EAR    耳朵耳

ORGAN of HEARING.
Old Chinese Criteria
1. The current standard word for the ear is ěr 耳. 2. Guó 聝 is a rare word referring to the ear cut off dead soldiers in war.
Modern Chinese Criteria
耳 耳朵 耳根 中耳 鼓室 內耳 rough draft to BEGIN TO identify synonym group members for analysis, based on CL etc. 18.11.2003. CH ／
Hypernym
  • ORGAN　BODY PART used for BASIC FUNCTIONS of LIFE. (anc: 3/0, child: 16)
  • Not defined　 (anc: 2/0, child: 203)
  • PRIME　 (anc: 1/0, child: 2)
Other Hypernyms
  • Not defined　 (anc: 2/0, child: 203)
  • PRIME　 (anc: 1/0, child: 2)
  • 　 (anc: 0/0, child: 0)
  • Novyj objasnitel'nyj Slovar' Sinonimov Russkogo Jazyka ( APRESJAN 2004) p. 1047

  • A Dictionary of Selected Synonyms in the Principal Indo-European Languages ( BUCK 1988) p. 4.22

  • Bibliographisches Handbuch zur Sprachinhaltsforschung. Teil II. Systematischer Teil. B. Ordnung nach Sinnbezirken (mit einem alphabetischen Begriffsschluessel): Der Mensch und seine Welt im Spiegel der Sprachforschung ( FRANKE 1989) p. 7

    OHR

  • A Russian-English Collocational Dictionary of the Human Body ( IORDANSKAJA 1996) p. 379

  • Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the Other Italic Languages ( DE VAAN 2008) p.

    auris 'ear' [f. i] (P1.+)

    Derivatives: auricula 'ear' (P1.+), auscultare 'to listen' (P1.+), inaures, -ium

    'ear-rings' (P1.+).

    • Words (3 items)

    耳  ěr OC: mljɯʔ MC: ȵɨ 55 Attributions

    The current standard word for the ear is ěr 耳.

      Word relations
    • Object: 揜 / 掩 / 奄/COVER Yǎn 掩/揜 is an informal word which focusses on the deliberate act by a human, executed with his hand, which is designed to prevent something from being discovered or from getting in touch with other things.
    • Assoc: 目/EYE The general word for the eye, including the area around the eye is mù 目(thus when one shāng mù 傷目 what is injured is not necessarily the eyeball itself). (This is a very flexible word which also has verbal uses. For which see SEE.)
    • Oppos: 目/EYE The general word for the eye, including the area around the eye is mù 目(thus when one shāng mù 傷目 what is injured is not necessarily the eyeball itself). (This is a very flexible word which also has verbal uses. For which see SEE.)

      Syntactic words
    • n(post-N)the contextually determinate N's earsCH
    • n(post-N.)adVinstrumentwith N's ears
    • n[post-N]pluralhuman ears; one's ears
    • n[post-N]pluralone's earsCH
    • n[post-npro1]my ears
    • nadVobjectfor the ear 耳語
    • nfigurativeear (of a di3ng vessel etc)
    • npost-NN's ear(s)LZ
    • npostVt(.post-N)one's earsCH
    馘  guó OC: kʷrɯɯɡ MC: kɣɛk 5 Attributions

    Guó 聝 is a rare word referring to the ear cut off dead soldiers in war.

      Word relations
    • Epithet: 俘/PRISONER Lǔ 虜 and fú 俘 refer to a prisoner of war who has been captured in battle.

      Syntactic words
    • nleft ear of a killed enemy cut off as proof of one's military achievement
    聃  dān OC: nʰaam MC: thɑm 0 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • nexceedingly rare, except as proper name of Laozi: long, pendulous ears