ISLAND    島嶼洲

TERRITORY SURROUNDED by WATER on ALL SIDES
ISLEISLETATOLL(ISLANDS) ARCHIPELAGO
Old Chinese Criteria
1. Zhōu 洲 refers to a sizeable island of silt in a river. 2. Zhǔ 渚 refers to a smaller variety of zhōu 洲. 3. Zhǐ 沚 refers to a tiny island of silt-land in a river. 4. Chí 坻 refers to an even small patch of land in a river. 5. Dǎo 島 refers to a stony island, mostly in the sea, and the word is exceedingly rare in pre-Buddhist times. 6. Yǔ 嶼 refers to a smaller variety of dǎo 島. NB: ERYA makes many of these distinctions.
黄金貴：古漢語同義詞辨釋詞典
HUANG JINGUI 2006 GEOGRAPHY 3. 洲，水中陸地的泛稱，多為泥沙淤積而成。 小洲為渚。 小渚為沚。 小沚為坻。 汀，水中或水邊的小塊平地。 島，江、湖、海中被水環繞的陸地，多為山體。
Antonym
  • MAINLANDLANDSCAPE NOT IMAGINED as SURROUNDED BY SEA.
Hypernym
  • TERRITORY　PLACE INSIDE DEFINED BOUNDARIES. (anc: 5/0, child: 7)
  • PLACE　PART of SPACE that THINGS BE-IN:are-in. (anc: 4/0, child: 39)
  • PART　OBJECT which COMBINES with OTHER OBJECTS to BECOME ONE LARGER WHOLE OBJECT. (anc: 3/0, child: 8)
  • 古代文化詞異集類辨考 Gudai wenhua ci yi ji lei bian kao ( HUANG JINGUI 1995) p. 58

  • Dictionnaire culturel en langue francaise ( REY 2005) p. 2.1804

  • 古辭辨 Gu ci bian ( WANG FENGYANG 1993) p. 37

  • 王力古漢語字典 ( WANG LI 2000) p. 581

    • Words (7 items)

    渚  zhǔ OC: kljaʔ MC: tɕi̯ɤ 5 Attributions

    Zhǔ 渚 refers to a smaller variety of zhōu 洲.

      Syntactic words
    • nrare and poetic: medium size island in a river; island
    洲  zhōu OC: kju MC: tɕɨu 4 Attributions

    Zhōu 洲 refers to a sizeable island of silt in a river.

      Syntactic words
    • nrare and poetic: very large island in a river; island
    沚  zhǐ OC: kljɯʔ MC: tɕɨ 2 Attributions

    Zhǐ 沚 refers to a tiny island of silt-land in a river.

      Syntactic words
    • nvery rare and poetic: small island in a river or in lake; island
    坻  chí OC: dil MC: ɖi 1 Attribution

    Chí 坻 refers to an even small patch of land in a river.

      Syntactic words
    • nvery small small island in a river
    島  dǎo OC: taawʔ MC: tɑu 0 Attributions

    Dǎo 島 refers to a stony island, mostly in the sea, and the word is exceedingly rare in pre-Buddhist times.

      Syntactic words
    • nmountainous or rocky large island, typically in the sea; island in the sea
    嶼  yǔ OC: sɢlaʔ MC: zi̯ɤ 0 Attributions

    Yǔ 嶼 refers to a smaller variety of dǎo 島.

      Syntactic words
    • npost-Han: small rocky island in the sea
    汀  tīng OC: theeŋ MC: theŋ 0 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • nvery rare and poetic: small flat island