Taxonomy of meanings for 據:　　

  • 據 jù (OC: klas MC: kiɔ) 居御切 去 廣韻：【依也持也引也案也亦姓出姓苑居御切十 】
    • ANNEX
      • vtoNperfectiveoccupy (territory), take possession of
    • LEAN ON
      • vadVleaning (against something)
      • vtoNlean against
    • OBTAIN
      • vtoNlay hold of
    • RELY ON
      • vtoNbase oneself on
      • vtoN.adVrelying on N to VCH
      • nabsomething to base oneself on> base, support
      • vt+prep+Nfigurativerely on N, be founded on N
      • vtoN.adVrelying on, according to, based on
      • vtoNfigurativedepend on; rely on as evidence, adduce as evidence
    • SIT
      • vadVsquattingly; squatting on the heels ?? (HYDCD: 據 = 跨，蹲)
      • vtoNsquat on NDS
    • SUPPORT
      • vtoNgive succour to (Unger: Halt geben)
    • PEACEFUL
      • PROVE
        • REALLY
          • FEND OFF
            • LEAP OVER
              • CROSS OVER
                • LENGTH MEASURES
                  • SURNAMES
                    • = 劇
                  • jìn jǐng gōngRULERS OF JIN
                    • NPprhumanSTANDARD NAME: Duke Jǐng of Jìn (reigned 599 - 581)ALTERNATIVE NAMES: Jù 據PARENTS: Son of > Jìn Chéng gōng 晉成公 WIVES: ?CHILDREN: Father of > Jìn Lì gōng 晉厲公　

                  Additional information about 據

                  說文解字: 【據】，杖持也。从手、豦聲。 【居御切】

                    Criteria
                  • ANNEX

                    [BASIC/DERIVED]

                    [CURRENT/RARE]

                    [DEROGATORY/COMMENDATORY]

                    [DRAMATIC/UNDRAMATIC]

                    [+FIG/LITERAL]

                    [FORMAL/INFORMAL]

                    [GENERAL/SPECIFIC]

                    [TRANSITORY/LASTING]

                    1. Jiān 兼 "annex" (ant. gē 割 (incidentally, anciently homophone of modern English "cut"!!!) "to cut off") is the neutral word used by the historian to record the facts without bias.

                    [FORMAL], [GENERAL]

                    2. Tūn 吞 "gulp up and annex" is metaphorical in nature, and pejorative as well as dramatic in force.

                    [DERIVED], [DEROGATORY], [DRAMATIC], [INFORMAL]; [[RARE]]

                    3. Bìng 并 "annex" (ant. fēn 分 "separate into two") is less formal, and is the commonest of the three.

                    [GENERAL], [INFORMAL]

                    4. Bìng 並 "annex" (ant. fēn 分 "separate into two") is sometimes used synonymously with bìng 并 but is not anciently homophonous with it, and the word is particularly current in the meaning of "together". See TOGETHER [NB: what confuses the situation is a great deal of printer's confusion in entering these different words, greatly exacerbatged by the problem of computerisation.]

                    [GENERAL], [INFORMAL]

                    5. Yǒu 有 can come to refer to the more or less lasting result of the process of annexation. See GOVERN(INCHOATIVE)

                    [COMMENDATORY], [FORMAL], [INCHOATIVE], [LASTING], [STATE]

                    6. Jù 據 can refer to the more or less lasting the result of the process of annexation.

                    [LASTING], [RESULT], [STATE]; [[RARE]]

                    7. Qǔ 取 refers to successful annexation, typically of a city.

                  • LEAN ON

                    1. The current abstract word for leaning on anything for any purpose is yī 依.

                    2. Fú 扶 typically refers to leaning on something so as to remain upright or walk safely.

                    3. Zhàng 仗 refers to leaning sideways on small objects like swords or canes as a demonstrative act.

                    4. Píng 憑 refers to leaning on something for general stablility.

                    5. Jù 據 refers to leaning forward to use something as support.

                    6. Shì 恃 is sometimes used in a rather abstract and colourless way to refer to using something as physical support.

                    7. Yǐ 倚 is occasionally used interchangeably with yī 依 (with which it is interdefined in SHUOWEN, but the word typically refers to leaning against something rather than vertically on it.

                    Word relations
                  • Object: (RELY ON)籍/DOCUMENT Jǐ2 籍 refers to a formal and official record, typically a population register or a written official statute.
                  • Contrast: (RELY ON)志/ASPIRATION The general term for an aspiration is zhì 志 and verbally zhì yú 志於 "aspire to", and this term always refers to life-long highest aim. [GENERAL]; [[COMMON]]
                  • Assoc: (RELY ON)因/RELY ON The general term for relying on something with confidence is yīn 因.
                  • Assoc: (RELY ON)執/RELY ON
                  • Assoc: (RELY ON)緣/RELY ON
                  • Synon: (RELY ON)案/CONFORM