JADE RING  玉環

RING PRODUCED USING JADE.
Hypernym
  • RINGORNAMENT in the form of a PERFECTLY ROUND SMALL STICK, TYPICALLY PRODUCED USING METAL OR JADE.
    • ORNAMENTARTEFFACT USED so as to PUT it on something FOR EMBELLISHING this thing.
Modern Chinese Criteria
玉環

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

    Words

    璧  bì OC: peɡ MC: piɛk 21 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • ncircular piece of jade, (which could also be of stone), with a hole in the middle, the diameter of the hole being as large as the breadth of the ring around it. One of the liù yù 六玉 used in sacrifices to Heaven and Earth and the Four Directions, as well as in various formal court ceremonials.
    玦  jué OC: kʷeed MC: ket 4 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • njade ring with a gap, to be worn on a belt
    璜  huáng OC: ɡʷaaŋ MC: ɦɑŋ 3 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • nsemi-circle of jade, typically worn on the waist. One of the liù yù 六玉 used in sacrifices to Heaven and Earth and the Four Directions, as well as in various formal court ceremonials. ILLUSTRATION
    瑗  yuàn OC: ɢʷans MC: ɦiɛn 0 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • nbì-like jade ring with a hole that is larger in diameter than the bì 璧, ring-shape jade used in ritual contexts

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