CARPENTER    木匠

ARTISAN who WORKS with TIMBER.
WOODWORKERCABINETMAKER
Modern Chinese Criteria
木工 木匠 手民 梓人 梓匠 rough draft to BEGIN TO identify synonym group members for analysis, based on CL etc. 18.11.2003. CH ／
Hypernym
  • ARTISAN　WORKER who WORKS on CONCRETE THINGS he is EDUCATED FOR. (anc: 9/0, child: 9)
  • WORKER　ADULT EMPLOYED by the GOVERNMENT OR by ENTREPRENEURS to WORK FOR them.[[ARBEITER]] (anc: 8/0, child: 1)
  • ADULT　HUMAN who is SUFFICIENTLY OLD to ESTABLISH his/her SEPARATE HOME. (anc: 7/0, child: 20)
  • Lateinische Synonyme und Etymologien ( DOEDERLEIN 1840) p.

    CRAFTSMAN

    faber refers to any craftsman like a carpenter or a smith, and the connotation is that his work involves the exercise of physical strength.

    opifex refers to any craftsman, and the connotation is that his work involves mechanical or technical skills.

    artifex refers to any craftsman or technician taken to be in posssession of advanced technical or professional skills enabling him to do advanced physical work.

  • Bibliographisches Handbuch zur Sprachinhaltsforschung. Teil II. Systematischer Teil. B. Ordnung nach Sinnbezirken (mit einem alphabetischen Begriffsschluessel): Der Mensch und seine Welt im Spiegel der Sprachforschung ( FRANKE 1989) p. 108B

    • Words (7 items)

    匠人  jiàng rén OC: sbaŋs njin MC: dzi̯ɐŋ ȵin 10 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • NP{N1adN2}agentcarpenter
    匠  jiàng OC: sbaŋs MC: dzi̯ɐŋ 9 Attributions

      Word relations
    • Epithet: 人/HUMAN The dominant term is rén 人 which refers to any human.
    • Epithet: 巧/SKILLFUL The standard word for skilfulness is qiǎo 巧 (ant. zhuó 拙 "inept").
    • Assoc: 巫/SHAMAN The general word for a shaman is wū 巫, and although this word was perceived to refer specifically to female shamans.

      Syntactic words
    • ncarpenter; mason, builder
    • nagentcarpenter; mason, builder
    木匠  mù jiàng OC: mooɡ sbaŋs MC: muk dzi̯ɐŋ 4 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • NPcarpenter
    輪  lún OC: ɡ-run MC: lʷin 2 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • n+Nprwheelwright Npr
    匠者  jiàng zhě OC: sbaŋs kljaʔ MC: dzi̯ɐŋ tɕɣɛ 2 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • NPnonreferentiala carpenter
    工匠  gōng jiàng OC: kooŋ sbaŋs MC: kuŋ dzi̯ɐŋ 2 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • NPnonreferentialcarpenter(s)
    輪人  lún rén OC: ɡ-run njin MC: lʷin ȵin 1 Attribution
      Syntactic words
    • NPwheelwright