TROWEL    抹子

A TOOL PRODUCED USING METAL, USED FOR PLASTERING WALLS.
Old Chinese Criteria
1. Wū 圬／釫 and màn 鏝／槾 are different dialect words for the trowel, which could be made of metal or of wood.
Modern Chinese Criteria
抹子 rough draft to BEGIN TO identify synonym group members for analysis, based on CL etc. 18.11.2003. CH ／
Hypernym
  • TOOL　ARTEFACT PRODUCED FOR USE USING a DEFINED METHOD. (anc: 5/0, child: 53)
  • ARTEFACT　THING PRODUCED by MAN. (anc: 4/0, child: 26)
  • THING　CONCRETE OBJECT. (anc: 3/0, child: 10)
  • 王力古漢語字典 ( WANG LI 2000) p. 1512

    圬，槾，鏝

    • Words (2 items)

    鏝鏝  màn mán OC: moons moon MC: mʷɑn mʷɑn 0 AttributionsWD

    Wū 圬／釫 and màn 鏝／槾 are different dialect words for the trowel, which could be made of metal or of wood.

      Syntactic words
    • ntrowel
    杇  wū OC: qʷlaa MC: ʔuo̝
    杇  wū OC: qʷlaa MC: ʔuo̝
    杇  wū OC: qʷlaa MC: ʔuo̝ 0 AttributionsWD

    Wū 圬／釫 and màn 鏝／槾 are different dialect words for the trowel, which could be made of metal or of wood.

      Syntactic words
    • ntrowel, instrument for plastering