PEARL  珠

SMALL SHINING BALL which GROWS IN MUSSELS.
Hypernym
  • BALLPERFECTLY ROUND THING that CAN BE MOVED.
    • TOYARTEFACT USED FOR PLAYING with.
Old Chinese Criteria
1. The standard word for a rounded pearl is zhū 珠.

2. Jī 璣 refers to a smaller variety of a non-round pearl.

Modern Chinese Criteria
珍珠

真珠

珠子

珠

珠花

串珠

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

  • Verzeichnis und Motivindex der Han-Darstellungen ( FINSTERBUSCH 2000) p. 785

    Perle/Perlenkette:

  • The Impact of Buddhim on Chinese Material Culture ( KIESCHNICK 2003) p. 116-137

    A history of the rosary in China

  • 古辭辨 Gu ci bian ( WANG FENGYANG 1993) p. 75

  • 王力古漢語字典 ( WANG LI 2000) p. 714

    珠，璣

    1. The zhu1 珠 is round, ji1 璣 non-rounded and smaller.

  • 王力古漢語字典 ( WANG LI 2000) p. 726

    珠，璣

    Note that this note repeats what was ssaid on p. 714!!!

  • Encyclopedia of Religion ( JONES 2005) p.

Words

珠  zhū OC: tjo MC: tɕi̯o 12 Attributions

The standard word for a rounded pearl is zhū 珠.

    Word relations
  • Epithet: 明/BRIGHT The general term for what appears luminous or bright in the broadest sense of these terms is míng 明 (ant. àn 暗 "dark" and yǐn 隱 "dark"), a word heavily laden with religious overtones.
  • Assoc: 玉/JADE

    Syntactic words
  • npearl, bead
  • nmadNmade of pearls; decorated with pearls
珠璣  zhū jī OC: tjo kɯl MC: tɕi̯o kɨi 3 Attributions

Jī 璣 refers to a smaller variety of a non-round pearl.

    Syntactic words
  • NPpluralpearls of all kinds
璣  jī OC: kɯl MC: kɨi 2 Attributions
    Syntactic words
  • npearl of non-round shape
寶珠  bǎo zhū OC: puuʔ tjo MC: pɑu tɕi̯o 2 Attributions
    Syntactic words
  • NPprecious pearl, precious bead
摩尼  mó ní OC: maal nil MC: mʷɑ ɳi 2 Attributions
    Syntactic words
  • NPbuddhistBUDDH: the Maṇi pearl (said to have the power of removing illnesses and disasters and, more abstractly, mental afflictions; metaphor for absolute purity; there are numerous terms and references to maṇi pearls in sūtra literature); SANSKRIT maṇi, cintā-maṇi
珧  yáo OC: k-lew MC: jiɛu 1 Attribution
    Syntactic words
  • nmother of pearl
車磲  chē qú OC: khlja ga MC: tɕhɣɛ gi̯ɤ 1 Attribution
    Syntactic words
  • NPmmother of pearl
玫  méi OC: mɯɯl MC: muo̝i 0 Attributions
    Syntactic words
  • nkind of pearl
珠子  zhū zǐ OC: tjo sklɯʔ MC: tɕi̯o tsɨ 0 Attributions
    Syntactic words
  • NPpearl; pearls

Existing SW for

Here are Syntactic Words already defined in the database: