BAMBOO    竹子竹

TREE in the form of GIANT GRASS, the STEMS of which CAN be USED AS STICKS.
Old Chinese Criteria
[GENERAL/SPECIFIC] 1. The standard general current word for bamboo is zhú 竹, and the word usually refers to bamboo that is alive and growing. [GENERAL] 2. Gān 竿 refers to bamboo that has been cut off, and the word typically refers to a bamboo stick, not to young shoots. [SPECIFIC] 3. Miè 篾 is a rare word which refers to thin bamboo skin that has been removed to be used to make baskets, hats etc. [SPECIFIC] 4. Yún 筠 refers to the rind of bamboo which may be still on the bamboo or already removed and prepared for use in the making of baskets or hats. In post-Buddhist times this word can come to refer generally to bamboo. [SPECIFIC] 5. Gān 簳 is a very rare word which refers to slender young bamboo, typically the kind used to make bamboo arrows. [SPECIFIC] 6. Jiǎn 簡 refers to polished bamboo slips used in writing. See WRITING MATERIAL [SPECIFIC] 7. Jiàn 箭 refers to a kind of bamboo which provides suitable matrial for arrow-making. [SPECIFIC]
Modern Chinese Criteria
竹子 竹 篁 筠 青士 毛竹 南竹 觀音竹 鳳凰竹 紫竹 黑竹 斑竹 湘妃竹 湘竹 箬竹 箬 淡竹 鳳尾竹 苦竹 剛竹 慈竹 方竹 rough draft to BEGIN TO identify synonym group members for analysis, based on CL etc. 18.11.2003. CH ／
Hyponym
  • BAMBOO SHOOT　INTENSELY YOUNG BAMBOO TREE. (anc: 8/0, child: 0)
Hypernym
  • TREE　INTENSELY LARGE COMMON PLANT [BIOLOGY]. (anc: 6/0, child: 5)
  • PLANT　CREATURE that CAN NOT VOLUTARILY MOVE. (anc: 5/0, child: 11)
  • CREATURE　LIVING THING. (anc: 4/0, child: 3)
  • 中國文化背景八千詞 Zhongguo wenhua beijing ba qian ci ( WU SANXING 2008) p. 347ff

    • Words (13 items)

    竹  zhú OC: tuɡ MC: ʈuk 11 Attributions

    1. The standard general current word for bamboo is zhú 竹, and the word usually refers to bamboo that is alive and growing.

      Syntactic words
    • nbamboo
    • nmadNmade of bamboo
    箭  jiàn OC: tsens MC: tsiɛn 3 Attributions

    7. Jiàn 箭 refers to a kind of bamboo which provides suitable matrial for arrow-making.

      Syntactic words
    • nmtype of bamboo (used for making arrows)
    篳  bì OC: pid MC: pit 3 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • nwicker, bamboo
    • nmadNmade of wicker, made of bamboo
    簡  jiǎn OC: kreenʔ MC: kɣɛn 3 Attributions

    6. Jiǎn 簡 refers to polished bamboo slips used in writing. See WRITING MATERIAL

      Syntactic words
    • nadNmade of bamboo, written on bamboo
    竿  gān OC: kaan MC: kɑn 2 Attributions

    2. Gān 竿 refers to bamboo that has been cut off, and the word typically refers to a bamboo stick, not to young shoots.

      Syntactic words
    • nbamboo slip (as writing material)
    筠  yún OC: ɢʷin MC: ɦʷin 1 Attribution

    4. Yún 筠 refers to the rind of bamboo which may be still on the bamboo or already removed and prepared for use in the making of baskets or hats. In post-Buddhist times this word can come to refer generally to bamboo.

      Syntactic words
    • nrind of bamboo, bamboo husk
    筳  tíng OC: deeŋ MC: deŋ 1 Attribution
      Syntactic words
    • nbamboo rods used for divination
    筤  láng OC: ɡ-raaŋ MC: lɑŋ 0 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • nbamboo shoot (YI)
    篠  xiǎo OC: sqlɯɯwʔ MC: seu
    篠  xiǎo OC: sqlɯɯwʔ MC: seu 0 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • nsmall bamboo plants
    篾  miè OC: meed MC: met 0 Attributions

    3. Miè 篾 is a rare word which refers to thin bamboo skin that has been removed to be used to make baskets, hats etc.

      Syntactic words
    • nmadNmade of thin bamboo skin (SHU) [Actually only one example found][CA]
    簜  dàng OC: ɡ-laaŋʔ MC: dɑŋ 0 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • nlarge bamboo
    簳  gǎn OC: kaanʔ MC: kɑn 0 Attributions

    Gǎn 簳 is a very rare word which refers to slender young bamboo, typically the kind used to make bamboo arrows.

      Syntactic words
    • nslender variety of bamboo used for making arrows; arrow made of bamboo
    籜  tuò OC: lʰaaɡ MC: thɑk 0 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • npost-Han, XIE LINGYUN: bamboo rind