ROUND    圓

CURVED IN ALL DIMENSIONS.
CIRCULARRING-SHAPEDDISK-SHAPEDHOOP-SHAPEDSPHERICALSPHEROIDALGLOBULARGLOBE-SHAPEDORB-SHAPEDCYLINDRICALBULBOUSROUNDEDROTUNDTECHNICAL ANNULARDISCOID
Old Chinese Criteria
1. The current general word for roundness is yuán 圓. 2. Tú 凸 refers to convexness. 3. Āo 凹 refers to concaveness, but I have not found the word in pre-Buddhist texts (Southern Dynasties examples are found). 4. Qiú 毬 refers to things of spherical roundness like balls, but the word is exceedingly rare in pre-Buddhist times. See BALL
Modern Chinese Criteria
圓 渾圓 滾圓 溜圓 滴溜兒圓 滾瓜溜圓 團團 團 橢圓 長圓 扁圓 鴨蛋圓 rough draft to BEGIN TO identify synonym group members for analysis, based on CL etc. 18.11.2003. CH ／
Antonym
  • CONCAVESHAPE RESEMLING the INSIDE of HALF a SPHERE.
See also
  • BALLPERFECTLY ROUND THING that CAN BE MOVED.
Hypernym
  • CURVED　SHAPE that is NOT STRAIGHT. (anc: 6/0, child: 3)
  • SHAPE　APPEARANCE of the PLACE something is in, as PERCEIVED by the EYES, DISREGARDING the SUBJECTIVITY of the APPEARANCE. (anc: 5/0, child: 13)
  • APPEARANCE　CLEAR:visible BUT SUBJECTIVELY PERCEIVED FEATURES. (anc: 4/0, child: 6)
  • A Dictionary of Selected Synonyms in the Principal Indo-European Languages ( BUCK 1988) p. 12.81

  • Traite elementaire des synonymes grecques ( DUFOUR 1910) p. 163

  • 古漢語常用詞同義詞詞典 ( HONG CHENGYU 2009) p. 268

    • Words (6 items)

    圓  yuán OC: ɢon MC: ɦiɛn 5 Attributions

    The current general word for roundness is yuán 圓.

      Syntactic words
    • nabstativeroundness
    • vadNround
    • vibe round
    圜  yuán OC: ɢʷen MC: ɦiɛn
    圓  yuán OC: ɢon MC: ɦiɛn 4 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • nsubject=nonrefthat which is round, the round
    • vibe circular, be round
    員  yuán MC: -- OC: ɢon 1 Attribution

      Syntactic words
    • vadN=圓 roundCH
    凸  tū OC: duud MC: duot 0 Attributions

    Tú 凸 refers to convexness.

      Syntactic words
    • viconvex, round on one side
    凹  aō OC: qriiw MC: ʔɣɛu 0 Attributions

    Āo 凹 refers to concaveness, but I have not found the word in pre-Buddhist texts (Southern Dynasties examples are found).

      Syntactic words
    毬  qiú OC: ɡu MC: gɨu 0 Attributions

    Qiú 毬 refers to things of spherical roundness like balls, but the word is exceedingly rare in pre-Buddhist times. See BALL

      Syntactic words