LEATHER  皮革

SKIN, LACKING FUR, of ANIMALS OFTEN USED to PRODUCE ARTEFACTS.
Hypernym
  • SKINThe COMPLEX BODY TISSUE which WRAPS the WHOLE BODY of HUMANS AND ANIMALS.
    • BODY TISSUEIMPORTANT NOT LIQUID SUBSTANCES IN THE BODY.
      • SUBSTANCETHING NOT SEPARATED into SEPARATE PARTS.
        • THINGCONCRETE OBJECT....
Old Chinese Criteria
1. The general word for leather or hide with fur removed is gé 革.

2. Wéi 韋 refers to softened leather.

3. Kuò 鞹 refers very specifically to the the leather of animals after all fur has been removed.

Modern Chinese Criteria
皮革

皮子

革

皮

韋

皮張

漆皮

紋皮

翻皮

麂皮

牛皮

豬皮

羊皮

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. 6.29

  • 王力古漢語字典 ( WANG LI 2000) p. 1626

    革，皮，韋

  • 王力古漢語字典 ( WANG LI 2000) p. 774

    皮，革

    1. WL claims that pi2 皮 refers to fur with hair on, but this is not quite right:

    ZUO Xi 14.4.2 (646 B.C.); Ya2ng Bo2ju4n 348; Wa2ng Sho3uqia1n et al. 246; tr. Legge 162

    虢射曰： Guo2 She4 said,

    「皮之不存， "When the skin has been lost,

    毛將安傅？」 where can you place the hair?"

    The fact is that pi2 皮 refers to the kind of skin on which fur naturally grows. That is quite a different matter. Pi2 ma2o 皮 is there not necessarily a synonym compound:

    ZHUANG 28.1.4 Guo Qingfan 966; Wang Shumin 1118; Fang Yong 778; Chen Guying 744

    冬日衣皮毛， In wintertime I wear skins and furs;

    The opposition is explained again on p. 1626 in a different way!!!

  • 古漢語常用詞同義詞詞典 ( HONG CHENGYU 2009) p. 91

Words

革  gé OC: krɯɯɡ MC: kɣɛk 10 Attributions

The general word for leather or hide with fur removed is gé 革.

    Word relations
  • Assoc: 木/TIMBER Mù 木 is frequently used adjectivally to designate something as made of timber.
  • Assoc: 皮/SKIN The general word is pí 皮 which refers to all aspects of the skin, typically skin of animals with its natural fur.

    Syntactic words
  • nmleather; hide, often with fur removed
  • nmadNleather-armoured
韋  wéi OC: ɢul MC: ɦɨi 3 Attributions

Wéi 韋 refers to softened leather.

    Syntactic words
  • nccleather hide; leather belt
  • nmadNmade of softened leather
皮革  pí gé OC: bral krɯɯɡ MC: biɛ kɣɛk 3 Attributions
    Syntactic words
  • NPleather of any kind
鞹  kuò OC: khʷaaɡ MC: khɑk 2 Attributions

Kuò 鞹 refers very specifically to the the leather of animals after all fur has been removed.

    Syntactic words
  • nmraw hide without hair, shorn hide
  • nmadNleather-, made of leather
靼  dá MC: tat OC: -- 2 Attributions

    Syntactic words
  • nadNmade of soft leatherVK
皮  pí OC: bral MC: biɛ 0 Attributions
    Syntactic words
  • nm(ordinary) leather

Existing SW for

Here are Syntactic Words already defined in the database: