 footstep meaning
At the parade on the crossroads, the general pins a gold star on the officer, and every proud footstep back to the line shows his new rank.
How it came to be
The road gives the meaning and the gold in its middle the sound; the word first meant the bit in a horse's mouth.
用法
- Two jobs: 'rank/title': 头衔 (tóuxián) a title, 军衔 (jūnxián) military rank; and 'to link/hold in the mouth': 衔接 (xiánjiē) to connect/dovetail (two stages, roads, plans).
- Literal: a bird 衔泥 (holds mud in its beak). 衔接 stresses a smooth join where two things meet end-to-end.