TILE    瓦

CUBE OF BURNT CLAY.
黄金貴：古漢語同義詞辨釋詞典
HUANG JINGUI 2006
Modern Chinese Criteria
瓦 瓦片 rough draft to BEGIN TO identify synonym group members for analysis, based on CL etc. 18.11.2003. CH ／
Hypernym
  • BRICK　BURNT CLAY STONE USED FOR BUILDING BUILDINGS. (anc: 5/0, child: 1)
  • 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. 732

    1. WL contrasts two rare characters for tiles which are not in BIG5.

    • Words (2 items)

    瓦  wǎ OC: ŋʷraalʔ MC: ŋɣɛ 7 Attributions

      Word relations
    • Epithet: 棺/COFFIN The current general word for the coffin is guān 棺, but this term also refers specifically to the inner coffin as opposed to what is translated as "outer coffin", the guǒ 槨. Coffins were generally made of wood and often lacquered; in Han times, stone coffins also came to use.

      Syntactic words
    • nburnt clay; earthenware; tile
    甓  pì OC: beeɡ MC: bek 2 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • nglazed tile; brick