TOMBSTONE    碑

STONE PUT on a TOMB.
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Old Chinese Criteria
1. The current word for an inscribed tombstone or stele is bēi 碑, and specifically this was of square form. 2. Jié 碣 refers to the round inscribed tombstone.
黄金貴：古漢語同義詞辨釋詞典
HUANG JINGUI 2006 HUMAN AFFAIRS 60. 碑，記載死者的功德的長方形墓碑。 碣，記載死者功德、圓形、上小下大的墓前標志物。 楬，置於身份低下的死者墓前，標識其姓名以便家屬辨認的小木樁。
Modern Chinese Criteria
碑 碣 碑碣 碑石 貞石 墓碑 墓碣 墓表 神道碑 rough draft to BEGIN TO identify synonym group members for analysis, based on CL etc. 18.11.2003. CH ／
See also
  • COFFINTIMBER BOX USED FOR BURYING.
Hypernym
  • STONE　COMMON INTENSELY HARD SUBSTANCE in LANDSCAPE. (anc: 5/0, child: 7)
  • SUBSTANCE　THING NOT SEPARATED into SEPARATE PARTS. (anc: 4/0, child: 28)
  • THING　CONCRETE OBJECT. (anc: 3/0, child: 10)
  • 王力古漢語字典 ( WANG LI 2000) p. 814

    碑，碣

  • 古漢語常用詞同義詞詞典 ( HONG CHENGYU 2009) p. 117

    • Words (3 items)

    碑  bēi OC: pre MC: piɛ 3 Attributions

    The current word for an inscribed tombstone or stele is bēi 碑, and specifically this was of square form.

      Syntactic words
    • ninscribed stele
    表  biǎo MC: pjewX OC: prawʔ 1 Attribution
      Syntactic words
    • vtoNmark the tomb with a tombstoneDS
    碣  jié OC: ɡrad MC: giɛt 0 Attributions

    Jié 碣 refers to the round inscribed tombstone.

      Syntactic words
    • nround inscribed tombstone (a tradition said to go back to Li Si of the Qin dynasty)