闺 guī women's quarters
怎么记住“闺”: 门 door + 圭 jade block = women's quarters. In the old garden, the guide unlocks a small door, points at a carved jade block on the table and says this was the women's quarters.
部件结构
会意 · Meaning + meaning
Two or more parts whose meanings together make the new meaning.
闺 = 门 door + 圭 jade block
- 门 door meaning
- 圭 jade block meaning + sound
In the old garden, the guide unlocks a small door, points at a carved jade block on the table and says this was the women's quarters.
How it came to be
A door shaped like a pointed jade tablet, whose sign also gives the sound.
用法
- The old inner women's chamber, hence things belonging to an unmarried girl's world: 闺女 (guīnü) daughter/unmarried girl, 闺房 (guīfáng) a young woman's room.
- Very current in 闺蜜 (guīmì) close female best friend ('BFF'): 她是我的闺蜜 (tā shì wǒ de guīmì) she's my closest girlfriend.
- 闺女 has a warm, colloquial ring, often how parents fondly refer to a daughter.