CLOTH MATERIALS    布料

PLANTS USED FOR PRODUCING CLOTH.
Old Chinese Criteria
1. The common material to make cloth from was má 麻 "hemp". 2. Gé 葛 "kudzu vine" was also commonly used in ancient times and the word is particularly common in SHI. For other materials see HUANG JINGUI's detailed surveys.
Modern Chinese Criteria
布料 rough draft to BEGIN TO identify synonym group members for analysis, based on CL etc. 18.11.2003. CH ／
Hyponym
  • HEMPnew-d0921520-dc7d-4f11-9215-20dc7d8f1149　PLANT USED TO PRODUCE OIL AND TO MAKE CLOTH. [] (anc: 7/0, child: 0)
Hypernym
  • PLANT　CREATURE that CAN NOT VOLUTARILY MOVE. (anc: 5/0, child: 11)
  • CREATURE　LIVING THING. (anc: 4/0, child: 3)
  • THING　CONCRETE OBJECT. (anc: 3/0, child: 10)
  • 古代文化詞異集類辨考 Gudai wenhua ci yi ji lei bian kao ( HUANG JINGUI 1995) p. 631

  • 古代文化詞異集類辨考 Gudai wenhua ci yi ji lei bian kao ( HUANG JINGUI 1995) p. 635

    • Words (2 items)

    葛  gé OC: kaad MC: kɑt 5 Attributions

    Gé 葛 "kudzu vine" was also commonly used in ancient times and the word is particularly common in SHI. For other materials see HUANG JINGUI's detailed surveys.

      Syntactic words
    • nPueraria thunbergiana Benth.; kudzu vine; dolichos
    • nadV(dress) using kudzu materials
    • nmadNmade of dolichos
    麻  má OC: mraal MC: mɣɛ 4 Attributions

    The common material to make cloth from was má 麻 "hemp".

      Syntactic words
    • nmhemp, sackcloth
    • nmadNmade of hemp, made of sackcloth 麻冕 "hemp caps"