SUICIDE    自殺

KILL ONESELF.
Old Chinese Criteria
1. The general term for suicide is zì shā 自殺, and 殺己 is hardly ever used for suicide. 2. Zì cǎi 自裁 refers to suicide by cutting oneself in some way or other. 3. Zì jìn 自盡 is politely periphrastic and refers to putting an end to one's life in any way. 4. Zì wěn 自刎 refers to a dramatic act of cutting one's own throat. 5. Zì jīng 自經 refers to suicide by strangling oneself. 6. Zì chén 自沉 refers to suicide by drowning. 7. Sǐ 死 is often used causatively and reflexively to refer to an act of suicide.
Modern Chinese Criteria
自殺 自盡 尋死 作死 自戕 自裁 輕生 尋短見 自刎 伏劍 抹脖子 上吊 吊死 懸梁 投繯 自縊 自經 雉經 服毒 飲鴆 仰毒 仰藥 乳藥 投水 投河 跳河 投井 跳井 投江 跳江 投海 跳海 蹈海 服毒跳河 rough draft to BEGIN TO identify synonym group members for analysis, based on CL etc. 18.11.2003. CH ／
Hyponym
  • MARTYR　Commit SUICIDE BECAUSE of FANATIC FAITH. (anc: 14/0, child: 0)
Hypernym
  • KILL　VOLUNTARILY CAUSE TO DIE. (anc: 12/0, child: 5)
  • CAUSE TO　MOVE in SUCH a way that THEREFORE someone or something else CHANGES. (anc: 11/0, child: 18)
  • MOVE　CHANGE PLACE OR SITUATION. (anc: 10/0, child: 21)
  • Verzeichnis und Motivindex der Han-Darstellungen ( FINSTERBUSCH 2000) p. 801

    Selbstmord:

  • L'intelligence de la China. Le social et le mental ( GERNET 1994) p. 169-206

  • Le suicide dans la Rome antique ( GRISE 1983) p.

  • From Autothanasia to Suicide: Self-Killing in Classical Antiquity ( HOOF 1990) p.

  • Histoire du suicide ( MINOIS 1995) p.

  • A Full Enquiry into the Subject of Suicide ( MOORE 1790) p.

  • Suicide in the Middle Ages ( MURRAY 1998) p.

  • Dictionnaire culturel en langue francaise ( REY 2005) p. 4.1068

  • Historisches Woerterbuch der Philosophie ( RITTER 1971-2007) p. 9.493

    SELBSTMORD

  • "Sachwoerterbuch zum Alten China" ( UNGER SACH) p.

    SELBSTTOETUNG

  • The Encyclopedia of Philosophy ( BORCHERT 2005) p.

  • Encyclopedia of Religion ( JONES 2005) p.

  • New Dictiornary of the History of Ideas, 6 vols. ( HOROWITZ 2005) p.

    • Words (24 items)

    縊  yì OC: qleɡs MC: ʔiɛ 19 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • vt[oN{REFLEX}]reflexivestrangle oneself; commit suicide
    • vtoNcausativecause someone to commit suidice by strangling oneself ????
    自殺  zì shā OC: sblids sreed MC: dzi ʂɣɛt 15 Attributions

    The general term for suicide is zì shā 自殺.

      Syntactic words
    • VPikill oneself; commit suicide
    殺身  shā shēn OC: sreed qhjin MC: ʂɣɛt ɕin 12 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • VPiacthave oneself killed (typically for a cause)
    自刎  zì wěn OC: sblids mɯnʔ MC: dzi mi̯un 10 Attributions

    Zì wěn 自刎 is direct and dramtatic: "cut one's own throat".

      Syntactic words
    • VPicut one's own throat
    刎頸  wěn jǐng OC: mɯnʔ keŋʔ MC: mi̯un kiɛŋ 9 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • NPabactsuicide
    • VPadN(friendship) so close that one is prepared to commit suicide for each other
    • VPiactcut one's throat
    死  sǐ MC: sijX OC: pliʔ 5 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • vireflexivekill oneselfCH
    • vtoNcommit suicide to repay a debt of honour to NCH
    雉經  zhì jīng MC: drijX keng OC: diʔ keeŋ 4 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • VPistrangle oneself (with a rope)CH
    縊而死  yì ér sǐ OC: qleɡs njɯ pliʔ MC: ʔiɛ ȵɨ si 3 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • VPiresultativestrange oneself "to death"
    經  jīng OC: keeŋ MC: keŋ 3 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • nsubjectsomeone who has been trying to hang oneself, near-hangmanLZ
    • vt[oN]hang oneself
    自沈  zì chén OC: sblids ɡrlum MC: dzi ɖim
    自沈  zì chén OC: sblids ɡrlum MC: dzi ɖim 1 Attribution

    Zì chén 自沉 is "drown owneself".

      Syntactic words
    • VPidrown oneself [see 自沈]
    自沒  zì mò OC: sblids mɯɯd MC: dzi muot
    自歿  zì mò OC: sblids mɯɯd MC: dzi muot 1 Attribution
      Syntactic words
    • VPiactcommit suicide, end one's own life
    絞縊  jiǎo yì OC: kreewʔ qleɡs MC: kɣɛu ʔiɛ 1 Attribution
      Syntactic words
    • VPt[oN]commit suicide
    縊死  yì sǐ MC: 'jieH sijX OC: qleɡs pliʔ 1 Attribution
      Syntactic words
    • VPtpostN{OBJ}reflexive.自strangle oneself to deathDS
    自經  zì jīng OC: sblids keeŋ MC: dzi keŋ 1 Attribution

    Zì jīng 自經 is "hang oneself".

      Syntactic words
    • VPicommit suicide
    伏劍  fú jiàn OC: bɯɡ kloms MC: buk ki̯ɐm 1 Attribution
      Syntactic words
    • VPiactbow into one's own sword> commit suicide with a sword
    盡  jìn OC: dzinʔ MC: dzin 1 Attribution
      Syntactic words
    • vtoNcommit suicide 自盡
    自刑  zì xíng OC: sblids ɡeeŋ MC: dzi ɦeŋ 0 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • VPtoNkill oneself
    赴火  fù huǒ OC: phoɡs qphaalʔ MC: phi̯o hʷɑ 0 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • VPiactthrow oneself into the fire
    自盡  zì jìn OC: sblids dzinʔ MC: dzi dzin 0 Attributions

    Zì jìn 自盡 is politely periphrastic and refers to putting an end to one's life in any way.

      Syntactic words
    自裁  zì cái OC: sblids sɡɯɯ MC: dzi dzəi 0 Attributions

    Zì cǎi 自裁 is "commit suicide" by cutting oneself in some way or other.

      Syntactic words
    • VPicommit suicide
    投巖  tóu yán OC: doo ŋɡraam MC: du ŋɣam 0 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • VPt[oN[REFLEX]]reflexivethrow oneself from a cliff
      Click here to add pinyin MC:  OC: 0 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • VPistrangle oneselfCH
    掛  guà OC: kʷrees MC: kɣɛ 0 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • vtoNreflexive.自hang (oneself)
    殺己  shā jǐ OC: sreed kɯʔ MC: ʂɣɛt kɨ 0 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • VPiactkill ONESELF