WEAPON    武器武

TOOL USED FOR ATTACK OR DEFENSE IN WARFARE.
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Old Chinese Criteria
1. The general term for weapons and the military political realm which dominates this semantic field is wǔ 武 (ant. wén 文 "civil affairs") which refers to any military force or weaponry of any kind, defensive or offensive, and the word is very often abstract in meaning, referring to the abstract matters of military policy. 2. Bīng 兵 refers to warfare as a military practice rather than as a political means to achieve ends, and it is significant that the word has no obvious antonym. 3. Gān gē 干戈 is a current expression for weapons of war in general.
Modern Chinese Criteria
武器 火器 軍火 軍械 器械 戰具 兵戎 兵刃 兵器 甲兵 兵 鐵 械 刀兵 刀槍 槍炮 槍桿子 傢伙 家生 鋒鏑 rough draft to BEGIN TO identify synonym group members for analysis, based on CL etc. 18.11.2003. CH ／
Hyponym
  • ARMOUR　DEFENSIVE WEAPONS to SAFEGUARD one's BODY IN-RELATION-TO ATTACK.  (anc: 7/0, child: 2)
  • AXEnew-e376f038-47dd-4760-b6f0-3847dd9760da　TOOL OR WEAPON with a HANDLE and a BLADE, TYPICALLY for SPLITTING WOOD. (anc: 7/0, child: 0)
  • BOW　WEAPON one USES to SHOOT ARROWS with. (anc: 7/0, child: 0)
  • SWORD　WEAPON RESEMBLING an INTENSELY BIG KNIFE. (anc: 7/0, child: 0)
  • LANCE　LONG SHARP WEAPON USED FOR THROWING AGAINST the ENEMY. (anc: 7/0, child: 0)
  • FIREARM　WEAPON USING GUNPOWDER to SHOOT. (anc: 7/0, child: 1)
  • SLING　WEAPON PRODUCED USING TIMBER, USED FOR THROWING SMALL STONES. (anc: 7/0, child: 0)
  • HARPOON　LANCE with STRING USED to CATCH FISH. (anc: 7/0, child: 0)
  • MISSILE　WEAPON one THROWS OR SHOOTS at an ENEMY FOR HARMING him. (anc: 7/0, child: 1)
See also
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)
  • A Dictionary of Selected Synonyms in the Principal Indo-European Languages ( BUCK 1988) p. 20.21

  • De differentiis ( DIFFERENTIAE I) p. 413

    39. Etymolog. lib. XVIII, cap. 5. Aliud discrimen apud Fest. dict. Arma.

    --Serv., ad ill. IX Aen.: Telorum effundere contra omne genus.

    Ibid. Vat. post hanc differentiam inserit: Inter [col. 15D] aquam et undam, etc., ut num. 65. [AREV.]

    ]

    39. Inter Arma et tela. Arma sunt quibus defendimur [ Al., defendimus], tela quae mittimus [ Al., emittimus]. Item arma belli sunt, armamenta navium.

  • Verzeichnis und Motivindex der Han-Darstellungen ( FINSTERBUSCH 1966) p. 248

    Waffen:

  • Lateinische Synonymik ( MENGE) p. 156

  • "Sachwoerterbuch zum Alten China" ( UNGER SACH) p.

    WAFFEN, SCHUSSWAFFEN

  • Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the Other Italic Languages ( DE VAAN 2008) p.

    arma, -orum 'arms, weapons' [n.pl. o] (P1.+; gen.pl. armum Pac., Acc.)

    Derivatives: armatus 'armed' (P1.+); armentum 'herd of cattle' (Var., Lucr.+),

    armenta 'id.' (Enn., Pac.); armiger 'armour-bearer, squire' (P1.+), armare 'to arm,

    equip' (Cic.+); inermis 'unarmed' (P1.+).

  • Handbook of Greek Synonymes, from the French of M. Alex. Pillon, Librarian of the Bibliothèque Royale , at Paris, and one of the editors of the new edition of Plaché's Dictionnaire Grec-Français, edited, with notes, by the Rev. Thomas Kerchever Arnold, M.A. Rector of Lyndon, and late fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge ( PILLON 1850) p. no.342

  • Bibliographisches Handbuch zur Sprachinhaltsforschung. Teil II. Systematischer Teil. B. Ordnung nach Sinnbezirken (mit einem alphabetischen Begriffsschluessel): Der Mensch und seine Welt im Spiegel der Sprachforschung ( FRANKE 1989) p. 149B

  • Bibliographisches Handbuch zur Sprachinhaltsforschung. Teil II. Systematischer Teil. B. Ordnung nach Sinnbezirken (mit einem alphabetischen Begriffsschluessel): Der Mensch und seine Welt im Spiegel der Sprachforschung ( FRANKE 1989) p. 150A

    ALTE WAFFEN

    • Words (32 items)

    干戚  gān qī OC: kaan skhlɯɯwɡ MC: kɑn tshek 22 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • NPmceremonial weapons
    兵  bīng OC: praŋ MC: pɣaŋ 20 Attributions

    Bīng 兵 refers to warfare as a military practice rather than as a political means to achieve ends, and it is significant that the word has no obvious antonym.

      Word relations
    • Epithet: 力/POWER
    • Epithet: 頓/BLUNT
    • Epithet: 奇/STRANGE Qí 奇 (ant. fán 凡 "perfectly ordinary") refers to the positive quality of being remarkable and unusual.
    • Epithet: 利/SHARP The most general current word for sharpness both of a point and of a blade is lì 利.
    • Assoc: 刃/SWORD Rèn 刃 refers to the blade and generally to the weapons with a blade including sword.
    • Assoc: 革/ARMOUR
    • Assoc: 甲/ARMOUR The dominant general term is jiǎ 甲 and this armour is typically made of rhinoceros leather. [GENERAL]

      Syntactic words
    • nweapon; weapons
    • nadNpertaining to weapons
    • nadVinstrumentwith armed force
    甲兵  jiǎ bīng OC: kraab praŋ MC: kɣap pɣaŋ 14 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • NPmarmour and weapons; also: military equipment (not nececessarily only armour and weapons specifically, compare 仁義  which often is more generally "moral principles")
    兵革  bīng gé OC: praŋ krɯɯɡ MC: pɣaŋ kɣɛk 8 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • NP{N1&N2}nonreferentialweapons, offensive and defensive weaponry
    干戈  gān gē OC: kaan kool MC: kɑn kʷɑ 7 Attributions

    Gān gē 干戈 is a current expression for weapons of war in general.

      Syntactic words
    • NP{N1&N2}pluralweapons of war
    爪牙  zhǎo yá OC: tsruuʔ ŋɡraa MC: ʈʂɣɛu ŋɣɛ 5 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • NPfigurativeweapons
    械器  xiè qì OC: ɡrɯɯɡs khrɯds MC: ɦɣɛi khi 4 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • NPnonreferentialweapons
    丸  wán OC: ɢoon MC: ɦʷɑn 4 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • nccmissile in the form of pellets
    器  qì OC: khrɯds MC: khi 4 Attributions

      Word relations
    • Epithet: 利/SHARP The most general current word for sharpness both of a point and of a blade is lì 利.

      Syntactic words
    • nnonreferentialweapons
    武  wǔ OC: mbaʔ MC: mi̯o 4 Attributions

    The general term for weapons and the military political realm which dominates this semantic field is wǔ 武 (ant. wén 文 "civil affairs") which refers to any military force or weaponry of any kind, defensive or offensive, and the word is very often abstract in meaning, referring to the abstract matters of military policy.

      Word relations
    • Epithet: 車 / 車/VEHICLE The current general term for a vehicle is chē 車, a term which also refers even more generally to all contraptions with wheels

      Syntactic words
    • nadNarmoured
    • nadVinstrumentwith armed force; with military might 武傷
    • nmweapons
    • vibe martial-minded; be armoured
    五兵  wǔ bīng MC: nguX pjaeng OC: ŋaaʔ praŋ 3 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • NPthe five kinds of weapons > weapons in generalLZ
    仗  zhàng OC: daŋʔ MC: ɖi̯ɐŋ 2 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • nmweapons
    兵甲  bīng jiǎ OC: praŋ kraab MC: pɣaŋ kɣap 2 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • NPnonreferentialoffensive and defensive weapons of all kinds; weaponry
    彈  tán MC: dan OC: daan 2 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • nslingsCH
    器械  qì xiè MC: khijH heajH OC: khrɯds ɡrɯɯɡs 2 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • NP{N1=N2}nonreferentialweapons of all kindsCS
    鬭備  dòu bèi MC: tuwH bijH OC: toos brɯɡs 1 Attribution
      Syntactic words
    • NParms and armour, means of warfareLZ
    堙穴  yīn xué OC: qin ɢʷliiɡ MC: ʔin ɦet 1 Attribution
      Syntactic words
    • NPoffensive military attacking device involving inundation???
    兵刃  bīng rèn MC: pjaeng nyinH OC: praŋ njins 1 Attribution
      Syntactic words
    • NPgeneralaggressive weaponsCH
    戎兵  róng bīng OC: njuŋ praŋ MC: ȵuŋ pɣaŋ 1 Attribution
      Syntactic words
    • NPmarms, weapons
    距衝  jù chōng OC: ɡaʔ thjoŋ MC: gi̯ɤ tɕhi̯oŋ 1 Attribution
      Syntactic words
    • NPattacking ram???
    金革  jīn gé MC: kim keak OC: krɯm krɯɯɡ 1 Attribution
      Syntactic words
    • NPadNderivedmilitaryCH
    隆衝  lóng chōng MC: ljuwng -- OC: ɡ-rum thjoŋ 1 Attribution
      Syntactic words
    • NPattacking towerCH
    被具  bèi jù MC: bjeX gjuH OC: bralʔ ɡos 1 Attribution
      Syntactic words
    • NP{N1=N2}nonreferentialmilitary equipment of all kindsCS
    戎  róng OC: njuŋ MC: ȵuŋ 1 Attribution
      Syntactic words
    • nadNarmed; armoured 戎車,戎路
    弓矢  gōng shǐ OC: kʷɯŋ lʰiʔ MC: kuŋ ɕi 1 Attribution
      Syntactic words
    • NPpluralbows and arrows
    軘  tún OC: duun MC: duo̝n 0 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • vadNarmed (only in 軘車 "armoured vehicle" ZUO
    金  jīn OC: krɯm MC: kim 0 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • nmmetal weapons 金革 "weapons and armour"
    錞  duì OC: duuls MC: duo̝i 0 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • nmetal cap on the butt of a weapon
    鐏  zūn OC: dzuuns MC: dzuo̝n 0 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • nmetal cap on butt-end of a weapon
    孑  jié OC: ked MC: kiɛt 0 Attributions
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    • nweapon　ZUO Zhuang 4 授師孑焉
    戲  xì OC: qhras MC: hiɛ 0 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • nweapon (of an uncertain kind)
      Click here to add pinyin MC:  OC: 0 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • nslingsCH