Taxonomy of meanings for 絜:
- 絜 xié (OC: ɡeed MC: ɦet) 胡結切 入 廣韻:【爾雅河名即九河之一也又古節切 】
- 絜 jié (OC: keed MC: ket) 古屑切 入 廣韻:【説文曰麻一耑也 】
Additional information about 絜
說文解字: 【絜】,麻一耑也。从糸、㓞聲。 【古㞕切】
- Criteria
- PURE
1. The standard general term for purity is chún 純 (ant. zá 雜 "mixed").
2. Sù 素 (ant. huá 華 "well-adorned") adds to the notion of purity that of the unadulaterated original state of something.
3. Qīng 清 (ant. zhuó 濁 "dirty, impure") and the rarer chéng 澂 emphasises the absence of any admixtures that might make something less transparent and translucent.
4. Jìng 淨 (ant. wū 污 "impure") emphasises the unsullied state of something and the absence specifically of dirt.
5. Chè 澈 (ant. hún 渾 "murky") focusses on perfect transparency.
6. Jié 潔 / 絜 (ant. wū 污 "impure" and zhuó 濁 "dirty") refer abstractly to the absence of any material or immaterial impurity or blemish.
7. Chún 醇 (bó 駁 "mixed") refers specifically to the undiluted state of wine but the word is also used in generalised senses of purity.
- CLEAN
1. The most general word for cleanness, both physical and moral, is jié 潔/絜.
2. Qīng 清 focusses on translucence in its literal meaning.
- Word relations
- Assoc: (PURE)精 / 菁/EXCELLENT
Jīng 精 (of general application) (ant. cū 粗 "of only rough quality") and ruì 銳(typically applied to military prowess) (ant. dùn 鈍 "of lesser quality") refer to above-average performance without suggestion individual excellence.