LADDER    梯子梯

A TOOL PRODUCED USING TIMBER, BAMBOO, OR ROPE, USED TO ASCEND OR DESCEND WALLS ETC..
Old Chinese Criteria
1. Current general word for a ladder is tī 梯, and it refers to the movable construction made ussually of wood which can be used to climb a wall, floor etc. The term is often used for the ladders used to attack city walls. 2. Gōu yuán 鉤援 refers in SHIJING probably to a ladder with hooks to climb city walls. (According to some scholars, the term refers to the crooked and straight weapons, but it seems less probable in a context in which the words are found.)
Hypernym
  • TOOL　ARTEFACT PRODUCED FOR USE USING a DEFINED METHOD. (anc: 5/0, child: 53)
  • ARTEFACT　THING PRODUCED by MAN. (anc: 4/0, child: 26)
  • THING　CONCRETE OBJECT. (anc: 3/0, child: 10)
  • Verzeichnis und Motivindex der Han-Darstellungen ( FINSTERBUSCH 2000) p. 770

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    • Words (3 items)

    梯  tī OC: lʰiil MC: thei 1 Attribution

    Current general word for a ladder is tī 梯, and it refers to the movable construction made ussually of wood which can be used to climb a wall, floor etc. The term is often used for the ladders used to attack city walls.

    • 漢代の文物 Kandai no bunbutsu ( HAYASHI 1976) p. {pp. 71, tab. 4-45??}

    • () p. {87-29}

    • 古辭辨 Gu ci bian ( WANG FENGYANG 1993) p. 202

    • 中國佛教百科全書 Zhōngguó fójiào bǎikē quánshū Encyclopedic Book Collection on Chinese Buddhism ( YANG WEIZHONG 2000) p. {10-2}

      Syntactic words
    • nladder
    階  jiē OC: kriid MC: kɣɛi 0 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • nstairs> ladder
    鉤援  gōu yuán OC: koo ɢʷan MC: ku ɦi̯ɐn 0 Attributions

    Gōu yuán 鉤 援 refers in SHIJING probably to a ladder with hooks to climb city walls. According to differrent opinion, the term refers to the crooked and straight weapons, but it seems less probable in a context in which the words are found.

    • [100 page synonym dictionary which I have in Oslo and shall identify.CH] ( XIANG 1997) p. 193

      Syntactic words