TRUNK    植物幹幹

STILK
Old Chinese Criteria
1. The general word referring to the trunk of a plant, particularly of trees is gàn 幹. 2. Běn 本 refers to the lower main bearing part of the trunk, and the word often includes the root. 3. Zhū 株 refers to a truncated trunk, and the root can be implied in the meaning of the word. See ROOT
Modern Chinese Criteria
幹 莖 本 梗 rough draft to BEGIN TO identify synonym group members for analysis, based on CL etc. 18.11.2003. CH ／
Part of
  • SPINESEQUENCE OF BONES FROM NECK TO ABDOMEN AND THE BODY PART SURROUNDING IT.
  • HIP
See also
  • STICKLONG, ROUND, STRAIGHT PIECE OF TIMBER.
  • ROOTPART of a PLANT that is TYPICALLY IN the SOIL AND that FEEDS the PLANT.
  • STEMIMPORTANT PLANT PART LEADS FROM ROOT TO BRANCHES ETC..
Hypernym
    Other Hypernyms
    • Not defined　 (anc: 2/0, child: 203)
    • PRIME　 (anc: 1/0, child: 2)
    • 　 (anc: 0/0, child: 0)
    • N/A　 (anc: 3/0, child: 85)
    • Not defined　 (anc: 2/0, child: 203)
    • PRIME　 (anc: 1/0, child: 2)
  • Lateinische Synonyme und Etymologien ( DOEDERLEIN 1840) p.

    TRUNK

    stirps refers to the stock as the animating and supporting principal part of a tree in opposition to the branches and leaves growing from it and dependent upon it. COMARE 本

    truncus refers to the naked, dry part of the tree, in opposition to the branches and leves as its ornament.

    • Words (7 items)

    本  běn OC: pɯɯnʔ MC: puo̝n 5 Attributions

    Běn 本 refers to the lower main bearing part of the trunk, and the word often includes the root.

      Word relations
    • Oppos: 枝/BRANCH The standard word for any kind of branch, large or small, is zhī 枝 (ant. gàn 幹 "trunk"), a word etymologically related to zhī 肢 "limb".

      Syntactic words
    • nroot and trunk; trunk
    • nab.post-Nfigurativethe very "root and trunk of N"CH
    株  zhū OC: to MC: ʈi̯o 4 Attributions

    Zhū 株 refers to a truncated trunk, and the root can be implied in the meaning of the word. See ROOT

      Word relations
    • Oppos: 根/ROOT The current common word for a root of any kind is gēn 根, but the word also refers specifically to roots growing horizontally near the surface of the earth.

      Syntactic words
    • ntree stump
    幹  gàn OC: kaans MC: kɑn 3 Attributions

    The general word referring to the trunk of a plant, particularly of trees is gàn 幹.

      Syntactic words
    • nstem, trunk; shaft of arrow)
    • n{PRED}be the trunk; be a trunk
    榦  gàn MC: kanH OC: kaans 1 Attribution
      Syntactic words
    • nfigurativeabstract: basic sustaining part (of literary discourse)CH
    身  shēn OC: qhjin MC: ɕin 0 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • ntrunk of a tree/human body
      Click here to add pinyin MC:  OC: 0 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • nfigurativeabstract: basic sustaining part (of literary discourse)CH
    杌  wù OC: ŋɡluud MC: ŋuot 0 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • napparently post-Han: completely lifeless treetrunk; dead tree