ARCHERY    箭術

SPORT of SHOOTING at a TARGET USING BOW AND ARROW.
Old Chinese Criteria
[GENERAL/SPECIFIC] 1. The dominant general term is shè 射 and this word refers to all kinds of shooting with a bow, particularly ritualised archery, and the word refers to all parts of the process of shooting. [GENERAL] 2. Yì 弋 refers to (often ritualised) shooting for pleasure at birds with a short arrow with strings attached. [SPECIFIC] 3. Fā 發 refers specifically to letting off an arrow as the final act of the shooting process. See SHOOT
Modern Chinese Criteria
箭術 射箭 first rough draft to identify synonym group members for future analysis, based on CL. 18.11.2003. CH/
Hypernym
  • SPORTS　GAME of USING THE BODY IN COMPETITION WITH OTHERS. (anc: 14/0, child: 2)
  • GAME　CUSTOM of PLAYING. (anc: 13/0, child: 6)
  • CUSTOM　REPEATED ACT CONFORMING to what is a COMMON RULE in one's GROUP. (anc: 12/0, child: 4)
Other Hypernyms
  • SHOOTnew-377d602e-739c-4793-bd60-2e739c67931f　To ISSUE or send forth, esp. swiftly or by sudden impulse. (anc: 17/4, child: 1)
  • ISSUEnew-a80170a5-4201-417f-8170-a54201217f15　SEND OUT. (anc: 16/3, child: 6)
  • SENDnew-d9328389-0ed2-4195-b283-890ed2a195f3　COMMAND OR CAUSE something OR someone to MOVE OR BE MOVED to a PLACE. (anc: 15/2, child: 2)
  • Verzeichnis und Motivindex der Han-Darstellungen ( FINSTERBUSCH 1966) p. 203

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  • Verzeichnis und Motivindex der Han-Darstellungen ( FINSTERBUSCH 2000) p. 728

    Bogenschuetze:

    Common theme in Han reliefs.

    • Words (9 items)

    射  shè OC: ɢljaɡs MC: ʑɣɛ 24 Attributions

    The dominant general term is shè 射and this word refers to all kinds of shooting with a bow, particularly ritualised archery. [GENERAL]

      Word relations
    • Object: 學/STUDY The dominant word is xué 學 (ant. jiào 教 "train teach")which refers primarily to studying or training under another person, and secondarily to the learning by heart texts. Very often, the word retains a tinge of immitation.
    • Oppos: 御 / 馭/DRIVE Yù 御 refers to the driving and steering of a carriage.

      Syntactic words
    • nabactthe ritual art of archeryCH
    • nabart ofart of archery
    • v[adN]OBI 3: archer, practioner of the art of archery
    • v[adN]N=humarcher
    • viactengage in archery
    • vtoNN=arrowshoot in archery contest (arrow); shoot off (an arrow)
    • vtoNobject=targetshoot at (target)
    弋  yì OC: lɯɡ MC: jɨk 12 Attributions

    Yì 弋 refers to (often ritualised) shooting for pleasure at birds with a short arrow with strings attached. [SPECIFIC]

      Word relations
    • Assoc: 罼 / 畢/NET Luó 羅 , wǎng 罔／網, bì 畢, fú 罘, and jū 罝 (small) are current words for bird nets which can also be used to catch small animals like hares. [Bì 畢 was probably of Y-like shape, and consisted of small net and long handle. The word wǎng 罔／網 is probably only archaic variant of wǎng 网. In SHIJING, the word is used also for a fish net. Fú 罘 can be also used to catch large animals like deers.

    • 漢代無知文化資料圖說 ( SUN JI) p. {20-11}

      Syntactic words
    • nabactthe hunting of birds with stringed short arrows
    • viactshoot birds with stringed short arrows
    • vtoNactshoot (short arrow with string attached)
    控弦  kòng xián OC: khooŋs ɡeen MC: khuŋ ɦen 4 Attributions

    Kòng xián 控弦 is another term for pulling a bowstring.

      Syntactic words
    • VP[adN]professional archer
    決  jué OC: kʷeed MC: ket 2 Attributions

    Jué 決 is a ring made of bone which protects ones finger when shooting. It can also refer to pulling a bow.

      Syntactic words
    • nfinger-protectors, protecting devices for the finger with which to pull the string of bow
    • viwear finger-protectorsLZ
    射者  shè zhě MC: zyaeH tsyaeX OC: ɢljaɡs kljaʔ 1 Attribution
      Syntactic words
    • NParcher, specialist in archeryCH
    引繳  yǐn jiǎo OC: liŋʔ kleewʔ MC: jin keu 0 Attributions

    Yǐn jiǎo 引繳 is a specific term for shooting birds in flight with a bow.

      Syntactic words
    • VPiactshoot birds in flight with a bow
    牽弓  qiān gōng OC: khiin kʷɯŋ MC: khen kuŋ 0 Attributions

    Qiān gōng 牽弓 refers to pulling a bow so see how flexible it is.

      Syntactic words
    • VPiactpull a bow so see how flexible it is
    引弓  yǐn gōng OC: liŋʔ kʷɯŋ MC: jin kuŋ 0 Attributions

    Yǐn gōng 引弓 also refers to pulling a bow.

      Syntactic words
    • VPiactpull the bow
    彎弧  wān hú OC: qroon ɡʷaa MC: ʔɣan ɦuo̝ 0 Attributions

    Wān hú 彎弧 is pulling a bow as one regards the bow.

      Syntactic words
    • VPiactpull the bow as one regards the bow????