FEATHER    羽毛鳥毛

PLUMEQUILLFLIGHT FEATHERTAIL FEATHERORNITHOLOGY COVERTPLUMULE(FEATHERS) PLUMAGEFEATHERINGDOWN
Old Chinese Criteria
1. The commonest word for a feather is máo 毛 which often refers specifically to feathers, although the word also commonly refers to fur. 2. Yǔ 羽 can refer to any feather of any kind, but which usually refers to feathers as forming the most visible part of a wing. 3. Yì 翼 and the rarer chì 翅 refers to feathers on birds' wings. 4. Líng 翎 are large tail feathers. 5. Hàn 翰 is a rare elevated term for feathers. 6. Hé 翮 refers specifically to the stem of the feathers on the wing (and the word also refers to the wing as such).
Modern Chinese Criteria
羽毛 羽 翎 翎毛 rough draft to BEGIN TO identify synonym group members for analysis, based on CL etc. 18.11.2003. CH ／
See also
  • HAIRBODY-TISSUE which GROWS on SKIN, VISIBLY on the TOP of the HEAD of HUMANS, and OTHER PLACES.
Hypernym
    Other Hypernyms
    • N/A　 (anc: 3/0, child: 85)
    • Not defined　 (anc: 2/0, child: 203)
    • PRIME　 (anc: 1/0, child: 2)
    • Not defined　 (anc: 2/0, child: 203)
    • PRIME　 (anc: 1/0, child: 2)
    • 　 (anc: 0/0, child: 0)
  • A Dictionary of Selected Synonyms in the Principal Indo-European Languages ( BUCK 1988) p. 4.393

  • Lateinische Synonymik ( MENGE) p. 265

  • "三國志"同義詞及其歷史演變 ( WANG TONGWEI 2010) p. 321-330

    • Words (14 items)

    羽  yǔ OC: ɢʷaʔ MC: ɦi̯o 16 Attributions

    Yǔ 羽 can refer to any feather of any kind, but which usually refers to feathers as forming the most visible part of a wing.

      Word relations
    • Epithet: 旄/BANNER
    • Epithet: 鳥/BIRD Niǎo 鳥 is by far the most common word for any bird, and this word can refer to individual creatures. [COUNT], [GENERAL]; [[COMMON+]]
    • Assoc: 毛/HAIR Máo 毛 is also occasionally used to refer to the hair of old persons, but the word refers more generally to any fur or hair.
    • Assoc: 皮/SKIN The general word is pí 皮 which refers to all aspects of the skin, typically skin of animals with its natural fur.

      Syntactic words
    • nccfeather
    • nmfeathers
    • nmadNinvolving Nfeathered, feathery; feather-winged; embellished with featers
    • vigrow feathersCH
    • vtoNprovide with a feather; fix a feather toCH
    毛羽  máo yǔ OC: moow ɢʷaʔ MC: mɑu ɦi̯o 8 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • NPfeathers and wings
    毛  máo OC: moow MC: mɑu 7 Attributions

    The commonest word for a feather is máo 毛 which often refers specifically to feathers, although the word also commonly refers to fur.

      Syntactic words
    • nfeather
    翼  yì OC: p-lɯɡ MC: jɨk 1 Attribution

    Yì 翼 and the rarer chì 翅 refers to feathers on birds' wings.

      Syntactic words
    • nfeather on wing
    飛翮  fēi hé MC: pj+j heak OC: pɯl ɡreeɡ 1 Attribution
      Syntactic words
    • nflying loosely attached feathersCH
    毳  cuì MC: tshjwejH OC: tshods 1 Attribution
      Syntactic words
    • nsmall feathers; downCH
    毛毳  máo cuì MC: maw tshjwejH OC: moow tshods 1 Attribution
      Syntactic words
    • NPmordinary feathersCH
    翟  dí MC: -- OC: -- 1 Attribution
      Syntactic words
    • npheasant's feather
    翮  hé OC: ɡreeɡ MC: ɦɣɛk 0 Attributions

    Hé 翮 refers specifically to the stem of the feathers on the wing (and the word also refers to the wing as such).

      Syntactic words
    • nfeather (ZHOULI)
    翰  hàn OC: ɡaans MC: ɦɑn 0 Attributions

    Hàn 翰 is a rare elevated term for feathers.

      Syntactic words
    • nSHANHAIJING: feathers
    翹  qiáo OC: ɡew MC: giɛu 0 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • nlong tail feather
    衣  yī OC: qɯl MC: ʔɨi 0 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • nmplumage
    翅  chì OC: qhjes MC: ɕiɛ 0 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • nfeather on wing
    翎  líng OC: ɡ-reeŋ MC: leŋ 0 Attributions

    Líng 翎 are large tail feathers.

      Syntactic words
    • nlarge feathers on the tail of a bird