ARROW  箭矢

LONG LIGHT MISSILE TYPICALLY USED to SHOOT USING A BOW. 
Hypernym
  • MISSILEWEAPON one THROWS OR SHOOTS at an ENEMY FOR HARMING him.
    • WEAPONTOOL USED FOR ATTACK OR DEFENSE IN WARFARE.
      • TOOLARTEFACT PRODUCED FOR USE USING a DEFINED METHOD.
Old Chinese Criteria
[[CURRENT/RARE]]

[GENERAL/SPECIFIC]

[LARGE-SCALE/SMALL-SCALE]

1. The current ancient general word for any kind of arrow is shǐ 矢, and specifically the word refers in from Han times onwards to wooden-shaft rather than bamboo shaft arrows.

[GENERAL]; [[CURRENT]]

2. Jiàn 箭 came to mean bamboo shaft arrow from Qin times onwards, and the word originally refers specifically to the bamboo shaft of an arrow, from Warring States onwards. Even in Tang times, the word often retains its primary reference to the shaft rather than the arrow as a whole. From Eastern Han and especially Three Kingdom times onwards, the word comes to be used as a colloquial equivalent of shǐ 矢. Note that since all arrows appear to have been made of bamboo, the word jiàn 箭 does not mark out bamboo arrows from others. [Warring States and Han arrows ill.: LIU 1999: 72]

[SPECIALISED]

3. Yì 弋 refers to an arrow with string attached.

[SPECIALISED]

4. Zhuó 繳 refers primarily to the strings attached to yì 弋 "stringed arrows", but can occasionally refer to the arrow with the string.

[SPECIALISED]

5. Zēng 矰 refers to a particularly short stringed arrow.

[SMALL-SCALE]

6. Hóu 鍭 refers to a metal arrow shot from a crossbow, and used particularly in defensive warfare and ritualised official hunts. [ill: CHU 2000: 139 ?].

[SPECIALLISED]

7. Gǎn 笴 refers to the shaft of an arrow.

[SPECIALISED]; [[RARE]]

黄金貴：古漢語同義詞辨釋詞典
HUANG JINGUI 2006 WARFARE 13.

魏晉前， “ 矢 ” 是 “ 箭 ” 的總稱。

“ 箭 ” 大都作箭桿之稱。魏晉起， “

矢 ” 仍作箭的總稱；

“ 箭 ” 是口語中箭的總稱。

二詞對文之別： “ 矢 ” 作泛指、襲稱； “ 箭 ” 偏指箭桿，語稱。

Modern Chinese Criteria
箭

矢

響箭

鳴鏑

暗箭

暗器

袖箭

流矢

流箭

first rough draft to identify synonym group members for future analysis, based on CL. 18.11.2003. CH/

Words

矢  shǐ OC: lʰiʔ MC: ɕi 28 AttributionsWD

The current ancient general word for any kind of arrow is shǐ 矢, and specifically the word refers in from Han times onwards to wooden-shaft rather than bamboo shaft arrows. [GENERAL]; [[CURRENT]]

    Word relations
  • Conv: 弓/BOW The current general word for the bow is gōng 弓, and it must be remembered that in early times the bow was used not only to shoot arrows but also mud pellets and the like.

    Syntactic words
  • narrow; arrow with wooden shaft and feathers
  • npluraldefinite: the arrowsCH
箭  jiàn OC: tsens MC: tsiɛn 6 AttributionsWD

Jiàn 箭 came to mean bamboo shaft arrow from Qin times onwards, and the word originally refers specifically to the bamboo shaft of an arrow, from Warring States onwards. Even in Tang times, the word often retains its primary reference to the shaft rather than the arrow as a whole. From Eastern Han and especially Three Kingdom times onwards, the word comes to be used as a colloquial equivalent of shǐ 矢. Note that since all arrows appear to have been made of bamboo, the word jiàn 箭 does not mark out bamboo arrows from others. [Warring States and Han arrows ill.: LIU 1999: 72] [SPECIALISED]

    Syntactic words
  • ncolloquial word: bamboo shaft of an arrow; arrow with bamboo shaft; arrow as a weapon of war; arrow as a token in bó 博 "backgammon"
  • nadVanalogy(fly etc)like an arrow SANGUOZHI: 箭飛
繳  zhuó OC: kljewɡ MC: tɕi̯ɐk 5 AttributionsWD

Zhuó 繳 refers primarily to the strings attached to yì 弋 "stringed arrows", but can occasionally refer to the arrow with the string. [SPECIALISED]

    Syntactic words
  • nstring attached to an arrow; occasionally also used for arrow with string attached
  • nadNarrow-like ???
矰  zēng OC: tsɯɯŋ MC: tsəŋ 2 AttributionsWD

Zēng 矰 refers to a particularly short stringed arrow. [SMALL-SCALE]

    Syntactic words
  • nadNarrow-like
  • nccarrow with string attached
菆  zōu OC: skru MC: ʈʂɨu 2 AttributionsWD
    Syntactic words
  • nbest quality arrow
鍭  hóu OC: ɡoo MC: ɦu 2 AttributionsWD

Hóu 鍭 refers to a metal arrow shot from a crossbow, and used particularly in defensive warfare and ritualised official hunts. [ill: CHU 2000: 139 ?]. [SPECIALLISED]

  • 楚文物圖典 Chu wenwu tudian ( CHU 2000) p. {139 ?}

    Syntactic words
  • nSHI, ZHOULI: arrow with metal top and feathers used in hunting as well as defensive warfare
弋  yì OC: lɯɡ MC: jɨk 1 AttributionWD

Yì 弋 refers to an arrow with string attached. [SPECIALISED]

    Syntactic words
  • narrow with string attached (used from Western Zhou to Tang times)
裷  yuān OC: qon MC: ʔi̯ɐn 1 AttributionWD
    Syntactic words
  • npiece of cloth to wrap stringed arrows in
矰弋  zēng yì MC: -- yik OC: tsɯɯŋ lɯɡCH 1 AttributionWD
    Syntactic words
  • NPstringed arrowCH
函  hán OC: ɡuum MC: ɦəm 0 AttributionsWD
    Syntactic words
  • nGY: box for arrows
匕  bǐ MC: pjijX OC: -- 0 AttributionsWD

Bǐ 匕 is occasionally used to refer to an arrowhead. See ARROWHEAD

    Syntactic words
  • nZUO Zhao 26: head of arrow
笴  gǎn OC: klaanʔ MC: kɑn 0 AttributionsWD

Gǎn 笴 refers to the shaft of an arrow. [SPECIALISED]; [[RARE]]

    Syntactic words
  • nshaft of an arrow
隿  yì OC: lɯɡ MC: jɨk 0 AttributionsWD

    Word relations
  • Assoc: 矰/ARROW Zēng 矰 refers to a particularly short stringed arrow. [SMALL-SCALE]

    Syntactic words
  • nvar. for 弋
矢  shǐ MC: syijX OC: lʰiʔCH 0 AttributionsWD
    Syntactic words
  • narrowCH

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