PEARL    珠

SMALL SHINING BALL which GROWS IN MUSSELS.
Old Chinese Criteria
1. The standard word for a rounded pearl is zhū 珠. 2. Jī 璣 refers to a smaller variety of a non-round pearl.
Modern Chinese Criteria
珍珠 真珠 珠子 珠 珠花 串珠 rough draft to BEGIN TO identify synonym group members for analysis, based on CL etc. 18.11.2003. CH ／
Hypernym
  • BALL　PERFECTLY ROUND THING that CAN BE MOVED. (anc: 6/0, child: 2)
  • TOY　ARTEFACT USED FOR PLAYING with. (anc: 5/0, child: 2)
  • ARTEFACT　THING PRODUCED by MAN. (anc: 4/0, child: 26)
  • Verzeichnis und Motivindex der Han-Darstellungen ( FINSTERBUSCH 2000) p. 785

    Perle/Perlenkette:

  • The Impact of Buddhim on Chinese Material Culture ( KIESCHNICK 2003) p. 116-137

    A history of the rosary in China

  • 古辭辨 Gu ci bian ( WANG FENGYANG 1993) p. 75

  • 王力古漢語字典 ( WANG LI 2000) p. 714

    珠，璣

    1. The zhu1 珠 is round, ji1 璣 non-rounded and smaller.

  • 王力古漢語字典 ( WANG LI 2000) p. 726

    珠，璣

    Note that this note repeats what was ssaid on p. 714!!!

  • Encyclopedia of Religion ( JONES 2005) p.

    • Words (9 items)

    珠  zhū OC: tjo MC: tɕi̯o 12 Attributions

    The standard word for a rounded pearl is zhū 珠.

      Word relations
    • Epithet: 明/BRIGHT The general term for what appears luminous or bright in the broadest sense of these terms is míng 明 (ant. àn 暗 "dark" and yǐn 隱 "dark"), a word heavily laden with religious overtones.
    • Assoc: 玉/JADE

      Syntactic words
    • npearl, bead
    • nmadNmade of pearls; decorated with pearls
    珠璣  zhū jī OC: tjo kɯl MC: tɕi̯o kɨi 3 Attributions

    Jī 璣 refers to a smaller variety of a non-round pearl.

      Syntactic words
    • NPpluralpearls of all kinds
    摩尼  mó ní OC: maal nil MC: mʷɑ ɳi 2 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • NPbuddhistBUDDH: the Maṇi pearl (said to have the power of removing illnesses and disasters and, more abstractly, mental afflictions; metaphor for absolute purity; there are numerous terms and references to maṇi pearls in sūtra literature); SANSKRIT maṇi, cintā-maṇi
    寶珠  bǎo zhū OC: puuʔ tjo MC: pɑu tɕi̯o 2 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • NPprecious pearl, precious bead
    璣  jī OC: kɯl MC: kɨi 2 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • npearl of non-round shape
    車磲  chē qú OC: khlja ga MC: tɕhɣɛ gi̯ɤ 1 Attribution
      Syntactic words
    • NPmmother of pearl
    珧  yáo OC: k-lew MC: jiɛu 1 Attribution
      Syntactic words
    • nmother of pearl
    珠子  zhū zǐ OC: tjo sklɯʔ MC: tɕi̯o tsɨ 0 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • NPpearl; pearls
    玫  méi OC: mɯɯl MC: muo̝i 0 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • nkind of pearl