BAMBOO  竹子竹

TREE in the form of GIANT GRASS, the STEMS of which CAN be USED AS STICKS.
Hypernym
  • TREEINTENSELY LARGE COMMON PLANT [BIOLOGY].
    • PLANTCREATURE that CAN NOT VOLUTARILY MOVE.
Hyponym
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 ／

  • 中國文化背景八千詞 Zhongguo wenhua beijing ba qian ci ( WU SANXING 2008) p. 347ff

Words

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

Existing SW for

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