WELL    井子

SMALL BUILDING USED FOR FETCHING WATER FROM DEEP INSIDE THE EARTH.
Old Chinese Criteria
huang
Modern Chinese Criteria
井 水井 枯井 眢井 機井 管井 洋井 rough draft to BEGIN TO identify synonym group members for analysis, based on CL etc. 18.11.2003. CH ／
Hypernym
  • BUILDING　BIG ARTEFACT PRODUCED FOR HUMANS OR ANIMALS to DWELL in OR BE-IN, or MOVE ON. (anc: 5/0, child: 23)
  • ARTEFACT　THING PRODUCED by MAN. (anc: 4/0, child: 26)
  • THING　CONCRETE OBJECT. (anc: 3/0, child: 10)
  • A Dictionary of Selected Synonyms in the Principal Indo-European Languages ( BUCK 1988) p. 1.37

  • Verzeichnis und Motivindex der Han-Darstellungen ( FINSTERBUSCH 1966) p. 204

  • Verzeichnis und Motivindex der Han-Darstellungen ( FINSTERBUSCH 2000) p. 729

    Brunnen; Wellenbrunnen:

    Wells are commonly depicted in Han reliefs.

  • Handwörterbuch des deutschen Aberglaubens ( BAECHTHOLD-STAEUBLI 1987) p. 1.1672

    • Words (2 items)

    井  jǐng OC: skeŋʔ MC: tsiɛŋ 14 Attributions

      Word relations
    • Assoc: 市/MARKET The current general term for a market is shì 市.

      Syntactic words
    • nwell
    • nadNin a wellCH
    埳井  kǎn jǐng OC: khloomʔ skeŋʔ MC: khəm tsiɛŋ 1 Attribution
      Syntactic words
    • NPabandoned shallow well