WEAPON  武器武

TOOL USED FOR ATTACK OR DEFENSE IN WARFARE.
WEAPONSWEAPONRYFIREARMSGUNSORDNANCEARTILLERYARMAMENTSMUNITIONSMATérIEL.ARMS
Hypernym
  • TOOLARTEFACT PRODUCED FOR USE USING a DEFINED METHOD.
    • ARTEFACTTHING PRODUCED by MAN.
      • THINGCONCRETE OBJECT.
        • OBJECT[NO HYPERNYM.] WHAT one CAN NAME:refer to....
See also
Hyponym
  • ARMOUR　DEFENSIVE WEAPONS to SAFEGUARD one's BODY IN-RELATION-TO ATTACK. 
    • HELMET　ARMOUR USED to DEFEND the HEAD AGAINST ATTACKS USING WEAPONS.
    • SHIELD　ARMOUR CARRIED IN one's HAND AND USED FOR PROTECTING ONE'S BODY AGAINST ATTACK.
  • AXE　TOOL OR WEAPON with a HANDLE and a BLADE, TYPICALLY for SPLITTING WOOD.
    • BOW　WEAPON one USES to SHOOT ARROWS with.
      • SWORD　WEAPON RESEMBLING an INTENSELY BIG KNIFE.
        • LANCE　LONG SHARP WEAPON USED FOR THROWING AGAINST the ENEMY.
          • FIREARM　WEAPON USING GUNPOWDER to SHOOT.
            • HANDGUN　FIREARM HELD in one's HANDS.
          • SLING　WEAPON PRODUCED USING TIMBER, USED FOR THROWING SMALL STONES.
            • HARPOON　LANCE with STRING USED to CATCH FISH.
              • MISSILE　WEAPON one THROWS OR SHOOTS at an ENEMY FOR HARMING him.
                • ARROW　LONG LIGHT MISSILE TYPICALLY USED to SHOOT USING A BOW. 
              Old Chinese Criteria
              1. The general term for weapons and the military political realm which dominates this semantic field is wǔ 武 (ant. wén 文 "civil affairs") which refers to any military force or weaponry of any kind, defensive or offensive, and the word is very often abstract in meaning, referring to the abstract matters of military policy.

              2. Bīng 兵 refers to warfare as a military practice rather than as a political means to achieve ends, and it is significant that the word has no obvious antonym.

              3. Gān gē 干戈 is a current expression for weapons of war in general.

              Modern Chinese Criteria
              武器

              火器

              軍火

              軍械

              器械

              戰具

              兵戎

              兵刃

              兵器

              甲兵

              兵

              鐵

              械

              刀兵

              刀槍

              槍炮

              槍桿子

              傢伙

              家生

              鋒鏑

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

              • A Dictionary of Selected Synonyms in the Principal Indo-European Languages ( BUCK 1988) p. 20.21

              • De differentiis ( DIFFERENTIAE I) p. 413

                39. Etymolog. lib. XVIII, cap. 5. Aliud discrimen apud Fest. dict. Arma.

                --Serv., ad ill. IX Aen.: Telorum effundere contra omne genus.

                Ibid. Vat. post hanc differentiam inserit: Inter [col. 15D] aquam et undam, etc., ut num. 65. [AREV.]

                ]

                39. Inter Arma et tela. Arma sunt quibus defendimur [ Al., defendimus], tela quae mittimus [ Al., emittimus]. Item arma belli sunt, armamenta navium.

              • Verzeichnis und Motivindex der Han-Darstellungen ( FINSTERBUSCH 1966) p. 248

                Waffen:

              • Lateinische Synonymik ( MENGE) p. 156

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

                WAFFEN, SCHUSSWAFFEN

              • Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the Other Italic Languages ( DE VAAN 2008) p.

                arma, -orum 'arms, weapons' [n.pl. o] (P1.+; gen.pl. armum Pac., Acc.)

                Derivatives: armatus 'armed' (P1.+); armentum 'herd of cattle' (Var., Lucr.+),

                armenta 'id.' (Enn., Pac.); armiger 'armour-bearer, squire' (P1.+), armare 'to arm,

                equip' (Cic.+); inermis 'unarmed' (P1.+).

              • Handbook of Greek Synonymes, from the French of M. Alex. Pillon, Librarian of the Bibliothèque Royale , at Paris, and one of the editors of the new edition of Plaché's Dictionnaire Grec-Français, edited, with notes, by the Rev. Thomas Kerchever Arnold, M.A. Rector of Lyndon, and late fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge ( PILLON 1850) p. no.342

              • Bibliographisches Handbuch zur Sprachinhaltsforschung. Teil II. Systematischer Teil. B. Ordnung nach Sinnbezirken (mit einem alphabetischen Begriffsschluessel): Der Mensch und seine Welt im Spiegel der Sprachforschung ( FRANKE 1989) p. 149B

              • Bibliographisches Handbuch zur Sprachinhaltsforschung. Teil II. Systematischer Teil. B. Ordnung nach Sinnbezirken (mit einem alphabetischen Begriffsschluessel): Der Mensch und seine Welt im Spiegel der Sprachforschung ( FRANKE 1989) p. 150A

                ALTE WAFFEN

              Words

              干戚  gān qī OC: kaan skhlɯɯwɡ MC: kɑn tshek 22 AttributionsWD
                Syntactic words
              • NPmceremonial weapons
              兵  bīng OC: praŋ MC: pɣaŋ 20 AttributionsWD

              Bīng 兵 refers to warfare as a military practice rather than as a political means to achieve ends, and it is significant that the word has no obvious antonym.

                Word relations
              • Epithet: 力/POWER
              • Epithet: 頓/BLUNT
              • Epithet: 奇/STRANGE Qí 奇 (ant. fán 凡 "perfectly ordinary") refers to the positive quality of being remarkable and unusual.
              • Epithet: 利/SHARP The most general current word for sharpness both of a point and of a blade is lì 利.
              • Assoc: 刃/SWORD Rèn 刃 refers to the blade and generally to the weapons with a blade including sword.
              • Assoc: 革/ARMOUR
              • Assoc: 甲/ARMOUR The dominant general term is jiǎ 甲 and this armour is typically made of rhinoceros leather. [GENERAL]

                Syntactic words
              • nweapon; weapons
              • nadNpertaining to weapons
              • nadVinstrumentwith armed force
              甲兵  jiǎ bīng OC: kraab praŋ MC: kɣap pɣaŋ 14 AttributionsWD
                Syntactic words
              • NPmarmour and weapons; also: military equipment (not nececessarily only armour and weapons specifically, compare 仁義  which often is more generally "moral principles")
              兵革  bīng gé OC: praŋ krɯɯɡ MC: pɣaŋ kɣɛk 8 AttributionsWD
                Syntactic words
              • NP{N1&N2}nonreferentialweapons, offensive and defensive weaponry
              干戈  gān gē OC: kaan kool MC: kɑn kʷɑ 7 AttributionsWD

              Gān gē 干戈 is a current expression for weapons of war in general.

                Syntactic words
              • NP{N1&N2}pluralweapons of war
              爪牙  zhǎo yá OC: tsruuʔ ŋɡraa MC: ʈʂɣɛu ŋɣɛ 5 AttributionsWD
                Syntactic words
              • NPfigurativeweapons
              丸  wán OC: ɢoon MC: ɦʷɑn 4 AttributionsWD
                Syntactic words
              • nccmissile in the form of pellets
              器  qì OC: khrɯds MC: khi 4 AttributionsWD

                Word relations
              • Epithet: 利/SHARP The most general current word for sharpness both of a point and of a blade is lì 利.

                Syntactic words
              • nnonreferentialweapons
              武  wǔ OC: mbaʔ MC: mi̯o 4 AttributionsWD

              The general term for weapons and the military political realm which dominates this semantic field is wǔ 武 (ant. wén 文 "civil affairs") which refers to any military force or weaponry of any kind, defensive or offensive, and the word is very often abstract in meaning, referring to the abstract matters of military policy.

                Word relations
              • Epithet: 車 / 車/VEHICLE The current general term for a vehicle is chē 車, a term which also refers even more generally to all contraptions with wheels

                Syntactic words
              • nadNarmoured
              • nadVinstrumentwith armed force; with military might 武傷
              • nmweapons
              • vibe martial-minded; be armoured
              械器  xiè qì OC: ɡrɯɯɡs khrɯds MC: ɦɣɛi khi 4 AttributionsWD
                Syntactic words
              • NPnonreferentialweapons
              五兵  wǔ bīng MC: nguX pjaeng OC: ŋaaʔ praŋLZ 3 AttributionsWD
                Syntactic words
              • NPthe five kinds of weapons > weapons in generalLZ
              仗  zhàng OC: daŋʔ MC: ɖi̯ɐŋ 2 AttributionsWD
                Syntactic words
              • nmweapons
              兵甲  bīng jiǎ OC: praŋ kraab MC: pɣaŋ kɣap 2 AttributionsWD
                Syntactic words
              • NPnonreferentialoffensive and defensive weapons of all kinds; weaponry
              彈  tán MC: dan OC: daanCH 2 AttributionsWD
                Syntactic words
              • nslingsCH
              器械  qì xiè MC: khijH heajH OC: khrɯds ɡrɯɯɡsCS 2 AttributionsWD
                Syntactic words
              • NP{N1=N2}nonreferentialweapons of all kindsCS
              戎  róng OC: njuŋ MC: ȵuŋ 1 AttributionWD
                Syntactic words
              • nadNarmed; armoured 戎車,戎路
              堙穴  yīn xué OC: qin ɢʷliiɡ MC: ʔin ɦet 1 AttributionWD
                Syntactic words
              • NPoffensive military attacking device involving inundation???
              弓矢  gōng shǐ OC: kʷɯŋ lʰiʔ MC: kuŋ ɕi 1 AttributionWD
                Syntactic words
              • NPpluralbows and arrows
              戎兵  róng bīng OC: njuŋ praŋ MC: ȵuŋ pɣaŋ 1 AttributionWD
                Syntactic words
              • NPmarms, weapons
              距衝  jù chōng OC: ɡaʔ thjoŋ MC: gi̯ɤ tɕhi̯oŋ 1 AttributionWD
                Syntactic words
              • NPattacking ram???
              金革  jīn gé MC: kim keak OC: krɯm krɯɯɡCH 1 AttributionWD
                Syntactic words
              • NPadNderivedmilitaryCH
              鬭備  dòu bèi MC: tuwH bijH OC: toos brɯɡsLZ 1 AttributionWD
                Syntactic words
              • NParms and armour, means of warfareLZ
              兵刃  bīng rèn MC: pjaeng nyinH OC: praŋ njinsCH 1 AttributionWD
                Syntactic words
              • NPgeneralaggressive weaponsCH
              隆衝  lóng chōng MC: ljuwng -- OC: ɡ-rum thjoŋCH 1 AttributionWD
                Syntactic words
              • NPattacking towerCH
              被具  bèi jù MC: bjeX gjuH OC: bralʔ ɡosCS 1 AttributionWD
                Syntactic words
              • NP{N1=N2}nonreferentialmilitary equipment of all kindsCS
              孑  jié OC: ked MC: kiɛt 0 AttributionsWD
                Syntactic words
              • nweapon　ZUO Zhuang 4 授師孑焉
              軘  tún OC: duun MC: duo̝n 0 AttributionsWD
                Syntactic words
              • vadNarmed (only in 軘車 "armoured vehicle" ZUO
              錞  duì OC: duuls MC: duo̝i 0 AttributionsWD
                Syntactic words
              • nmetal cap on the butt of a weapon
              鐏  zūn OC: dzuuns MC: dzuo̝n 0 AttributionsWD
                Syntactic words
              • nmetal cap on butt-end of a weapon
              戲  xì OC: qhras MC: hiɛ 0 AttributionsWD
                Syntactic words
              • nweapon (of an uncertain kind)
              金  jīn OC: krɯm MC: kim 0 AttributionsWD
                Syntactic words
              • nmmetal weapons 金革 "weapons and armour"
                Click here to add pinyin MC:  OC: CH 0 AttributionsWD
                Syntactic words
              • nslingsCH

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