ARMOUR  甲冑

DEFENSIVE WEAPONS to SAFEGUARD one's BODY IN-RELATION-TO ATTACK. 
Hypernym
  • WEAPONTOOL USED FOR ATTACK OR DEFENSE IN WARFARE.
    • TOOLARTEFACT PRODUCED FOR USE USING a DEFINED METHOD.
Hyponym
  • HELMET　ARMOUR USED to DEFEND the HEAD AGAINST ATTACKS USING WEAPONS.
    • SHIELD　ARMOUR CARRIED IN one's HAND AND USED FOR PROTECTING ONE'S BODY AGAINST ATTACK.
      Old Chinese Criteria
      [GENERAL/SPECIFIC]

      1. The dominant general term is jiǎ 甲 and this armour is typically made of rhinoceros leather.

      [GENERAL]

      2. Jiè 介 is another common, and syntactically flexible, word for armour.

      3. Kǎi 鎧 refers to metal plate armour.

      [SPECIFIC]

      4. Xuán jiǎ 玄甲 refers to iron plate armour.

      [SPECIFIC]

      黄金貴：古漢語同義詞辨釋詞典
      HUANG JINGUI 2006 WARFARE 20.

      甲，皮甲；護衛衣總稱。

      鎧，鐵甲，鐵護身衣通稱。

      胄，甲士戴的護頭衣，即頭盔。

      兜鍪，專稱鐵護頭衣。

      Modern Chinese Criteria
      裝甲

      盔甲

      first rough draft to identify synonym group members for future analysis, based on CL. 18.11.2003. CH/

      • A Dictionary of Selected Synonyms in the Principal Indo-European Languages ( BUCK 1988) p. 20.31

      • 古代文化詞異集類辨考 Gudai wenhua ci yi ji lei bian kao ( HUANG JINGUI 1995) p. 177

      • 中國文化史三百題 ( SANBAITI 1987) p. 92

      Words

      甲  jiǎ OC: kraab MC: kɣap 17 AttributionsWD

      The dominant general term is jiǎ 甲 and this armour is typically made of rhinoceros leather. [GENERAL]

        Word relations
      • Epithet: 堅/HARD The standard word for internal inherent solidity is jiān 堅 (ant. cuì 脆 "brittle"), and the standard word for external firmness, sturdiness and immobility is gù 固.
      • Assoc: 兵/ARMY Bīng 兵 "armed force" focusses on the weapons ready for use and may refer to any military grouping. [GENERAL]
      • Assoc: 兵/WEAPON Bīng 兵 refers to warfare as a military practice rather than as a political means to achieve ends, and it is significant that the word has no obvious antonym.

        Syntactic words
      • narmour made of leather [often lacquered Jakob Marsalek]
      • nadNarmoured; provided with armour
      革  gé OC: krɯɯɡ MC: kɣɛk 17 AttributionsWD

        Word relations
      • Assoc: 兵/WEAPON Bīng 兵 refers to warfare as a military practice rather than as a political means to achieve ends, and it is significant that the word has no obvious antonym.

        Syntactic words
      • nhardened leather armour
      • nmadNarmoured with hardened leather
      介  jiè OC: kreeds MC: kɣɛi 6 AttributionsWD

      Jiè 介 is another common, and syntactically flexible, word for armour.

        Word relations
      • Assoc: 冑/HELMET The general word for a helmet, which was current till the Han period, is zhòu 冑. It can be made of leather, bronze, and since the late Warring States also of iron. Archaeological finds are of course mostly of the bronze helmets, which are known from the Shang till the Warring States.

        Syntactic words
      • narmour: see WANG 1993: 246; XIANG 1997: 306
      • nabactthe use of armour
      • vadNarmoured
      • viactwear armour
      • vtoNcausativeto provide with armour
      鎧  kǎi OC: khɯɯlʔ MC: khəi 3 AttributionsWD

      Kǎi 鎧 refers to metal plate armour. It is a later word than xuán jiǎ 玄甲. [SPECIFIC]

        Syntactic words
      • nbody armour made with iron metal plate
      膺  yīng OC: qɯŋ MC: ʔɨŋ 2 AttributionsWD
        Syntactic words
      • nbreast plate
      甲冑  jiǎ zhòu OC: kraab rliwɡs MC: kɣap ɖɨu 2 AttributionsWD
        Syntactic words
      • NPmbody armour and helmet
      甲裳  jiǎ cháng OC: kraab djaŋ MC: kɣap dʑi̯ɐŋ 1 AttributionWD
        Syntactic words
      • NPlower part of the armour
      三革  sān gé MC: sam keak OC: saam krɯɯɡLZ 1 AttributionWD
        Syntactic words
      • NPthe three kinds of protective means > armour in generalLZ
      鐵  tiě OC: kh-liiɡ MC: thet 0 AttributionsWD
        Syntactic words
      • nadNiron-armoured
      玄甲  xuán jiǎ OC: ɡʷeen kraab MC: ɦen kɣap 0 AttributionsWD

      Xuán jiǎ 玄甲 refers to iron plate armour. [SPECIFIC]

      • () p. 146 {tab. 37}

        Syntactic words
      • NPmiron plate armour

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