INSIGNIA    微章瑞節

OFFICIAL IMAGE:symbol SHOWING one's RANK OR JOB.
Old Chinese Criteria
huang THIS IS WEIRD AND NEEDS CAREFUL REVISION.
Modern Chinese Criteria
徽章 證章 rough draft to BEGIN TO identify synonym group members for analysis, based on CL etc. 18.11.2003. CH /
See also
  • SEALSYMBOL USED TO PROVE OFFICIAL AUTHORITY of a DOCUMENT by PRODUCING a MARK on that DOCUMENT.
Hypernym
  • SYMBOL ARTEFACT USED FOR REFERRING to something INTENSELY DIFFERENT from that ARTEFACT. (anc: 5/0, child: 13)
  • ARTEFACT THING PRODUCED by MAN. (anc: 4/0, child: 26)
  • THING CONCRETE OBJECT. (anc: 3/0, child: 10)

Words (11 items)

  ruì OC: djols MC: dʑiɛ 14 AttributionsWD
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  • nSHU, yaodian 18: auspicious insignia of rank
  • nfigurativesign of dignity; auspicious sign
  guī MC: kwej OC: kʷee 6 AttributionsWD
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  • njade tablet as sign of rankCH
  jié OC: tsiiɡ MC: tset 2 AttributionsWD
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  • nbamboo insignia of rank or appointment;
珪璋  guī zhāng MC: kwej tsyang OC: kʷee kjaŋ 1 AttributionWD
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  • NPtablets indicating rank and function of an officialCH
  zhāng OC: kjaŋ MC: tɕi̯ɐŋ 1 AttributionWD

Zhāng 章 refers to a ceremonial dress (fú zhāng 服章) decorated in red and white.

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  • nabfigurativeritual sign; symbol (of kinghood etc)
服章  fú zhāng OC: bɯɡ kjaŋ MC: buk tɕi̯ɐŋ 1 AttributionWD

Fú zhāng 服章 refers to a ceremonial dress embroidered with pictures of son, moon, and stars, which expressed status of its owner. One picture was called zhāng 章; an emperor had twelve zhangs, and the number of zhangs was then decreasing with a lower status of the officers.

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  • NPpluralinsignia
  fǔ OC: paʔ MC: pi̯o 0 AttributionsWD

Fǔ 黼 refers to a ceremonial dress (fú zhāng 服章) decorated in black and white.

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  fú OC: pɯd MC: pi̯ut 0 AttributionsWD

Fú 黻 refers to a ceremonial dress (fú zhāng 服章) decorated in black and green (qīng 青).

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瑞節  ruì jié OC: djols tsiiɡ MC: dʑiɛ tset 0 AttributionsWD

Ruì jié 瑞節 refers to jade tallies used in audiences. These have five different kinds according to the ranks of their owners.

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  Click here to add pinyin MC:  OC: 0 AttributionsWD
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  • njade tablet as sign of rankCH
  xiù OC: sɯwɡs MC: sɨu 0 AttributionsWD

Xiù 繡 refers to a ceremonial dress (fú zhāng 服章) decorated in five colors.

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