HARVEST    收成年／壤

GRAIN, FRUITS ETC. REAPED in AUTUMN.
HARVESTINGREAPINGPICKINGCOLLECTINGYIELDCROPVINTAGEFRUITSPRODUCE
Old Chinese Criteria
1. The general old and current word for a harvest, particularly a good harvest is nián 年. 2. Suì 歲 refers to the harvest of a year without any current reference to good or bad harvests. 3. Rǎng 穰 refers to an abundant harvest. 4. Jià 稼 refers generally to the grain crop. 5. Sè 穡 refers generally to the grain crop as garnered in and properly stored. 6. Shōu 收 regularly refers to the harvest as what is garnered and collected for future use.
Modern Chinese Criteria
秋 年頭 收成 大秋 收成 收獲 年成 年頭兒 年光 年景 年 夏收 小熟 秋收 大熟 豐收 豐產 豐登 歲登 年登 歲熟 有秋 大有 麥穗兩歧 五谷豐登 年谷順成 歉收 欠產 歉 年谷不登 rough draft to BEGIN TO identify synonym group members for analysis, based on CL etc. 18.11.2003. CH ／
See also
  • REAPAGRICULTURAL WORK INTENDING to OBTAIN HARVEST.
  • RESULTSITUATION CAUSED-BY something.
  • YEARTIME OF the SUN MOVING ROUND the EARTH.
Hypernym
  • REAP　AGRICULTURAL WORK INTENDING to OBTAIN HARVEST. (anc: 16/0, child: 2)
  • AGRICULTURE　WORK IN FIELDS TO REAR USEFUL PLANTS.  (anc: 15/0, child: 4)
  • WORK　Make an EFFORT ENDURINGLY CONFORMING to a PLAN, IN ORDER TO ACHIEVE an AIM, and OFTEN IN ORDER TO be PAID a SALARY. (anc: 14/0, child: 7)
  • A Dictionary of Selected Synonyms in the Principal Indo-European Languages ( BUCK 1988) p. 8.41

  • Encyclopedia of Comparative Iconography ( ROBERTS 1998) p. 389

    • Words (12 items)

    歲  suì OC: sqʷads MC: siɛi 20 Attributions

    Suì 歲 refers to the harvest of a year without any current reference to good or bad harvests.

      Syntactic words
    • nharvest
    年  nián OC: niin MC: nen 9 Attributions

    The general old and current word for a harvest, particularly a good harvest is nián 年.

      Word relations
    • Epithet: 凶/DISASTER Xiōng 凶, shěng 眚 and jiù 咎 are archaic metaphysical terms for misfortunes.

      Syntactic words
    • nOBI 4: in OBI: good harvest; Warring States: yearly harvest (good or bad) 豐年 "bumper harvest"; 2. year with good harvest
    • nab.t(harvesting of>) harvest of something;
    • npost-Nharvest of N
    • n{PRED}
    收  shōu OC: qjiw MC: ɕɨu 7 Attributions

    Shōu 收 regularly refers to the harvest as what is garnered and collected for future use.

      Word relations
    • Assoc: 聚 / 聚/GATHER The most current general term for the temporary assembling of things is jù 聚 (ant. sàn 散 "spread") which can refer to the gathering together of what does not necessarily belong together and of what is not necessarily of the same kind and what will disperse or be dispersed.

      Syntactic words
    • nharvest
    • nabactharvesting
    • vtoNfigurativegarner, harvest
    • vtoNpassivebe harvested
    稼  jià OC: kraas MC: kɣɛ 4 Attributions

    Jià 稼 refers generally to the grain crop.

      Word relations
    • Contrast: 穀 / 谷/GRAIN Gǔ 谷/穀 is general term for a food grain; (in some local dialects, it can also refer to foxtail millet (Setaria italica)).
    • Assoc: 穀 / 谷/GRAIN Gǔ 谷/穀 is general term for a food grain; (in some local dialects, it can also refer to foxtail millet (Setaria italica)).

      Syntactic words
    • ngrain crop; crop, harvest
    • nabactthe work of harvesting; the harvestingCH
    年穀  nián gǔ OC: niin kooɡ MC: nen kuk 3 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • NPmyearly grain harvest
    秋  qiū OC: tshiw MC: tshɨu 3 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • nharvest
    • nadNof autumn
    穀  gǔ OC: kooɡ MC: kuk 2 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • nmgood harvest of grain
    穫  huò OC: ɢʷaaɡ MC: ɦɑk 2 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • nmharvest
    穰  ráng OC: njaŋ MC: ȵi̯ɐŋ 2 Attributions

    Ráng 穰refers to an abundant harvest.

      Syntactic words
    • nabeventabundant harvest
    饑  jī OC: kɯl MC: kɨi 0 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • ndisastrously poor harvest (see FAMINE)
    收  shōu OC: qjiw MC: ɕɨu
    收斂  shōu liǎn OC: qjiw ɡ-romʔ MC: ɕɨu liɛm 0 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • VPtoNpassivebe harvested (in the various appropriate ways)
    穡  sè OC: srɯɡ MC: ʂɨk 0 Attributions

    Sè 穡refers generally to the grain crop as garnered in and properly stored.

      Syntactic words
    • ncrop or harvest garnered in and stored
    • nadNagricultural