FORGE 鍛爐
PRODUCE IRON TOOLS.
Old Chinese Criteria
NB: For liàn 煉 "melt, smelt" see MELT.
Modern Chinese Criteria
rough draft to BEGIN TO identify synonym group members for analysis, based on CL etc. 18.11.2003. CH /
Words
鑄 zhù OC: djos MC: tɕi̯o 15 AttributionsWD
- Word relations
- Object: 鍾/BELL
The current general word for a bell of any kind is zhōng 鐘/鍾. When hung up singly, it is called tè zhōng 特鐘, with round opening as in illustration SUN JI. Rhythmic instrument. Also, hung up in a series of tuned bells, in two rows of eight bells each. Note that these bells were already rare by Han times. [In use mainly from the Western Zhou till the Warring States. - Object: 金/METAL
Jīn 金 in antiquity usually refers to metal, concretely to bronze or copper.
- Syntactic words
- vtoNcast metal; cast (a bell etc); mint (coins); produce bys smelting substances
- vtoNfigurative"forge"
- vtoNpassivebe forged
鍛 duàn OC: toons MC: tʷɑn 2 AttributionsWD
The standard word for forging something by the use of a hammer is duàn 段/鍛.
- Syntactic words
- vadNfor forging (metal)
- vtoNto hammer, forge
段 duàn OC: doons MC: dʷɑn 0 AttributionsWD
The standard word for forging something by the use of a hammer is duàn 段/鍛.
- Syntactic words
- viactengage in forging
煉 liàn OC: ɡ-reens MC: len 0 AttributionsWD
NB: For liàn 煉 "melt, smelt" see MELT.
- Syntactic words
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