COPPER    銅

RED METAL USED in PRODUCING BRONZE. [Cu]
Old Chinese Criteria
1. Tóng 銅 refers to copper.
黄金貴：古漢語同義詞辨釋詞典
HUANG JINGUI 2006 GEOGRAPHY 29. 銅是一種淡紫紅色或藍綠色的礦石，冶煉後可成青銅。 金，古代最早表示銅的名稱，先秦時既可作單音詞，也可作修飾語；而到漢朝僅作修飾語。 銅，約從春秋末年產生。秦漢之際， “ 銅 ” 作單音詞使用。漢代， “ 銅 ” 又出現了作詞組修飾語的新用法。漢世， “ 銅 ” 成為常用詞，使用頻率遠遠超過 “ 金 ” 。
Modern Chinese Criteria
銅 rough draft to BEGIN TO identify synonym group members for analysis, based on CL etc. 18.11.2003. CH ／
Hypernym
  • METAL　HARD INTENSELY HEAVY SUBSTANCE OFTEN USED FOR PRODUCING ARTEFACTS, TOOLS, AND WEAPONS. [] (anc: 5/0, child: 7)
  • SUBSTANCE　THING NOT SEPARATED into SEPARATE PARTS. (anc: 4/0, child: 28)
  • THING　CONCRETE OBJECT. (anc: 3/0, child: 10)
  • A Dictionary of Selected Synonyms in the Principal Indo-European Languages ( BUCK 1988) p. 9.66

    • Words (2 items)

    曾青  céng qīng MC: dzong tsheng OC: dzɯɯŋ tsheeŋ 1 Attribution
      Syntactic words
    • NPmazuriteLZ
    銅  tóng OC: looŋ MC: duŋ 0 Attributions

    Tóng 銅 refers to copper.

      Syntactic words
    • nmcopper