RAIN HAT    雨具

HAT one WEARS FOR PROTECTION AGAINST RAIN.
Old Chinese Criteria
1. Lì 笠 refers to a large bamboo or reed hat used as protection against rain (and sun). 2. Dēng 簦 refers to a kind of lì 笠 with a handle attached to it. 3. Sǎn 傘 refers to a square dēng 簦, and from Three Kingdom times onwards these could be opened and closed and developed into the predecessor of the modern umbrella.
Modern Chinese Criteria
笠 rough draft to BEGIN TO identify synonym group members for analysis, based on CL etc. 18.11.2003. CH /
Hypernym
  • HAT GARMENT one WEARS on the HEAD. (anc: 6/0, child: 4)
  • GARMENT CLOTH ARTEFACT WORN by HUMANS IN ORDER TO CAUSE THEMSELVES TO FEEL COMFORTABLE.  (anc: 5/0, child: 17)
  • ARTEFACT THING PRODUCED by MAN. (anc: 4/0, child: 26)

Words (4 items)

笠子  lì zǐ OC: ɡ-rub sklɯʔ MC: lip tsɨ 2 Attributions
    Syntactic words
  • NPlarge strawhat for protection against sun and rain
  lì OC: ɡ-rub MC: lip 1 Attribution

Lì 笠 refers to a large bamboo or reed hat used as protection against rain (and sun).

    Syntactic words
  • na large hat to protect against sun and rain
  dēng OC: tɯɯŋ MC: təŋ 1 Attribution

Dēng 簦 refers to a kind of lì 笠 with a handle attached to it.

    Syntactic words
  • numbrella; a large-hat-like object used to protect the bearer against rain, but with a handle to hold it up
  sǎn OC: saanʔ MC: sɑn 0 Attributions

Sǎn 傘 refers to a square dēng 簦, and from Three Kingdom times onwards these could be opened and closed and developed into the predecessor of the modern umbrella.

    Syntactic words
  • nQin silk texts: square umbrella