Taxonomy of meanings for 據:　　

  • 據 jù (OC: klas MC: kiɔ) 居御切 去 廣韻：【依也持也引也案也亦姓出姓苑居御切十 】
    • ANNEX
      • vtoNperfectiveoccupy (territory), take possession of
    • LEAN ON
      • vadVleaning (against something)
      • vtoNlean against
    • OBTAIN
      • vtoNlay hold of
    • RELY ONRELY ON
      • nabsomething to base oneself on> base, support
      • vt+prep+Nfigurativerely on N, be founded on N
      • vtoN.adVrelying on, according to, based on
      • vtoNfigurativedepend on; rely on as evidence, adduce as evidence
      • vtoNbase oneself on
      • vtoN.adVrelying on N to VCH
    • SIT
      • vadVsquattingly; squatting on the heels ?? (HYDCD: 據 = 跨，蹲)
      • vtoNsquat on NDS
    • SUPPORT
      • vtoNgive succour to (Unger: Halt geben)
    • PEACEFUL
      • PROVE
        • REALLY
          • FEND OFF
            • LEAP OVER
              • CROSS OVER
                • LENGTH MEASURES
                  • SURNAMES
                    • = 劇

                    Additional information about 據

                    說文解字: 【據】，杖持也。从手、豦聲。 【居御切】

                      Criteria
                    • ANNEX

                      [BASIC/DERIVED]

                      [CURRENT/RARE]

                      [DEROGATORY/COMMENDATORY]

                      [DRAMATIC/UNDRAMATIC]

                      [+FIG/LITERAL]

                      [FORMAL/INFORMAL]

                      [GENERAL/SPECIFIC]

                      [TRANSITORY/LASTING]

                      1. Jiān 兼 "annex" (ant. gē 割 (incidentally, anciently homophone of modern English "cut"!!!) "to cut off") is the neutral word used by the historian to record the facts without bias.

                      [FORMAL], [GENERAL]

                      2. Tūn 吞 "gulp up and annex" is metaphorical in nature, and pejorative as well as dramatic in force.

                      [DERIVED], [DEROGATORY], [DRAMATIC], [INFORMAL]; [[RARE]]

                      3. Bìng 并 "annex" (ant. fēn 分 "separate into two") is less formal, and is the commonest of the three.

                      [GENERAL], [INFORMAL]

                      4. Bìng 並 "annex" (ant. fēn 分 "separate into two") is sometimes used synonymously with bìng 并 but is not anciently homophonous with it, and the word is particularly current in the meaning of "together". See TOGETHER [NB: what confuses the situation is a great deal of printer's confusion in entering these different words, greatly exacerbatged by the problem of computerisation.]

                      [GENERAL], [INFORMAL]

                      5. Yǒu 有 can come to refer to the more or less lasting result of the process of annexation. See GOVERN(INCHOATIVE)

                      [COMMENDATORY], [FORMAL], [INCHOATIVE], [LASTING], [STATE]

                      6. Jù 據 can refer to the more or less lasting the result of the process of annexation.

                      [LASTING], [RESULT], [STATE]; [[RARE]]

                      7. Qǔ 取 refers to successful annexation, typically of a city.

                    • LEAN ON

                      1. The current abstract word for leaning on anything for any purpose is yī 依.

                      2. Fú 扶 typically refers to leaning on something so as to remain upright or walk safely.

                      3. Zhàng 仗 refers to leaning sideways on small objects like swords or canes as a demonstrative act.

                      4. Píng 憑 refers to leaning on something for general stablility.

                      5. Jù 據 refers to leaning forward to use something as support.

                      6. Shì 恃 is sometimes used in a rather abstract and colourless way to refer to using something as physical support.

                      7. Yǐ 倚 is occasionally used interchangeably with yī 依 (with which it is interdefined in SHUOWEN, but the word typically refers to leaning against something rather than vertically on it.

                      Word relations
                    • Object: (RELY ON)籍/DOCUMENT Jǐ2 籍 refers to a formal and official record, typically a population register or a written official statute.
                    • Contrast: (RELY ON)志/ASPIRATION The general term for an aspiration is zhì 志 and verbally zhì yú 志於 "aspire to", and this term always refers to life-long highest aim. [GENERAL]; [[COMMON]]
                    • Assoc: (RELY ON)因/RELY ON The general term for relying on something with confidence is yīn 因.
                    • Assoc: (RELY ON)執/RELY ON
                    • Assoc: (RELY ON)緣/RELY ON
                    • Synon: (RELY ON)案/CONFORM