服务员

Etymology · 词源

“服”的历史构形可以这样理解：◎、卩、又以图像或会意方式参与构形。这些部件的作用依据历史字形判断，不等同于今天看到的任意笔画组合。 “务”的历史构形可以这样理解：攵、力主要提示意义范围；矛与现代简化字形有关。这些部件的作用依据历史字形判断，不等同于今天看到的任意笔画组合。 “员”的历史构形可以这样理解：口、贝以图像或会意方式参与构形。这些部件的作用依据历史字形判断，不等同于今天看到的任意笔画组合。 以上是各字的历史构形说明；“服务员”作为现代词语时，应结合完整词义学习，不能把单字意义机械相加。

Pictograph of a person being served a plate. Simplified form of 務. Phonosemantic compount. 矛 represents the sound, while 攵 and 力 both represent the meaning. The traditional component 矛 was removed for simplification. Simplified form of 員. Depicts the round opening (口) of a cooking pot (鼎). Based on the original meaning "round", now written as 圓. The current meaning is a phonetic loan. These notes explain the characters’ formation. Learn 服务员 as a complete modern word rather than mechanically adding isolated character meanings.

Learning note · 学习提示：形旁通常提示意义范围，声旁通常提示较早的读音；现代普通话读音或字义可能已经发生变化。