ACORN  橡子

The FRUIT or seed of the oak-tree; an oval nut growing in a shallow woody cup or cupule.
Hypernym
  • FRUITRIPE SEED ON PLANT or TREE, TYPICALLY HARVESTED by HUMANS FOR EATING.
    Old Chinese Criteria
    [COMMON/RARE]

    [DIALECT/STANDARD]

    1. The standard word for the edible acorn is shù 杼.

    [STANDARD]

    2. Xiàng 橡 is probably a dialect word, and can refer to acorns.

    [DIALECT]; [[RARE]]

    3. Zhù 芧 is probably a dialect word, and can refer to acorns

    [DIALECT]; [[RARE]]

    Modern Chinese Criteria
    橡子

    橡實

    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. 8.66

    Words

    杼  shù OC: ɢljaʔ MC: ʑi̯ɤ 3 AttributionsWD

    The standard word for the edible acorn is shù 杼. [STANDARD]

      Syntactic words
    • nacorn [not to be confused with zhù 杼"shuttle".]
    芧  Click here to add pinyin OC:  MC: 3 AttributionsWD

    Xù 芧 is probably a dialect word, and can refer to acorns [DIALECT]; [[RARE]]

      Syntactic words
    • nacorn
    橡  xiàng OC: sɢlaŋʔ MC: zi̯ɐŋ 1 AttributionWD

    Xiàng 橡 is probably a dialect word, and can refer to acorns. [DIALECT]; [[RARE]]

      Syntactic words
    • nacorn

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