GARGOYLE  脊飾

SCULPTURE as ORNAMENT ON a ROOF.
Hypernym
  • ORNAMENTARTEFFACT USED so as to PUT it on something FOR EMBELLISHING this thing.
    • ARTEFACTTHING PRODUCED by MAN.
      • THINGCONCRETE OBJECT.
        • OBJECT[NO HYPERNYM.] WHAT one CAN NAME:refer to....
Old Chinese Criteria
1. The standard word chī wěn 鴟吻 is first attested in TANG, but the fish-tail gargoyle is found in archeological finds from Han times. See HUANG's illustrations.

  • 古代文化詞異集類辨考 Gudai wenhua ci yi ji lei bian kao ( HUANG JINGUI 1995) p. 1168

  • 漢代無知文化資料圖說 ( SUN JI) p. 168

Words

吻獸  wěn shòu OC: mɯnʔ qjus MC: mi̯un ɕɨu 0 Attributions
    Syntactic words
  • npost-Han, YUAN: gargoyle on the descending eaves on the main roof; not attested in Han times
鴟吻  chī wěn OC: thjil mɯnʔ MC: tɕhi mi̯un 0 Attributions

The standard word chī wěn 鴟吻 is first attested in TANG, but the fish-tail gargoyle is found in archeological finds from Han times. See HUANG's illustrations.

    Syntactic words
  • NPTANG: gargoyle in the shape of fantastic animals on the rooftop, typically in the shape of a fantastic fish-tail, as current in Han times
鴟尾  chī wěi OC: thjil mɯlʔ MC: tɕhi mɨi 0 Attributions
    Syntactic words
  • NPYANSHIJIAXUN: gargoyle on the rooftop, typically in the shape of a fantastic fish-tail, as current in Han times

Existing SW for

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