RAIN HAT  雨具蓋

HAT one WEARS FOR PROTECTION AGAINST RAIN.
Hypernym
  • HATGARMENT one WEARS on the HEAD.
    • GARMENTCLOTH ARTEFACT WORN by HUMANS IN ORDER TO CAUSE THEMSELVES TO FEEL COMFORTABLE. 
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 ／

    Words

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

    Existing SW for

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