TABLE    桌子

FURNITURE with a FLAT PLANK SUPPORTED by LEGS, TYPICALLY USED FOR PLACING FOOD FOR EATING ETC..
Old Chinese Criteria
1. Most general word for the table is jǐ 几. According to the character, its main characteristic was crooked legs. The word then refers to two different pieces of furniture both possessing this feature: 1) to the small and very narrow table made usually of wood or bamboo and used for leaning on when sitting (or, more precisely, kneeling); this was put behind one's left side or in front of one, 2) to the low table broader than previous, which was used to put something on. In relation to the latter meaning, the term can be also used as a general term for the following kinds of tables. 2. Àn 案 refers to the low table with oblong desk which was used to put on either dishes or other things, such as books which one reads etc. The table used to the former purpose has the higher rim around the desk. The term came to be used in Han times, but tables of this type are known already from the Warring States period. It is not sometimes easy to distinguish àn 案 from jǐ 几 and there is certain confusion in using both terms. 3. Huán (written like 懁 but with 木 radical) refers to the round table of type to put dishes on. 4. Gé 閣 refers to the wooden table higher than àn 案 which was put among the seats during the feasts and was used to put on dishes to be eaten later. It can have several levels. Later, this table was also used to put on books. [5. Zǔ 俎 refers to the small sacricifial table which was used to cut and offer meat; mentioned already in SHI. 6. Kuǎn 梡 in LIJI refers to the sacrificial wooden table with four legs; used to put on the whole victim???. 7. Jué 嶡 refers in LIJI to the small sacrificial table with four legs made of wood. 8. Zhì 鑕 refers to the chopping block made of wood, but more often of metal, which was used to carry out an execution by cutting in the waist. 9. Zhēn 砧 refers to the chopping block for executions, and in this sense it began to be used already in the Warring States period. The word originally referred to the stone for pounding silk, but this usage is documented first in the Han.
Modern Chinese Criteria
桌子 台子 案子 桌 台 案 幾 方桌 方台 八仙桌 四仙桌 圓桌 圓台 書桌 書案 寫字台 辦公桌 rough draft to BEGIN TO identify synonym group members for analysis, based on CL etc. 18.11.2003. CH ／
Hyponym
  • ALTAR　TABLE OR PLATFORM on which to ACT>perform RITUALS ADDRESSED to DEITIES.  (anc: 7/0, child: 0)
See also
  • BEDFURNITURE ON which one SLEEPS.
Hypernym
  • FURNITURE　ARTEFACTS OFTEN PRODUCED USING TIMBER OR BAMBOO FOR CAUSING ROOMS to BECOME APPROPRIATE DWELLINGS. (anc: 5/0, child: 6)
  • ARTEFACT　THING PRODUCED by MAN. (anc: 4/0, child: 26)
  • THING　CONCRETE OBJECT. (anc: 3/0, child: 10)
  • A Dictionary of Selected Synonyms in the Principal Indo-European Languages ( BUCK 1988) p. 7.44

  • Verzeichnis und Motivindex der Han-Darstellungen ( FINSTERBUSCH 1966) p. 243

    Tisch:

  • Verzeichnis und Motivindex der Han-Darstellungen ( FINSTERBUSCH 2000) p. 813

    Tisch:

    • Words (12 items)

    几  jǐ OC: krilʔ MC: ki 15 AttributionsWD

    Most general word for the table is jǐ 几. According to the character, its main characteristic was crooked legs. The word refers to two different pieces of furniture, both possessing this feature: 1) to the small and very narrow table made usually of wood or bamboo and used for relying one's body on when sitting (or, more precisely, kneeling); this was put behind one's left side or in front of him, 2) to the low table broader than previous, which was used to put something on. In relation to the latter meaning, the term can be also used as a general term for the different kinds of tables.

      Syntactic words
    • nread jī: small table, low table
    • nportable tableCH
    • viactsupport one's elbows (as on a small table) SHUOWEN under 櫎
    俎  zǔ OC: skraʔ MC: ʈʂi̯ɤ 4 AttributionsWD

    Zǔ 俎 refers to the small sacricifial table which was used to cut and offer meat; mentioned already in SHI.

    • 楚文物圖典 Chu wenwu tudian ( CHU 2000) p. {col. tab. XXXIX: 4}

    • 古代文化词义集类辨考 ( HUANG 1995) p. 917 - 918

    • 古辭辨 Gu ci bian ( WANG FENGYANG 1993) p. 270 - 271

    • [100 page synonym dictionary which I have in Oslo and shall identify.CH] ( XIANG 1997) p. 942

      Syntactic words
    • nsmall sacrificial table
    • vtoNput on a sacrificial table
    机  jī OC: kril MC: ki 4 AttributionsWD
      Syntactic words
    • nsmall table (small enough to throw at someone!) loan for same without tree radical;
    肵  Click here to add pinyin OC:  MC: 1 AttributionWD

    qí

      Syntactic words
    • nK: small sacrificial table on which heart and tongue of the victim were placed (LIJI)
    案  àn OC: qaans MC: ʔɑn 0 AttributionsWD

    Àn 案refers to the low table with oblong desk which was used to put on either dishes or other things, such as books which one reads etc. The table used to the former purpose has the higher rim around the desk. The term came to be used in Han times, but tables of this type are known already from the Warring States period. It is not sometimes easy to distinguish àn 案 from jǐ 几 and there is certain confusion in using both terms.

    • 楚文物圖典 Chu wenwu tudian ( CHU 2000) p. {col. tab. XL: 1, 2}

    • 古代文化词义集类辨考 ( HUANG 1995) p. 1090 - 1091

    • () p. 216 {54-4}

    • 古辭辨 Gu ci bian ( WANG FENGYANG 1993) p. 251 - 251

      Syntactic words
    • ntable
    砧  zhēn OC: krlim MC: ʈim 0 AttributionsWD

    Zhēn 砧 refers to the chopping block for executions, and in this sense it began to be used already in the Warring States period. The word originally referred to the stone for pounding silk, but this usage is documented first in the Han.

      Syntactic words
    丌  Click here to add pinyin OC:  MC: 0 AttributionsWD
      Syntactic words
    • ntable???
    閣  gé OC: klaaɡ MC: kɑk 0 AttributionsWD

    Gé 閣 refers to the wooden table higher than àn 案 which was put among the seats during the feasts and was used to put on dishes to be eaten later. It can have several levels. Later, this table was also used to put on books.

    • 楚文物圖典 Chu wenwu tudian ( CHU 2000) p. {pp. 314 - 315}

    • 古代文化词义集类辨考 ( HUANG 1995) p. 1091 - 1092

    • () p. {54-1}

      Syntactic words
    梡  kuǎn OC: khoonʔ MC: khʷɑn 0 AttributionsWD

    Kuǎn 梡in LIJI refers to the sacrificial wooden table with four legs; used to put on the whole victim???:

      Syntactic words
    • nsmall table (LIJI)
    机案  jī àn OC: kril qaans MC: ki ʔɑn 0 AttributionsWD
      Syntactic words
    • NPbuddhistBUDDH: little table used as arm-rest by elderly monks during meditation
    鑕  zhì OC: tjid MC: tɕit 0 AttributionsWD

    Zhì 鑕 refers to the chopping block made of wood, but more often of metal, which was used to carry out an execution by cutting in the waist.

    • 古代文化词义集类辨考 ( HUANG 1995) p. 918 - 1919

      Syntactic words
    嶡  Click here to add pinyin OC:  MC: 0 AttributionsWD

    Jué refers in LIJI to the small sacrificial table with four legs made of wood.

      Syntactic words
    • nsmall sacrificial table (LIJI)