FOREHEAD  額頭額

FRONT TOP PART of FACE ABOVE the EYES.
Hypernym
Old Chinese Criteria
1. The current general word for the forehead in Han times became é 額.

2. Yán 顏 is the most current ancient word and refers specifically to the area between the eyebrows, more generally to the upper part of the face.

3. Sǎng 顙 refers to the forehead as a whole, especially the upper part.

4. Tí 題 and diān 顛 refers to the forehead but may include the top of the head.

黄金貴：古漢語同義詞辨釋詞典
HUANG JINGUI 2006

HUMAN BODY 32. 額頭。

額，總稱，秦後始見。

顏，指額的中間區域，秦後多指面。

顙，指全額，常有悲哀色彩。

角，指兩旁之額。

題，渾稱頭額。

Modern Chinese Criteria
額

前額

額頭

腦門子

頂門兒

顙

天庭

天門

rough draft to BEGIN TO identify synonym group members for analysis, based on CL etc. 18.11.2003. CH ／

  • A Dictionary of Selected Synonyms in the Principal Indo-European Languages ( BUCK 1988) p. 4.205

  • 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. 7

  • 古代文化詞異集類辨考 Gudai wenhua ci yi ji lei bian kao ( HUANG JINGUI 1995) p. 500

  • A Russian-English Collocational Dictionary of the Human Body ( IORDANSKAJA 1996) p. 200

  • 古辭辨 Gu ci bian ( WANG FENGYANG 1993) p. 116

  • 古漢語常用詞同義詞詞典 ( HONG CHENGYU 2009) p. 77

Words

顙  sǎng OC: saaŋʔ MC: sɑŋ 6 Attributions

Sǎng 顙refers to the forehead as a whole, especially the upper part.

    Syntactic words
  • nforehead
題  tí OC: ɡ-lee MC: dei 2 Attributions

Tí 題 and diān 顛 refers to the forehead but may include the top of the head.

    Syntactic words
  • nHF: forehead (of a buffalo)
焉  yán MC: hjen OC: ɢanLZ 1 Attribution
    Syntactic words
  • n(= yán 顏) foreheadLZ
顁  dìng OC: teeŋs MC: teŋ
定  dìng OC: teeŋs MC: teŋ 0 Attributions
    Syntactic words
  • nforehead???
額  é OC: ŋɡraaɡ MC: ŋɣɛk
額  é OC: ŋɡraaɡ MC: ŋɣɛk 0 Attributions

The current general word for the forehead in Han times became é 額.

    Syntactic words
  • nforehead
顏  yán OC: ŋraan MC: ŋɣan 0 Attributions

Yán 顏 is the most current ancient word and refers specifically to the area between the eyebrows, more generally to the upper part of the face.

    Syntactic words
  • nforehead
顛  diān OC: tiin MC: ten 0 Attributions

Tí 題 and diān 顛 refers to the forehead but may include the top of the head.

    Syntactic words
  • nforehead
顱  lú OC: ɡ-raa MC: luo̝ 0 Attributions
    Syntactic words
  • nforehead (Nanbeichao)

Existing SW for

Here are Syntactic Words already defined in the database: