PHYSIOGNOMY  面相學

METHOD of OBSERVING the BODY of someone and GUESSING his REAL NATURE.
Hypernym
  • METHODSYSTEM of ACTS USING which one is ABLE to SUCCEED IN a TASK. 
    • SYSTEMTRANSPARENTLY OR EXPLICITLY ORDERED COMPLEX WHOLE.
      • WHOLEPERFECT so as to LACK NONE OF ITS PARTS.
        • PERFECTCOMPLETELY AND INTENSELY EXCELLENT....
Hyponym
  • CHIROMANCY　METHOD of GUESSING the BASIC NATURE of a HUMAN by OBSERVING his/her HAND.
    • Anthologia sive Florilegium rerum et materiarum selectarum ( LANGIUS 1631) p.

      PHYSIOGNOMIA

    • Historisches Woerterbuch der Philosophie ( RITTER 1971-2007) p. 7.955

      PHYSIOGNOMIK

    • Historisches Woerterbuch der Rhetorik ( UEDING 1992ff) p. 6.1083-1190

    • "Sachwoerterbuch zum Alten China" ( UNGER SACH) p.

      PHYSIOGNOMIE

    • Encyclopedia of Comparative Iconography ( ROBERTS 1998) p. 725

    Attributions by syntactic funtion

    • vtoN : 15
    • nab : 1

    Attributions by text

    • 韓非子 : 7
    • 荀子 : 3
    • 史記 : 2
    • 春秋左傳 : 2
    • 呂氏春秋 : 1
    • 楚辭 : 1

    Words

    相  xiàng OC: sqaŋs MC: si̯ɐŋ 16 AttributionsWD

    Xiàng 相 is specifically to assess the basic inner true qualities of something on the basis of external features, as in physiognomy or the art of assessing the true quality horses by heir appearance.

      Syntactic words
    • nabphysiognomisingLZ
    • vtoNadjudicate, assess; observe carefully; often specifically: physiognomise by examining the whole body and not only the face

    Existing SW for

    Here are Syntactic Words already defined in the database:

      Searching Wikidata

      Type: