CINNABAR  丹砂

HEAVY REDDISH MINERAL SUBSTANCE the most important ore of mercury.
Hypernym
  • SUBSTANCETHING NOT SEPARATED into SEPARATE PARTS.
    • THINGCONCRETE OBJECT.
      • OBJECT[NO HYPERNYM.] WHAT one CAN NAME:refer to.
Old Chinese Criteria
1. The standard word is dān 丹.

黄金貴:古漢語同義詞辨釋詞典
HUANG JINGUI 2006

GEOGRAPHY 27.

丹,礦物名,朱砂、丹砂色深紅,通稱。可作顏料,用於唇妝,或用於繪畫、建築,或用於紡織。中醫入藥用,古代道教徒用以化汞煉丹。

沙、朱、丹乾,都是 “ 丹 ” 的異名:

沙,多用作修飾成分,先秦單用不廣,漢以後主要作 “ 丹沙 ” 的構詞語素;

朱,產生於先秦,命名理據來自朱砂的顏色特徵,使用頻率較低;

丹乾,僅見於先秦,用例最少。丹粟,特指細粒的丹砂。

Modern Chinese Criteria
朱砂

丹砂

rough draft to BEGIN TO identify synonym group members for analysis, based on CL etc. 18.11.2003. CH /

    Words

      dān OC: taan MC: tɑn 14 Attributions

    The standard word is dān 丹.

      Syntactic words
    • nmcinnabar
    丹干  dān gān MC: tan kan OC: taan kaanLZ 1 Attribution
      Syntactic words
    • NPmcinnabarLZ

    Existing SW for

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