HAT    頭衣冠

GARMENT one WEARS on the HEAD.
HEADGEARCAPBERETBONNET
Old Chinese Criteria
1. The general word for headdress designed to indicate status is guān 冠, and the practical purpose of this hat is not only to indicate status but also to hold together the bun of hair on the top of the head. At the age of twenty all males acquired the right to wear a guān 冠. The hat was held in position by a cord called yīng 纓. 2. The general word for convenient headdress designed to keep the head warm is mào 帽 but this term is rarely used on its own, being usually modified by further descriptive terms. This headdress became current first in Three Kingdom times, but the felt hat is mentioned in FENGSUTONGYI. 3. Miǎn 冕 is the general word for an official hat. See OFFICIAL HAT
Modern Chinese Criteria
帽 帽子 冠 笠 盔 冕 冠冕 rough draft to BEGIN TO identify synonym group members for analysis, based on CL etc. 18.11.2003. CH ／
Hyponym
  • RAIN HAT　HAT one WEARS FOR PROTECTION AGAINST RAIN. (anc: 7/0, child: 0)
  • TURBAN　HAT in the form of a CLOTH TIED AROUND the HEAD. (anc: 7/0, child: 0)
  • OFFICIAL HAT　RITUAL HAT worn by OFFICIAL. (anc: 7/0, child: 0)
  • CROWN　RITUAL ORNAMENT WORN ON THE HEAD (anc: 7/0, child: 0)
Hypernym
  • GARMENT　CLOTH ARTEFACT WORN by HUMANS IN ORDER TO CAUSE THEMSELVES TO FEEL COMFORTABLE.  (anc: 5/0, child: 17)
  • 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. 6.55

  • Verzeichnis und Motivindex der Han-Darstellungen ( FINSTERBUSCH 1966) p. 220

    Kopfbedeckung; Kopfputz

  • Verzeichnis und Motivindex der Han-Darstellungen ( FINSTERBUSCH 1966) p. 223

    Literatenhut:

  • Verzeichnis und Motivindex der Han-Darstellungen ( FINSTERBUSCH 1966) p. 224

    Militaerhut:

  • Verzeichnis und Motivindex der Han-Darstellungen ( FINSTERBUSCH 2000) p. 721

    Bambushut:

    6 bamboo hats are depicted in Han reliefs.

  • 韓非子同義詞研究 ( HANFEI TONGYI 2004) p. 63

  • 古代文化詞異集類辨考 Gudai wenhua ci yi ji lei bian kao ( HUANG JINGUI 1995) p. 675

  • 論衡同義詞研究 ( LUNHENG TONGYI 2004) p. 20

  • 古辭辨 Gu ci bian ( WANG FENGYANG 1993) p. 153

  • 王力古漢語字典 ( WANG LI 2000) p. 266

    冠，帽

    1. Gua1n 冠 is certainly an official hat, ma4o 帽 generally a hat worn for convenience. But the point is that ma4o 帽 is not a current word in pre-Buddhist Chinese.

  • 中國文化背景八千詞 Zhongguo wenhua beijing ba qian ci ( WU SANXING 2008) p. 191ff

  • 古漢語常用詞同義詞詞典 ( HONG CHENGYU 2009) p. 98

    • Words (11 items)

    冠  guān OC: koon MC: kʷɑn 10 Attributions

    The general word for headdress designed to indicate status is guān 冠, and the practical purpose of this hat is not only to indicate status but also to hold together the bun of hair on the top of the head. At the age of twenty all males acquired the right to wear a guān 冠. The hat was held in position by a cord called yīng 纓.

      Syntactic words
    • nofficial hat used to indicate one's social position
    • n(post-N)the hat of the contextually determinate personCH
    髽  zhuā OC: skreel MC: ʈʂɣɛ 4 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • viactwear mourning hat (of women); cincture
    甫  fǔ OC: paʔ MC: pi̯o 2 Attributions

      Syntactic words
    • nhat (only in 章甫 "black cloth ritual hat attributed to the Shāng dynasty"
    麻冕  má miǎn OC: mraal mronʔ MC: mɣɛ miɛn 1 Attribution
      Syntactic words
    • NPhemp cloth ritual headgear
    • VPiwear hemp cloth ritual headgear SHU
    鍪  móu MC: mjuw OC: mu 1 Attribution

      Syntactic words
    • nplain cap (without those essential ceremonial strings reaching down)CH
    冠冕  guān miǎn OC: koon mronʔ MC: kʷɑn miɛn 1 Attribution
      Syntactic words
    • NPnonreferentialofficial hats
    玄冠  xuán guān OC: ɡʷeen koon MC: ɦen kʷɑn 1 Attribution
      Syntactic words
    • NPreddish black ritual hat
    帽  mào OC: muuɡs MC: mɑu 1 Attribution

    The general word for convenient headdress designed to keep the head warm is mào 帽 but this term is rarely used on its own, being usually modified by further descriptive terms. This headdress became current first in Three Kingdom times, but the felt hat is mentioned in FENGSUTONGYI.

      Syntactic words
    • ngeneral term for a hat used to keep the head warm
    章  zhāng MC: tsyang OC: kjaŋ 1 Attribution

      Syntactic words
    • nofficial hatCH
    羔裘  gāo qiú OC: klaaw ɡu MC: kɑu gɨu 1 Attribution
      Syntactic words
    • NPhat made from goat-skin from a young goat
    冕  miǎn OC: mronʔ MC: miɛn 0 Attributions

    Miǎn 冕 is the general word for an official hat. See OFFICIAL HAT

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