CIRCLE  圈子

PERFECTLY ROUND FLAT SHAPE.
RINGBANDHOOPCIRCLETHALODISC
Hypernym
  • SHAPEAPPEARANCE of the PLACE something is in, as PERCEIVED by the EYES, DISREGARDING the SUBJECTIVITY of the APPEARANCE.
    • APPEARANCECLEAR:visible BUT SUBJECTIVELY PERCEIVED FEATURES.
      • FEATUREABSTRACT OBJECT a THING is SAID to BE OR to HAVE.
        • OBJECT[NO HYPERNYM.] WHAT one CAN NAME:refer to....
See also
  • RINGORNAMENT in the form of a PERFECTLY ROUND SMALL STICK, TYPICALLY PRODUCED USING METAL OR JADE.
    Hyponym
    • SURROUND　PRODUCE the SHAPE of a CIRCLE AROUND something, OFTEN what one ATTACKS.
      Old Chinese Criteria
      1. The common general term for a circle is yuán 員 / 圓.

      2. Zhōu 周 refers to an irregular circle shape; it is used for a length of perimeter of a circle.

      3. Huán 環 refers to an irregular circle shape; it is used for an area surrounded by a circle.

      4. Tuán 摶 is a word for a circle that was in use in a southern state of >Chǔ 楚.

      5. Guī 規 occasionally refers to a standard round shape, but the word is seldom used in this sense.

      Modern Chinese Criteria
      圈子

      圓圈

      圈

      周

      匝

      旋

      環

      rough draft to BEGIN TO identify synonym group members for analysis, based on CL etc. 18.11.2003. CH ／

      • A Dictionary of Selected Synonyms in the Principal Indo-European Languages ( BUCK 1988) p. 12.82

      • Lateinische Synonyme und Etymologien ( DOEDERLEIN 1840) p.

        CIRCLE

        orbis refers to a circular motion, and the periphery described by it.

        circulus refers to a circular level plain as such.

        gyrus refers to a curved and especially a serpentine line.

      • Lateinische Synonymik ( MENGE) p. 261

      • Historisches Woerterbuch der Philosophie ( RITTER 1971-2007) p. 4.1211

      • Handbuch der lateinischen und griechischen Synonymik ( SCHMIDT 1889) p. 103

      • Encyclopedia of Religion ( JONES 2005) p.

      Words

      圓  yuán OC: ɢon MC: ɦiɛn 5 AttributionsWD

        Syntactic words
      • nabmathematical termCHEMLA 2003: circle; particularly surface of a circle or in technical mathematical terminology "disk".LIU HUI 1.32 故以半周乘半徑而為圓冪 "Therefore with the half of the circumference one multiplies half of the diameter and thus arrives at the area of the circle."
      • nsubjecta circle; something round
      周  zhōu OC: tjɯw MC: tɕɨu 2 AttributionsWD

      Zhōu 周 refers to an irregular circle shape; it is used for a length of perimeter of a circle.

        Syntactic words
      • nabmathematical termCHEMLA 2003: circumference of a circle. By extension the term may refer to the circumferences of an annulus/ring or circular tube or a segment of sphere. LIU HUI 1.32 故以半周乘半徑而為圓冪 "Therefore with the half of the circumference one multiplies half of the diameter and thus arrives at the area of the circle." (There are plenty of earlier examples.)JIUZHANG 1.33 今有宛田，下周三十步，徑十六步。 "Suppose there is an yuan4 (i.e. segment-of-the-sphere) "field" pattern, its lower circumference is 30 paces, and its diameter is 16 paces."JZ 1.32, Li Chunfeng's comm: 是二六相乘，除周自乘之數 "Thus the product of two and six divides the quantity of the square of the circumference."JIUZHANG 1.37 今有環田，中周九十二步，外周一百二十二步，徑五步。 "Suppose there is a "field" pattern in the shape of a ring, and its inner circumference is 92 paces, its outer circumference is 122 paces, and its diameter is five paces." (NB: The outer circumference is at the outside of the ring, and the inner circumference is at the inside of the ring.)
      • vadNcircularLZ
      • vadVin circles; circulating
      摶  tuán OC: doon MC: dʷɑn 2 AttributionsWD

      Tuán 摶 is a word for a circle that was in use in a southern state of >Chǔ 楚.

        Syntactic words
      • vicirculate; move in circles
      • vtoNcausativecause to be round> to roll into a ball
      環  huán OC: ɡʷraan MC: ɦɣan 2 AttributionsWD

      Huán 環 refers to an irregular circle shape; it is used for an area surrounded by a circle.

        Syntactic words
      • ncircle; ring; center of circle
      循環  xún huán MC: zwin hwaen OC: sɢlun ɡʷraanDS 1 AttributionWD
        Syntactic words
      • NPabcircleDS
      員  yuán OC: ɢon MC: ɦiɛn
      圓  yuán OC: ɢon MC: ɦiɛn 0 AttributionsWD

      The common general term for a circle is yuán 員/圓.

        Syntactic words
      • ncircle
      規  guī OC: kʷe MC: kiɛ 0 AttributionsWD

      Guī 規 occasionally refers to a standard round shape, but the word is seldom used in this sense.

        Syntactic words
      團圓  tuán yuán OC: doon ɢon MC: dʷɑn ɦiɛn 0 AttributionsWD
        Syntactic words
      • NPcircle

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