CORNER    角落

PLACE where EDGES OR SIDES of something MEET.
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Old Chinese Criteria
1. The current general word for a corner in anything is yú 隅, but the word very often refers specifically to corners in buildings or man-made structures of any kind. The word often refers to the corner of the wall, usually raised above the level of the wall and with building on it. [SUN 1991: 196] 2. Zōu 陬 primarily refers to corners that are naturally produced, but by extension also to man-made corners.
Modern Chinese Criteria
角落 角 隅 旮旯兒 (coll) 背旮旯兒 (coll) 陬 rough draft to BEGIN TO identify synonym group members for analysis, based on CL etc. 18.11.2003. CH ／
Hypernym
  • PLACE　PART of SPACE that THINGS BE-IN:are-in. (anc: 4/0, child: 39)
  • PART　OBJECT which COMBINES with OTHER OBJECTS to BECOME ONE LARGER WHOLE OBJECT. (anc: 3/0, child: 8)
  • OBJECT　[NO HYPERNYM.] WHAT one CAN NAME:refer to. (anc: 2/0, child: 6)
  • A Dictionary of Selected Synonyms in the Principal Indo-European Languages ( BUCK 1988) p. 12.76

  • 《說文段注》“渾言”“析言”在漢語詞義研究中的意義 "Shuowen Duan zhu" "hun yan" "xi yan" zai Hanyu ci yi yanjiu zhong de yiyi 杭州大學學報 Hangzhou daxue xuebao ( CHI CHANGHAI 1991) p. 165

  • 古辭辨 Gu ci bian ( WANG FENGYANG 1993) p. 35

  • 王力古漢語字典 ( WANG LI 2000) p. 1589

    陬，隅

  • 王力古漢語字典 ( WANG LI 2000) p. 1595

    隩，隈

  • 王力古漢語字典 ( WANG LI 2000) p. 846

    稜，柧

    • Words (10 items)

    隅  yú OC: ŋo MC: ŋi̯o 3 Attributions

    The current general word for a corner in anything is yú 隅, but the word very often refers specifically to corners in buildings or man-made structures of any kind. The word often refers to the corner of the wall, usually raised above the level of the wall and with building on it. [SUN 1991: 196]

      Syntactic words
    • ncornerstone; SHI: corner (of a house); SHU: little corner (of the sea); corner of a wall;
    • nab.post-V{NUM}figurative(MOVE TO FEATURE) aspect of a larger whole
    • nabmathematical termCHEMLA 2003:
    • n{PLACE}adVin the corner, in a corner 隅坐"sit in a corner"
    陬  jū OC: sko MC: tsi̯o
    陬  zōu OC: skoo MC: tsu 1 Attribution

    Zōu 陬 primarily refers to corners that are naturally produced, but by extension also to man-made corners.

      Syntactic words
    • nGUAN, diyuan: nook in the mountains; ZGC: corner (of the city wall); Zhang Heng, nandufu: mystical region (of the various fairies); > remote region, spot
    陬隅  zōu yú OC: skoo ŋo MC: tsu ŋi̯o 1 Attribution
      Syntactic words
    • NPadVin the corner
    奧  ào 1 Attribution
      Syntactic words
    • nthe south-west corner of the houseLZ
    窔  yào MC: 'ewH OC: qeews 1 Attribution
      Syntactic words
    • nthe south-east corner of the houseLZ
    角  jiǎo OC: krooɡ MC: kɣɔk 0 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • ncorner
    • nabmathematical termCHEMLA 2003:
    隈  wēi OC: quul MC: ʔuo̝i 0 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • nbend or corner in waterway
    隩  ào OC: quuɡs MC: ʔɑu 0 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • nbend or corner in a waterway
    柧  gū OC: kʷaa MC: kuo̝ 0 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • ncorner??????
    稜  léng OC: b-rɯɯŋ MC: ləŋ 0 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • nBAN GU, 西都賦???