OFFICIAL HAT    官帽冕

RITUAL HAT worn by OFFICIAL.
Old Chinese Criteria
1. Miǎn 冕 refers specifically to the ceremonial hat worn by the emperor or the highest officials on the occasion of sacrifices, feasts and other special occasions. The kinds of miǎn 冕 worn were distinguished by rank. 2. Biàn 弁 refers to the ceremonial hats worn as signs of their dignity, on lesser occasions, by high officials including the emperor himself, and often this is specified as a pí biàn 皮弁. 3. Gǔn 袞 refers to the special official hat worn by the emperor, and the word is quite rare. In fact the word comes close to the meaning of "crown", except that no metal was involved.
Modern Chinese Criteria
官帽 rough draft to BEGIN TO identify synonym group members for analysis, based on CL etc. 18.11.2003. CH ／
Hypernym
  • HAT　GARMENT one WEARS on the HEAD. (anc: 6/0, child: 4)
  • GARMENT　CLOTH ARTEFACT WORN by HUMANS IN ORDER TO CAUSE THEMSELVES TO FEEL COMFORTABLE.  (anc: 5/0, child: 17)
  • ARTEFACT　THING PRODUCED by MAN. (anc: 4/0, child: 26)
  • 古代文化詞異集類辨考 Gudai wenhua ci yi ji lei bian kao ( HUANG JINGUI 1995) p. 695

  • 古辭辨 Gu ci bian ( WANG FENGYANG 1993) p. 153

    • Words (10 items)

    冕  miǎn OC: mronʔ MC: miɛn
    絻  miǎn OC: mronʔ MC: miɛn 15 Attributions

    Miǎn 冕 refers specifically to the ceremonial hat worn by the emperor or the highest officials on the occasion of sacrifices, feasts and other special occasions. The kinds of miǎn 冕 worn were distinguished by rank.

      Word relations
    • Assoc: 服/COURT DRESS The general ancient term for formal dress, for what one is wearing when properly dressed up is fú 服.
    • Assoc: 軒/CARRIAGE The most general word for high class means of personal transport is perhaps xuān 軒, but see chē 車 in the more general VEHICLE.

      Syntactic words
    • nhat worn by emperors and the very highest officials 冕者，冠也，大夫之服也。
    • nabfigurativeofficial appointmentCH
    • viactwear an official hat
    冠  guān OC: koon MC: kʷɑn 13 Attributions

      Word relations
    • Epithet: 纓/RIBBON Yīng 纓 refers specifically to one of two ribbons used to keep hat straight. The word also refers to the colour ribbon worn by a woman when having reached an age for marriage; it was also used for tying fragrant things.

      Syntactic words
    • nofficial headgear; hat for ceremonial use
    皮弁  pí biàn OC: bral brons MC: biɛ biɛn 11 Attributions

    Biàn 弁 refers to the ceremonial hats worn as signs of their dignity, on lesser occasions, by high officials including the emperor himself, and often this is specified as a pí biàn 皮弁.

      Syntactic words
    • NPleather official hat
    弁  biàn OC: brons MC: biɛn 5 Attributions

    Biàn 弁 refers to the ceremonial hats worn as signs of their dignity, on lesser occasions, by high officials including the emperor himself, and often this is specified as a pí biàn 皮弁.

      Word relations
    • Epithet: 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
    • nfairly distinguished cap
    章甫  zhāng fǔ OC: kjaŋ paʔ MC: tɕi̯ɐŋ pi̯o 3 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • NPofficial headgear
    • VPiwear official headgear
    袞  gǔn OC: kluunʔ MC: kuo̝n 2 Attributions

    Gǔn 袞 refers to the special official hat worn by the emperor, and the word is quite rare. In fact the word comes close to the meaning of "crown", except that no metal was involved.

      Syntactic words
    • nceremonial hat worn by the Son of Heaven, a special kind of miǎn 冕. Current in Later Han times.
    龍袞  lóng gǔn OC: b-roŋ kluunʔ MC: li̯oŋ kuo̝n 1 Attribution
      Syntactic words
    • VPiactwear dragon-pattern hat
    裨冕  pí miǎn MC: bjie mjenX OC: be mronʔ 1 Attribution
      Syntactic words
    • NPofficial hat worn by lower dignitariesLZ
    冔  xǔ OC: qhʷaʔ MC: hi̯o 0 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • nceremonial cap
    絻  miǎn OC: mronʔ MC: miɛn 0 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • nmourning hat or hair dress. See 冕.