BLADE    刀刃刃

SHARP SIDE OR TIP FOR PIERCING OR CUTTING in a CUTTING TOOL.
EDGE
Old Chinese Criteria
1. The general current word for the cutting edge of an instrument is rèn 刃. 2. Ruì 銳 refers to the sharp point of a weapon which normally does not have an edge. 3. Fēng 鋒 refers to the sharp point at the end of the edge of a weapon. NB: máng 鋩 "sharp point of a weapon" is not current in pre-Buddhist Chinese.
Modern Chinese Criteria
刃 口 鋒 刀鋒 刀口 刀刃 鋒口 鋒刃 rough draft to BEGIN TO identify synonym group members for analysis, based on CL etc. 18.11.2003. CH ／
Hypernym
  • SIDE　PLACE to the LEFT OR RIGHT, AND NOT IN FRONT OR BEHIND. (anc: 5/0, child: 2)
  • PLACE　PART of SPACE that THINGS BE-IN:are-in. (anc: 4/0, child: 39)
  • PART　OBJECT which COMBINES with OTHER OBJECTS to BECOME ONE LARGER WHOLE OBJECT. (anc: 3/0, child: 8)
  • A Dictionary of Selected Synonyms in the Principal Indo-European Languages ( BUCK 1988) p. 12.352

  • A Dictionary of Selected Synonyms in the Principal Indo-European Languages ( BUCK 1988) p. 12.353

  • Lateinische Synonyme und Etymologien ( DOEDERLEIN 1840) p.

    EDGE

    acies refers to the extended edge of something that might cut.

    acumen refers to the sharp tip of something that might prick, stab or stick.

  • 王力古漢語字典 ( WANG LI 2000) p. 1527

    銳，鋩

  • Encyclopedia of Religion ( JONES 2005) p.

  • Handbook of Greek Synonymes, from the French of M. Alex. Pillon, Librarian of the Bibliothèque Royale , at Paris, and one of the editors of the new edition of Plaché's Dictionnaire Grec-Français, edited, with notes, by the Rev. Thomas Kerchever Arnold, M.A. Rector of Lyndon, and late fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge ( PILLON 1850) p. no. 46.47

  • A New Dictionary of Classical Greek Synonyms ( T.W.HARBSMEIER 2004) p. NO. 47

    • Words (8 items)

    鋒  fēng OC: phoŋ MC: phi̯oŋ 4 Attributions

    Fēng 鋒 refers to the sharp point at the end of the edge of a weapon.

      Syntactic words
    • npoint of a dagger or sword, sharp point at the end of an edge.
    • nadVto V like a dagger, to V like a spikeVK
    刃  rèn OC: njins MC: ȵin 4 Attributions

    The general current word for the cutting edge of an instrument is rèn 刃.

      Word relations
    • Epithet: 白/NAKED Bái 白 in connection with the terms for body parts can also refer to the nakedness.

      Syntactic words
    • nblade of a dagger, axe, or sword, cutting edge
    刀刃  dāo rèn OC: k-laaw njins MC: tɑu ȵin 2 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • NPedge of a knife
    銳  ruì OC: lods MC: jiɛi 1 Attribution

    Ruì 銳 refers to the sharp point of a weapon which normally does not have an edge.

      Syntactic words
    • nsharp point
    鋩  máng OC: maŋ MC: mi̯ɐŋ 1 Attribution

    NB: máng 鋩 "sharp point of a weapon" is not current in pre-Buddhist Chinese.

      Syntactic words
    • nsharp point of any weapon
    鍔  è OC: ŋɡlaaɡ MC: ŋɑk
    咢  è OC: ŋɡlaaɡ MC: ŋɑk 1 Attribution
      Syntactic words
    • nblade of a sword or knife
    鋒鋩  fēng máng OC: phoŋ maŋ MC: phi̯oŋ mi̯ɐŋ 1 Attribution
      Syntactic words
    • NPedge (of a weapon), sharpt point, blade
    廉  lián OC: ɡ-rem MC: liɛm 0 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • nangle; edge
    • nabmathematical termCHEMLA 2003: