Taxonomy of meanings for 敕:　　

  • 敕 chì (OC: rʰɯɡ MC: ʈʰɨk) 恥力切 入 廣韻：【誡也正也固也勞也理也書也急也今相承用勑勑本音賚恥力切十四 】
    • COMMAND
      • nabactorder
      • vtoN.+Vcommand N and say:...
      • vtoNin Han times: (of person in high position:) issue a command
      • vtt(oN.)+V[0]order there to be V-ing
      • vttoN.+Scommand N to the effect that S
      • vttoN.+V[0]pivottell (someone to do something)
    • DECREE
      • nabtextHan bureaucracy: an edict issued to the provinces and districts concerning local affairs WENXINDIAOLONG 19
      • vadVby imperial decree; by imperial order
    • TEACH
      • vtoNSHIJI: give a warning and an exhortation
    • EMPLOY
      • REPROACH
        • IMPROVE
          • ORDERLY
            • RESPECT
              • WEAR
                • KNOW
                  • SURNAMES
                  • 敕 chì (OC: thɯɡ MC: ʈʰɨk) 恥力切 入 廣韻：【同敕 】

                    Additional information about 敕

                    說文解字:

                      Criteria
                    • DECREE

                      1. The current general word for an edict or decree is zhào 詔.

                      2. Mìng 命 (later often replaced by lìng 令 ) refers to any published royal or imperial order, or order of the day. See COMMAND and FATE

                      3. Zhì 制 is a Qin technical term for a published imperial decision.

                      4. Cè 策 is a Han edict appointing a king or feudal lord and investing him with a piece of territory.

                      5. Chì 敕 is a Han edict concerning local affairs to be distibuted in the provinces.

                      6. Jiè 戒 refers to a formal announcement from the Son of Heaven, typically in the form of a general warning.

                      7. Diǎn 典 is an archaic word referring to edicts by the Son of Heaven.

                    • COMMAND

                      1. The standard current word for a command is lìng 令, and the content (not the words) of the command is typically in the sentence that follows. We do not find: 令曰, and it is significant that lìng 令 also regularly means "to cause to".

                      2. Mìng 命 is typically an order from a person of high, perhaps even supernatural, authority, and what follows are often the words used to express the order. 命曰. Mìng 命 is an order on a higher level than lìng 令.

                      3. Shǐ 使 often refers to a superior getting or sending subordinates to do something by an order, but this word never focusses on the form of words used. See SEND, CAUSE TO

                      4. Zhì 制 is a formalised administrative instruction on procedure.

                      5. Huī 麾 is an order given prototypically by signal of the hand, and in the process of a battle.

                      6. Hào 號 is a publicly proclaimed political command or instruction.

                      7. Wèi 謂 is simply a way of telling someone to do something, informally or formally, but without the formal force of a rigid order.

                      8. Chì 敕 / 飭 is an order from a person in an elevated position, and in post-Buddhist times chì 敕 came to refer standardly to imperial orders.