SHARP    尖銳

ABLE to CUT OR PIERCE.
KEENRAZOR-EDGEDSHARPENEDHONED
Old Chinese Criteria
1. The most general current word for sharpness both of a point and of a blade is lì 利. 2. Ruì 銳 refers to sharpness as pointedness, and typically a sign of excellence. 3. Lì 厲／礪 is causative and refers to the sharpening of a tool or a weapon.
Modern Chinese Criteria
尖 溜尖 尖銳 尖削 尖溜溜 rough draft to BEGIN TO identify synonym group members for analysis, based on CL etc. 18.11.2003. CH ／
Antonym
  • BLUNTINTENSELY THICK so as to be NOT ABLE TO CUT. 
Hypernym
  • ABLE　HAVE FEATURES one NEEDS in SELF:oneself FOR ACHIEVING something. (anc: 6/0, child: 16)
  • HAVE　RELATION to something such that it BE-IN:is in one OR is CONTROLLED by one. (anc: 5/0, child: 5)
  • RELATION　FEATURE of TWO OR MORE THINGS TOGETHER. (anc: 4/0, child: 15)
  • A Dictionary of Selected Synonyms in the Principal Indo-European Languages ( BUCK 1988) p. 15.78

  • Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the Other Italic Languages ( DE VAAN 2008) p.

    acu- 'sharp' [adj. o/a] (P1.+)

    Derivatives: acus, -us 'needle, pin' (P1.+), acutus 'pointed, sharp' (P1.+), acuere 'to

    sharpen' (Ter.+), acumen 'sharp point' (Enn.+); aculeus 'sting, thorn' (Cic.+);

    acupedius 'quick-footed' (Paul, ex F ), acupenser (Lucil.+) / acipenser (Hor.+) 'a

    fish, probably the sturgeon' (P1.+); acinus [m./n.] 'grape or other berry; also the seeds

    of grapes' (Cato+).

    acer, -is, -e 'sharp' [adj. /] (Naev.+; deer [nom.sg.f.] Naev., acris [nom.sg.m.] Enn.)

    Derivatives: acrimonia 'sharpness' (Naev.+); acritas 'force' (Acc.); acritudo

    'harshness* (Acc.+); acrufolius 'tree with prickly leaves, holly' (Cato).

    • Words (15 items)

    利  lì OC: rids MC: li 30 Attributions

    The most general current word for sharpness both of a point and of a blade is lì 利.

      Word relations
    • Ant: 鈍/BLUNT The current general word for bluntness of any kind is dùn 鈍.
    • Epithet: 兵/WEAPON Bīng 兵 refers to warfare as a military practice rather than as a political means to achieve ends, and it is significant that the word has no obvious antonym.
    • Epithet: 器/WEAPON
    • Epithet: 劍/SWORD Jiàn 劍refers to the weapon with two edges which can be worn on a belt. Sword became common in China relatively late; although short bronze swords were widely used in northeastern China from Shang till early Chunqiu period, there are only few pieces known from the graves of the Western Zhou and Chunqiu aristocracy. In the middle and late Chunqiu period bronze swords came to be wider used particularly in the southern states of Wu, Yue, and Chu; the earliest textual evidence I have found for the word also dates from this period (MOZI and inscriptions on the swords of Wu and Yue). In Warring States times sword became usual weapon. Iron swords for the first time appeared in the late Chunqiu period and by the early Han completely replaced bronze pieces. Note that in Han times both aristocrats and officials worn swords like symbols of their status.

      Syntactic words
    • nab[post-N]figurativeit's sharpness > its potentialDS
    • nabstativesharpness
    • vadNsharp
    • vadNfigurativesharp and potentially harmful; potentially dangerous; incicisive and sharp (mouths)
    • vibe sharp (of anything that can cut and piece), have sharp edge;
    • vichangebecome sharp
    • vtoNcausativesharpen
    銳  ruì OC: lods MC: jiɛi 18 Attributions

    Ruì 銳 refers to sharpness as pointedness, and typically a sign of excellence.

      Word relations
    • Epithet: 師/ARMY Shī 師 refers generally to troops a military force on a campaign, not necessarily a complete army. ZUO Ding 4.1.6 commentators quantify an armed force as consisting of 2500 men, in one exceptional context. One often speaks of 三軍之師, never of 三師之軍. One asks for troops 請／乞師, and not for jūn 軍 which would be asking for the whole army of a friendly state. The troops of another state one uses are always shī 師 (e.g. 衛人以燕師伐鄭), one's own troops can be described as jūn 軍 or shī 師 almost indifferently. One offers food to the enemy shī 師, not to their jūn 軍. (HF 23.27:01) There are ruì shī 銳師 "crack troops" but no ruì jūn 銳軍 "crack army". Similarly, 楚師之良. The shī 師 may be said to hear about something 師聞之, not the jūn 軍. [GENERAL], [MOBILE], [PERSONIFIED!]

      Syntactic words
    • nabfigurativesharp edge, sharpness
    • nabstativesharpness (of a tool or weapon)
    • nsubjectwhat is sharp, sharp weapons
    • vadNZHOULI: (of beak) sharp; XUN.fu: pointed and sharp
    • vadVfigurativein crack formation
    • viZHOULI: (of beak) be sharp; be pointed and sharp
    • vifigurativebe incisive; be apodictic; be pointed and sharp; be well-focussed
    • vtoNcausativecause to be sharp> sharpen
    • vtoNcausativemake sharp and intelligent (one's thought)
    厲  lì OC: b-rads MC: liɛi 4 Attributions

    Lì 厲／礪 is causative and refers to the sharpening of a tool or a weapon.

      Syntactic words
    • nabactthe process of being sharpened by someone
    • vtoNcausativesharpen (knives/weapons)
    尖  jiān OC: tsem MC: tsiɛm 4 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • vadNpointed, sharp, with edges
    • vibe pointed, sharp, edgy
    砥  dǐ OC: tjilʔ MC: tɕi
    砥  zhī OC: tjil MC: tɕi
    砥  (zhǐ) OC: tjelʔ MC: tɕiɛ 4 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • vadNpassivesharpened
    • vtoNcausativesharpen with a whetstone; occasionally in transferred sense: polish and cultivate
    剡  yǎn OC: k-lamʔ MC: jiɛm 3 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • vadNsharp
    • vtoNcausativecut and sharpenCH
    利鈍  lì dùn MC: lijH dwonH OC: rids -- 2 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • NPabfeature, graded(relative) sharpnessCH
    砥礪  dǐ lì MC: tsyijX ljejH OC: tjilʔ b-rads 2 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • VPtoNfigurativewhet > polish, cultivate, excerciseLZ
    劌  guì OC: kʷrads MC: kiɛi 2 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • vimetaph: be stabbing and sharp
    廉  lián OC: ɡ-rem MC: liɛm 2 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • viedge> have an edge; be sharp
    • vifigurativebe sharp; be incisive; be sternLZ
    銛  xiān MC: sjem OC: -- 1 Attribution

    xiān

      Syntactic words
    • nadNrare: (of knives and tools as well as of weapons) pointed and sharp; Jia Yi, Owl fu: (of sword) pointed and sharp
    • vibe sharp
    • vtoNmiddle voicebe properly trimmed
    礱  lóng OC: b-rooŋ MC: luŋ 1 Attribution
      Syntactic words
    • nabactbeing sharpened
    • vtoNgrind, sharpen (knife or sword etc)
    • vtoNpassivebe sharpened by
    錯  cuò OC: skhaaɡ MC: tshɑk 0 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • vigradedsharpened> sharp
    礪  lì OC: b-rads MC: liɛi 0 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • vtoNsharpen with a whetstone
    穎  yǐng OC: ɢʷleŋʔ MC: jiɛŋ 0 Attributions

    sharp tip

      Syntactic words
    • nsharp tip, starp pointed edge