ORGAN    器官

BODY PART used for BASIC FUNCTIONS of LIFE.
BODY PARTBIOLOGICAL STRUCTURE
Old Chinese Criteria
1. The technical term for a specialised bodily organ is guān 官.
Modern Chinese Criteria
器官 官 器 五臟 五中 五內 五臟六腑 rough draft to BEGIN TO identify synonym group members for analysis, based on CL etc. 18.11.2003. CH ／
Hyponym
  • EAR　ORGAN of HEARING. (anc: 4/0, child: 0)
  • EYE　ORGAN USED FOR SEEING THINGS. (anc: 4/0, child: 1)
  • MIND　ABSTRACT ORGAN of DESIRING, THINKING, FEELing AND KNOWING in HUMANS OR ANIMALS. (anc: 4/0, child: 0)
  • TONGUE　SOFT ORGAN in the MOUTH BETWEEN the TEETH which is USED FOR TASTING FLAVOURS. (anc: 4/0, child: 0)
  • HEART　ORGAN which PUMPS BLOOD. (anc: 4/0, child: 0)
  • LIVER　INNER ORGAN. [] (anc: 4/0, child: 0)
  • SOUL　MIND:mental/psychological ORGAN OF THE HUMAN. (anc: 4/0, child: 1)
  • CONSCIENCE　MIND:mental ORGAN of INDEPENDENT MORAL JUDGMENT of ONESELF. (anc: 4/0, child: 0)
  • WILL　ORGAN of INTENTION. (anc: 4/0, child: 0)
  • REASON　ORGAN of INTELLIGENCE, JUDGEMENT,2 AND ARGUMENTATION. (anc: 4/0, child: 0)
  • GENITALS　ORGANS USED in INTERCOURSE. (anc: 4/0, child: 2)
  • SPLEEN-ORGAN　DARK RED OVAL ORGAN on the LEFT SIDE of the TRUNK of the HUMAN BODY. [] (anc: 4/0, child: 0)
  • LUNGS　INTERNAL ORGAN USED FOR BREATHING. (anc: 4/0, child: 0)
  • UTERUS　FEMALE ORGAN IN which the FOETUS GROWS. (anc: 4/0, child: 0)
  • MEMORY　ORGAN of REMEMBERING (anc: 4/0, child: 0)
  • INNARDS　INNER ORGAN of HUMANS OR ANIMALS. (anc: 4/0, child: 6)
See also
Hypernym
  • 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. 15.11

  • Dictionnaire culturel en langue francaise ( REY 2005) p. 3.1193

  • 中國文化背景八千詞 Zhongguo wenhua beijing ba qian ci ( WU SANXING 2008) p. 59ff

    • Words (11 items)

    根  gēn OC: kɯɯn MC: kən 4 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • nreproductive organs
    • nbuddhistBUDDH: this is the Buddhist standard term for sense organ (as in liùgēn 六根 'the Six Sense-faculties, including the 心根 'mind-organ') SANSKRIT indriya
    耳目  ěr mù OC: mljɯʔ muɡ MC: ȵɨ muk 4 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • NPnonreferentialthe senses including ears and eyes
    諸根  zhū gēn OC: klja kɯɯn MC: tɕi̯ɤ kən 2 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • NPpluraleyes, ears, nose, tongue, body
    官  guān OC: koon MC: kʷɑn 2 Attributions

    The technical term for a specialised bodily organ is guān 官.

      Syntactic words
    • nsense organ, sense 五官 "the five senses"
    面門  miàn mén OC: mens mɯɯn MC: miɛn muo̝n 2 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • NPgates of the face > the sense organs
    根門  gēn mén OC: kɯɯn mɯɯn MC: kən muo̝n 1 Attribution
      Syntactic words
    • NPBUDDH: six organs eye, ear, nose, tongue, body, awareness.
    男女根  nán nǚ gēn OC: noom naʔ kɯɯn MC: nəm ɳi̯ɤ kən 1 Attribution
      Syntactic words
    • NPorgans of men and women > reproductive organs
    六根  liù gēn OC: ɡ-ruɡ kɯɯn MC: luk kən 1 Attribution
    • 佛光大辭典 Fóguāng dàcídiǎn The Foguang Dictionary of Buddhism ( FOGUANG) p. 1284b

      Syntactic words
    • NPpluralBUDDH: the six sense-faculties or sense-organs (this is the standard term; a rarer alternative term is liùqíng 六情; the six sense-faculties consist of yǎngēn 眼根 'eye-organ', ěrgēn 耳根 'ear-organ', bígēn 鼻根 'nose-organ', shégēn 舌根 'taste-organ', shēn'gēn 身根 'touch-organ' and yìgēn 意根 'think-organ'; gēn does not only refer to the physical organ of perception but also to the capality of performing its funtion; the process of perception consists of the liùgēn, interacting with the respective liùjìng 六境 'six sense objects' and liùshí 六識 'six consciousnesses'; see also shíbā jiè 十八界) SANSKRIT ṣaḍ indriyāṇi
    五官  wǔ guān MC: nguX kwan OC: ŋaaʔ koon 1 Attribution
      Syntactic words
    • NPabfigurativecosmic: Heaven, Earth, Spirits, People, Creatures GUOYU:天、地、神、民、類物之官CH
    六道  liù dào OC: ɡ-ruɡ ɡ-luuʔ MC: luk dɑu 1 Attribution
      Syntactic words
    • NPabbuddhistBUDDH: the six sense organs ?? (eye, ear, mouth, nose, skin, mind); this is a very unusual reference to the six sense faculties, usually 六道 refers to the Six Destinies / Six Paths of rebirth; for the current term referring to the sense faculties see 六根)
    門  mén OC: mɯɯn MC: muo̝n 0 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • nsense organ