Radical 讠

7 strokes

詞

words 讠 (67c) + department 司 (231b) = word 词

Recall that soundwords which begin “st” signal pronunciations which start with “ts” (written as “c” in the pinyin system — see Character 104).

生词 (133) shēngcí a new word (in a language lesson)

[名词 (70) míngcí noun]

[动词 (58) dòngcí verb]

(A new boy is being shown round the factory) “the words department makes the words, so whenever you need a word they will supply it. / The fairy keeps statistics on which words are being requested most often.”

piled up (150b) + blade (231a) = department 司

The blades were piled up in the production department because the sales department couldn’t sell them fast enough. / [No pronunciation needed]