司机

Etymology · 词源

“司”的历史构形可以这样理解：历史字形不能按现代笔画机械拆解。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。 “机”的历史构形可以这样理解：木主要提示意义范围；几主要提示较早的读音。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；“司机”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。

司 (take charge) and its mirror image 后 (empress) were originally used interchangeably. The origin of both characters is unclear. Simplified form of 機. Phonosemantic compound. 木 represents the meaning and 幾 represents the sound. These notes explain the characters’ formation. Learn 司机 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。