BEAK    鳥喙

MOUTH of a BIRD.
Old Chinese Criteria
[NOUN/PARTICLE/VERB] 1. The current general word for a beak is zhòu 咮. [VERB] 2. Zhuó 啄 is to peck with a beak and is probably derived from the preceding. See BITE [NOUN]
黄金貴：古漢語同義詞辨釋詞典
HUANG JINGUI 2006 ANIMALS 29. 咮，最早的鳥嘴專稱。 喙，鳥嘴的通稱；，也指獸、魚、蟲的尖嘴。 嘴，本作觜，中古以前指鳥嘴，有口語色彩；中古時候引申指其他動物的尖嘴 。口，本指人嘴；泛指動物嘴時，側重指能發聲、吞吐、張大的嘴。
Modern Chinese Criteria
鳥喙 rough draft to BEGIN TO identify synonym group members for analysis, based on CL etc. 18.11.2003. CH ／
Hypernym
  • MOUTH　ORGAN USED FOR ENTERING FOOD FOR EATING. (anc: 3/0, child: 1)
  • Not defined　 (anc: 2/0, child: 203)
  • PRIME　 (anc: 1/0, child: 2)
Other Hypernyms
  • Not defined　 (anc: 2/0, child: 203)
  • PRIME　 (anc: 1/0, child: 2)
  • 　 (anc: 0/0, child: 0)
  • 古代文化詞異集類辨考 Gudai wenhua ci yi ji lei bian kao ( HUANG JINGUI 1995) p. 520

  • 古辭辨 Gu ci bian ( WANG FENGYANG 1993) p. 113

    • Words (5 items)

    喙  huì MC: tsyhwejH OC: qhlods 2 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • nbeakCH
    頷  hàn OC: ɡlɯɯmʔ MC: ɦəm 1 Attribution
      Syntactic words
    • nbeak
    咮  zhòu OC: tus MC: ʈɨu 0 Attributions

    The only general word for a beak is zhòu 咮. [VERB]

      Syntactic words
    • nbird's beak
    啄  zhuó OC: rtooɡ MC: ʈɣɔk 0 Attributions

    Zhuó 啄 is to peck with a beak and is probably derived from the preceding. See BITE [NOUN]

      Syntactic words
    • nbird's beak
    • nadVinstrumentwith the beak 啄息
      Click here to add pinyin MC:  OC: 0 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • nbeakCH