Taxonomy of meanings for 寘:　　

  • 寘 zhì (OC: tjels MC: tɕiɛ) 支義切 去 廣韻：【止也置也廢也支義切八 】
    • DISCARD
      • vtoNdiscard, reject
    • DISREGARD
      • vtoNset aside; leave alone
    • PUT
      • vtoNput (someone) in a place
      • vtt(oN1.)+N2omput something determinate N1 in (a place N2)
      • vtt(oN1.)+prep+N2omplace a determinate thing N1 in (a place N2)
      • vttoN1.+N2put (someone, sometimes something N1) physically in (a place N2)
      • vttoN1.+prep+N2figurativeput (something) in (a place); let someone N stay in a place N2
      • vttoN1.+prep+N2put (something N1) into (some place N2); place N1 in N2寘書于其上

    Additional information about 寘

    說文解字: 　　 【寘】，置也。从宀、眞聲。 【支義切】

      Criteria
    • PUT

      1. The most general word for placing something in a certain location, either abstract (like a political position) or concrete spatial, is zhì 置.

      2. Zhì 寘 is limited to the concrete placing of a physical object in a place.

      3. Shè 設 refers to the setting up of something (typically something large or substantial) permanent(ly) in a location.

      4. Jì 寄 refers to putting something in a certain place for a certain time only.

      5. Zhuó 著, rare in pre-Buddhist texts, refers to the placing of an object permanently or temporarily in a certain position.

      Word relations
    • Ant: (PUT)棄/DISCARD The standard general words for discarding something is qì 棄 (ant. qǔ 取 "choose to retain") and the somewhat rarer juān 捐.
    • Ant: (PUT)捨 / 舍/DISCARD Shě 捨/舍 (ant. qǔ 取 "pick out and choose") refers to letting go of or rejecting something that one might have chosen to retain or use.