INSIGNIA  微章瑞節

OFFICIAL IMAGE:symbol SHOWING one's RANK OR JOB.
Hypernym
  • SYMBOLARTEFACT USED FOR REFERRING to something INTENSELY DIFFERENT from that ARTEFACT.
    • ARTEFACTTHING PRODUCED by MAN.
      • THINGCONCRETE OBJECT.
        • OBJECT[NO HYPERNYM.] WHAT one CAN NAME:refer to....
See also
  • SEALSYMBOL USED TO PROVE OFFICIAL AUTHORITY of a DOCUMENT by PRODUCING a MARK on that DOCUMENT.
    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 ／

      Words

      瑞  ruì OC: djols MC: dʑiɛ 14 Attributions
        Syntactic words
      • nSHU, yaodian 18: auspicious insignia of rank
      • nfigurativesign of dignity; auspicious sign
      珪  guī MC: kwej OC: kʷeeCH 6 Attributions
        Syntactic words
      • njade tablet as sign of rankCH
      節  jié OC: tsiiɡ MC: tset 2 Attributions
        Syntactic words
      • nbamboo insignia of rank or appointment;
      章  zhāng OC: kjaŋ MC: tɕi̯ɐŋ 1 Attribution

      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 Attribution

      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.

        Syntactic words
      • NPpluralinsignia
      珪璋  guī zhāng MC: kwej tsyang OC: kʷee kjaŋCH 1 Attribution
        Syntactic words
      • NPtablets indicating rank and function of an officialCH
      繡  xiù OC: sɯwɡs MC: sɨu 0 Attributions

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

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      黻  fú OC: pɯd MC: pi̯ut 0 Attributions

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

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      黼  fǔ OC: paʔ MC: pi̯o 0 Attributions

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

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

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

        Syntactic words
        Click here to add pinyin MC:  OC: CH 0 Attributions
        Syntactic words
      • njade tablet as sign of rankCH

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