Taxonomy of meanings for 箕:　　

  • 箕 jī (OC: kɯ MC: kɨ) 居之切 平 廣韻：【箕帚也丗本曰箕帚少康作也又姓左傳晉有大夫箕鄭 】
    • BASKET
      • ndustpan
      • nwinnowingwinnowing basket
      • nadNbasket like; made with the same technology as a basketDS
    • DUSTPAN
    • SIT
      • visit indecorouslyCH
    • CONSTELLATION
      • TREE, KINDS
      • STATES
        • PLACE NAMES
          • SURNAMES

            Additional information about 箕

            說文解字: 【箕】，簸也。从竹、𠀠，象形。下其丌也。凡箕之屬皆从箕。 【居之切】 【𠀠】，古文箕省。 〔小徐本無「省」。〕 【𠷛(𠵶𠔛)】、亦古文箕。 〔小徐本作「皆古文。」〕 【𠔋】，亦古文箕。 〔小徐本作「籒文箕。」〕 【𠔝(其)】，籒文箕。 〔小徐本作「古文箕。」〕 【𠥩(𠥊)】，籒文箕。

              Criteria
            • BASKET

              [GENERAL/SPECIFIC]

              1. Sì 笥 refers to a four-cornered oblong bamboo basket with cover for the carrying of clothes (examples found in Mawangdui). [SUN 1991: 342; ill.: SUN 1991: 86-1]

              [SPECIFIC]

              2. Qiè 篋 refers to the oval bamboo basket with cover, used for saving precious things, but also books or cloth. [SUN 1991: 342; ill.: SUN 1991: 86-2] See also BOX.

              [SPECIFIC]

              3. Fán 笲 is an oval basket similar in a shape to qiè 篋, the sides of which are covered with a fabric. [SUN 1991: 344; ill.: SUN 1991: 86-7??]

              [SPECIFIC]

              4. Fěi 篚 refers to the ceremonial basket with cover, which was used by feudal lords to offer up their contributions to court (as such, t is mentioned mainly in the YUGONG chapter of SHANGSHU). I did not found more details concerning its shape. After SONG sources, it had a foot??. [SUN 1991: 344; ill.: SUN 1991: 86-6??]

              [SPECIFIC]

              5. Jī 箕 is a small winnowing-basket like structure made of bamboo, often used to collect dirt and dust, but also used for other purposes.

              [SPECIFIC]

            • BROOM

              1. The current word for the broom, which standardly cooccurs with jī1 箕 "dustpan", is zhǒu 帚.

              2. Liè 鬣 refers specifically to a broom made of the mane of a horse.

              3. Sáo 埽 refers to the process of sweeping something clean, and this process is standardly accompanied by xǐ 灑 / 洒 "sprinkling with water". See SWEEP

              4. Shuā 刷 refers to a broom-like brush, but the word is rare in pre-Han texts. See BRUSH