CORNER  角落

PLACE where EDGES OR SIDES of something MEET.
BENDCURVECROOKDOG-LEGTURNTURNINGJOGJUNCTIONFORKINTERSECTIONHAIRPIN TURN
Hypernym
  • PLACEPART of SPACE that THINGS BE-IN:are-in.
    • PARTOBJECT which COMBINES with OTHER OBJECTS to BECOME ONE LARGER WHOLE OBJECT.
      • OBJECT[NO HYPERNYM.] WHAT one CAN NAME:refer to.
Old Chinese Criteria
1. The current general word for a corner in anything is yú 隅, but the word very often refers specifically to corners in buildings or man-made structures of any kind. The word often refers to the corner of the wall, usually raised above the level of the wall and with building on it. [SUN 1991: 196]

2. Zōu 陬 primarily refers to corners that are naturally produced, but by extension also to man-made corners.

Modern Chinese Criteria
角落

角

隅

旮旯兒 (coll)

背旮旯兒 (coll)

陬

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. 12.76

  • 《說文段注》“渾言”“析言”在漢語詞義研究中的意義 "Shuowen Duan zhu" "hun yan" "xi yan" zai Hanyu ci yi yanjiu zhong de yiyi 杭州大學學報 Hangzhou daxue xuebao ( CHI CHANGHAI 1991) p. 165

  • 古辭辨 Gu ci bian ( WANG FENGYANG 1993) p. 35

  • 王力古漢語字典 ( WANG LI 2000) p. 1589

    陬，隅

  • 王力古漢語字典 ( WANG LI 2000) p. 1595

    隩，隈

  • 王力古漢語字典 ( WANG LI 2000) p. 846

    稜，柧

Words

隅  yú OC: ŋo MC: ŋi̯o 3 AttributionsWD

The current general word for a corner in anything is yú 隅, but the word very often refers specifically to corners in buildings or man-made structures of any kind. The word often refers to the corner of the wall, usually raised above the level of the wall and with building on it. [SUN 1991: 196]

    Syntactic words
  • ncornerstone; SHI: corner (of a house); SHU: little corner (of the sea); corner of a wall;
  • nab.post-V{NUM}figurative(MOVE TO FEATURE) aspect of a larger whole
  • nabmathematical termCHEMLA 2003:
  • n{PLACE}adVin the corner, in a corner 隅坐"sit in a corner"
陬  jū OC: sko MC: tsi̯o
陬  zōu OC: skoo MC: tsu 1 AttributionWD

Zōu 陬 primarily refers to corners that are naturally produced, but by extension also to man-made corners.

    Syntactic words
  • nGUAN, diyuan: nook in the mountains; ZGC: corner (of the city wall); Zhang Heng, nandufu: mystical region (of the various fairies); > remote region, spot
陬隅  zōu yú OC: skoo ŋo MC: tsu ŋi̯o 1 AttributionWD
    Syntactic words
  • NPadVin the corner
奧  ào 1 AttributionWD
    Syntactic words
  • nthe south-west corner of the houseLZ
窔  yào MC: 'ewH OC: qeewsLZ 1 AttributionWD
    Syntactic words
  • nthe south-east corner of the houseLZ
柧  gū OC: kʷaa MC: kuo̝ 0 AttributionsWD
    Syntactic words
  • ncorner??????
稜  léng OC: b-rɯɯŋ MC: ləŋ 0 AttributionsWD
    Syntactic words
  • nBAN GU, 西都賦???
角  jiǎo OC: krooɡ MC: kɣɔk 0 AttributionsWD
    Syntactic words
  • ncorner
  • nabmathematical termCHEMLA 2003:
隈  wēi OC: quul MC: ʔuo̝i 0 AttributionsWD
    Syntactic words
  • nbend or corner in waterway
隩  ào OC: quuɡs MC: ʔɑu 0 AttributionsWD
    Syntactic words
  • nbend or corner in a waterway

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