TURBAN  頭巾巾

HAT in the form of a CLOTH TIED AROUND the HEAD.
Hypernym
  • HATGARMENT one WEARS on the HEAD.
    • GARMENTCLOTH ARTEFACT WORN by HUMANS IN ORDER TO CAUSE THEMSELVES TO FEEL COMFORTABLE. 
Old Chinese Criteria
1. The general word for a turban is jīn 巾, and this type of headgear is worn as the only headgear.

2. Zé 幘 is rare in pre-Han times and refers to a piece of thin silk with which to stabilise the hair-bun which parts of which might hang down over the shoulders and down to the eyebrows. Above the zé 幘 one might, occasionally, wear a guān 冠 "hat".

Modern Chinese Criteria
頭巾

網巾

抹額

抹頭

幘

巾幘

襆頭

綸巾

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

  • 古代文化詞異集類辨考 Gudai wenhua ci yi ji lei bian kao ( HUANG JINGUI 1995) p. 704

  • 漢代無知文化資料圖說 ( SUN JI) p. 231

Words

巾  jīn OC: krɯn MC: kin 0 AttributionsWD

The general word for a turban is jīn 巾, and this type of headgear is worn as the only headgear.

    Syntactic words
  • nheadband, tied round the forehead
帕  mò OC: mbraad MC: mɣat 0 AttributionsWD
    Syntactic words
  • nheadgear in the form of a headband indicating one's rank, often worn by the military, and by commoners
幘  zé OC: skreeɡ MC: ʈʂɣɛk 0 AttributionsWD

Zé 幘 is rare in pre-Han times and refers to a piece of thin silk with which to stabilise the hair-bun which parts of which might hang down over the shoulders and down to the eyebrows. Above the zé 幘 one might, occasionally, wear a guān 冠 "hat".

    Syntactic words
  • nHAN: silken headband tied round the hair only, and not the forehead
帩頭  qiào tóu OC: smʰewɡs doo MC: tshiɛu du 0 AttributionsWD
    Syntactic words
  • NPheadscarf

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