Taxonomy of meanings for 宅:　　

  • 宅 zhái (OC: r'aaɡ MC: ɖɯak) 場伯切 入 廣韻：【宅古文 】
  • 宅 zhái (OC: brlaaɡ MC: ɖɯak) 場伯切 入 廣韻：【居也説文云宅託也人所投託也釋名曰宅擇也擇吉處而營之也瑒伯切十三 】
    • DWELL
      • vt+prep+Nmake one's home in; settle in
      • vtoNOBI: take up residence in (a house); dwell
      • vt(oN)make one's home in the contextually determinate NCH
      • related activity>>WORK
          • inchoative, come to work for and support>RALLY
            • causative>EMPLOY
            • causative: cause to dwell with>ENTRUST
              • related feature>PEACEFUL
                • object>DWELLING
                  • nresidence of an official; housing; homestead
                  • nabfigurativeabode
                  • nabfigurativepermanent standpoint, "spiritual abode"CH
                  • n[post-N]N=subjectone's own homeCH
              • SURROUND
              • 宅 ｃｈｅ４《集韻》恥格切，入陌
                • =坼
              • 宅 ｄｕ４《集韻》徒故切，去暮定。
                • =度

                Additional information about 宅

                說文解字: 【宅】，所託也。 〔小徐本作「所託居也。」〕 从宀、乇聲。 【場伯切】 【𡧪(垞)】，古文宅。 〔小徐本無「宅」。〕 【㡯】，亦古文宅。 〔小徐本無「宅」。〕

                  Criteria
                • DWELLING

                  1. The most current general word for a dwelling of any kind noble or ordinary is shè 舍.

                  2. Zhái 宅 refers generally to the abode of anyone of any status, and the word is a polite designation for what is presumed to be a dwelling of some elegance and status.

                  3. Dì 第 refers, from Han times onwards, to a dwelling conferred on someone by the emperor.

                  4. Jiā 家 can occasionally come to refer to the buildings which house a clan, but examples are surprisingly rare.

                  Word relations
                • Contrast: (DWELLING)居/HOME
                • Assoc: (DWELLING)室/BUILDING Shì 室 is any building, can be smaller than gōng 宮, need not have an outer surrounding wall. It seems that when inside gōng 宮, shǐ 室 was located behind táng 堂. The term can also refer to the family or household. See CLAN