The Chinese word **照常** (zhàocháng), meaning "as usual" or "normally," is formed through the logical combination of its two constituent characters: **照** (zhào), which means "to shine," "to illuminate," or more abstractly "according to" or "in accordance with," and **常** (cháng), which means "constant," "regular," or "usual." Together, they create a compound word where **照** takes on its prepositional sense of "according to," governing **常** ("the usual"), thereby constructing the meaning "according to the regular way" or "as is constant." This formation exemplifies a common pattern in Chinese where two characters with independent meanings are combined to express a related, often more specific, concept through a modifier-modified or verb-object semantic relationship.