电码

電碼

diànmǎ

noun #23,383

Measure Word

一个电码 gè

Meanings

1 telegraph code
2 Morse code
3 numeric code for Chinese characters in telegraphy

Characters

electricity; telegram

Examples

HSK 5

中文电码将每个汉字对应一个四位数字。

Zhōngwén diànmǎ jiāng měigè Hànzì duìyìng yīgè sì wèi shùzì.

Chinese telegraph code assigns a four-digit number to each Chinese character.

HSK 6

他学会了用电码发送消息。

Tā xuéhuì le yòng diànmǎ fāsòng xiāoxi.

He learned to send messages using telegraph code.

Tips

history

Because Morse code cannot handle the thousands of Chinese characters, a separate 'Chinese Telegraph Code' (中文电码) was developed in 1871, assigning a 4-digit numeric code to each character. It was widely used until the age of digital communication.

Stroke Order

电 diàn

码 mǎ