The word **梳子** is a compound noun formed through a common morphological process in Chinese. The first character, **梳**, is a phono-semantic compound: its radical **木** indicates the original material (wood), while the phonetic component **疏** suggests both sound and the idea of "spreading apart" or "ordering," which relates to the comb's function. The second character, **子**, is a noun-forming suffix that is frequently added to objects and tools, transforming the verbal or descriptive root **梳** (meaning "to comb") into a concrete, inanimate object—the comb itself. Thus, the formation follows the pattern of a meaningful root plus a grammatical suffix to create a specific, everyday noun.