HORN  角　角

LONG BONES GROWING ON the HEADS of BOVINES AND OVINES ETC.
Hypernym
  • BODY TISSUEIMPORTANT NOT LIQUID SUBSTANCES IN THE BODY.
    • SUBSTANCETHING NOT SEPARATED into SEPARATE PARTS.
      • THINGCONCRETE OBJECT.
        • OBJECT[NO HYPERNYM.] WHAT one CAN NAME:refer to....
Old Chinese Criteria
1. The current general term refering to a horn is jiǎo 角.

2. Xī 犀 refers to a rhinoceros horn.

3. Jiū 觓 refers to a curved horn.

4. Qiú 觩 is another (dialect?) word for jiū 觓.

5. Jī 觭 refers to a single one of a pair of horns.

6. Gé 觡 refers to a bone horn.

7. Ní 觬 refers to a horn of an abnormal shape.

Modern Chinese Criteria
角

犄角

鹿茸

茸 Bk

鹿角

犀角

牛角

羚羊角

rough draft to BEGIN TO identify synonym group members for analysis, based on CL etc. 18.11.2003. CH ／

  • A Dictionary of Selected Synonyms in the Principal Indo-European Languages ( BUCK 1988) p. 4.17

Attributions by syntactic funtion

  • n : 12
  • NP : 3
  • vi : 2
  • nmadN : 2
  • npost-N : 1

Attributions by text

  • 韓非子 : 5
  • 禮記 : 4
  • 祖堂集 : 4
  • 淮南子 : 2
  • 論語 : 1
  • 呂氏春秋 : 1
  • 賢愚經 : 1
  • 山海經 : 1
  • 毛詩 : 1

Words

角  jiǎo OC: krooɡ MC: kɣɔk 9 AttributionsWD

The current general term refering to a horn is jiǎo 角.

    Word relations
  • Assoc: 爪/CLAWS The current word for the claws or fingernails is zhuǎ 爪.
  • Assoc: 齒/IVORY
  • Assoc: 骨/BONE By far the most general and current word for all kinds of bones is gǔ 骨. [GENERAL]; [[CURRENT+]]

    Syntactic words
  • nhorn (of a rhino); horns (of bovines)
  • vihave horns, be horned
犀  xī OC: sliil MC: sei 3 AttributionsWD

Xī 犀 refers to a rhinoceros horn.

    Syntactic words
  • nrhinoceros horn
  • nmadNmade of rhinoceros horn
觿  huī OC: qhʷle MC: hiɛ 3 AttributionsWD
    Syntactic words
  • npointed horn used for untying knots; knot-horn
頭角  tóu jiǎo OC: doo krooɡ MC: du kɣɔk 2 AttributionsWD
  • Facets of the Life and Teaching of Chan Master Yunmen Wenyan (864-949) ( APP 1987) p. 325, fn.989

    Syntactic words
  • NPbuddhisthorn on the head > horns (in Chán/Zen Buddhist texts 'growing horns on one's head' is often as metaphor for dualistic thinking and attachment (i.e. something articificial). Often in connection with the verb shuōzhe 說著 indicating that verbal explanations do not suffice to express enllightenment)
觩  qiú OC: ɡru MC: gi̯u 1 AttributionWD

Qiú 觩 is another (dialect?) word for jiū觓.

    Syntactic words
  • vibe long and curved; horn-shaped
甲  jiǎ MC: kaep OC: kraabCH 1 AttributionWD
    Syntactic words
  • npost-N犀甲"rhino horn": horn of an NCH
角觡  jiǎo gé MC: kaewk kaek OC: krooɡ kraaɡCH 1 AttributionWD
    Syntactic words
  • NPpluralhorns of all kindsCH
觓  qiú OC: ɡriw MC: gi̯u 0 AttributionsWD

Jiū 觓 refers to a curved horn.

    Syntactic words
  • vadNhorn-shaped; long and curved
觡  gé OC: kraaɡ MC: kɣɛk 0 AttributionsWD

Gé 觡 refers to a bone horn.

    Syntactic words
  • nhorn of deer; antlers
  • nbonehorns, antlers
觭  qī OC: khral MC: khiɛ 0 AttributionsWD

Jī 觭 refers to a single one of a pair of horns.

    Syntactic words
  • none horn turning up and one turning down (YI)
觬  ní OC:  MC: ŋei 0 AttributionsWD

Ní 觬 refers to a horn of an abnormal shape.

    Syntactic words
觲  xīng MC: -- OC: -- 0 AttributionsWD

xīng

    Syntactic words
  • nhorn and wood well adjusted (in a bow) (SHUOWEN)
觺  yí OC: ŋɡɯ MC: ŋɨ 0 AttributionsWD

Yí 觺 refers to the sharpness of a horn.

    Syntactic words
  • vibe horn-shaped

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