印刷术

• 拼音: yìn shuā shù
• 汉字拆解: 印 = 卩 + 爪 (kneeling person + pressing hand — to stamp, to print); 刷 = 刀 + 帅 variant (blade + brushing — to brush/apply); 术 = 木 + 行 variant (wood + path — skill, technique)

含义

The art and technology of printing; printing technique. Specifically refers to the craft of mechanically reproducing text and images.

Historically significant as China is credited with inventing woodblock printing and movable type. 印刷术 (printing) is one of the Four Great Inventions of China (四大发明) along with papermaking (造纸术), gunpowder (火药), and the compass (指南针). Used in historical and educational contexts; modern printing technology is more often described with 印刷技术 or 打印技术.

例句

1. 毕昇发明活字印刷术，不仅提高了书籍生产效率，也打破了知识传播对手抄的依赖。
2. 印刷术沿丝绸之路和海上贸易传入中亚、西亚，并间接影响了欧洲文艺复兴。
3. 数字印刷术兴起后，按需和小批量印刷降低了出版门槛，也改变了版权管理和分发方式。

用法指南

语境: history, education, culture, technology

语气: neutral

正确说法

• 学者常把十五世纪古腾堡金属活字印刷术的发明，看作欧洲近代知识体系和宗教改革兴起的重要前提。(Scholars often regard Gutenberg's fifteenth-century invention of metal movable type printing as an important precondition for the rise of the modern European knowledge system and the Reformation.)
• 这家老字号把雕版印刷术与数字技术结合，推出限量古典诗集精品印刷品，走出差异化路线。(This long-established shop combines woodblock printing with digital technology to release limited-edition fine printed classical poetry collections and follow a differentiated path.)

错误说法

• 他学习印刷术打印文件 — 印刷术 refers to the historical art and technique of printing as a civilisational achievement, not to everyday document printing; use 打印 or 印刷 as verbs for contemporary printing tasks; 印刷术 is a cultural-historical noun, not a process descriptor

起源与历史

印 (to print/stamp — 卩 kneeling figure + 爪 hand pressing; to press a seal down) + 刷 (to brush/print — 刀 knife + 帅 variant; to apply ink with a brush or roller) + 术 (technique/art — 木 wood + 行 path; skilled craft); together: 'the art of pressing and brushing to make copies'

文化背景

时代: Classical

世代: All ages

社会背景: Universal