THREAD    線

INTENSELY LONG THIN ARTEFACT PRODUCED USING COTTON, WOOL, SILK ETC, TYPICALLY USED FOR SEWING OR TYING UP THINGS ETC..
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Old Chinese Criteria
1. The current general word for a thread is xiàn 線, and this thread is mostly used for sewing and binding things. 2. Lu# 縷 refers to the thread or fibre as used in making cloth, and this fible can be of hemp or of silk. 3. Lú 纑 refers specifically to a hemp thread. 4. Luò 絡 refers to a silken cord.
黄金貴：古漢語同義詞辨釋詞典
HUANG JINGUI 2006 TRADE 7. 貫，串錢貝的繩子的總稱。 緡，細小的串錢絲繩，始於漢代。 繈，較粗大的串錢絲繩。 ANIMALS 39. 緡，粗短、宜釣小魚鱉的釣魚繩，其名主要用於上古至漢魏間。 綸，精緻、堅固可負重的絲釣魚繩，可用於長竿，大釣；漢以後， “ 綸 ” 遂成釣魚繩通稱。
Modern Chinese Criteria
線 縷 毛線 絨線 頭繩 絨頭繩 rough draft to BEGIN TO identify synonym group members for analysis, based on CL etc. 18.11.2003. CH ／
Hyponym
  • ROPE　INTENSELY BIG AND STRONG THREAD. (anc: 6/0, child: 1)
  • KNOT　THREADS OR ROPES PUT TOGETHER so as to CAUSE it TO be DIFFICULT to MUTUALLY REMOVE them from each other. (anc: 6/0, child: 0)
  • CORD　THICK THREAD. (anc: 6/0, child: 0)
  • STRING　A THREAD WHICH one MOVES WHEN PLAYING a STRING INSTRUMENT. (anc: 6/0, child: 1)
Hypernym
  • ARTEFACT　THING PRODUCED by MAN. (anc: 4/0, child: 26)
  • THING　CONCRETE OBJECT. (anc: 3/0, child: 10)
  • OBJECT　[NO HYPERNYM.] WHAT one CAN NAME:refer to. (anc: 2/0, child: 6)
  • A Dictionary of Selected Synonyms in the Principal Indo-European Languages ( BUCK 1988) p. 6.38

    • Words (14 items)

    絲  sī OC: sɯ MC: sɨ 6 Attributions

      Word relations
    • Assoc: 竹/BAMBOO 1. The standard general current word for bamboo is zhú 竹, and the word usually refers to bamboo that is alive and growing.

      Syntactic words
    • nraw silk thread produced from cocoons
    • nadNfigurativethin/small like a silk thread
    線  xiàn OC: sons MC: siɛn 3 Attributions

    The current general word for a thread is xiàn 線, and this thread is mostly used for sewing and binding things.

      Syntactic words
    • nthread
    縷  lǚ OC: ɡ-roʔ MC: li̯o 3 Attributions

    Lǚ 縷 refers to the thread or fibre as used in making cloth, and this fible can be of hemp or of silk.

      Syntactic words
    • nthread; hemp fibre clothes
    縕  Click here to add pinyin OC:  MC: 2 Attributions

    yùn

      Syntactic words
    • nadNhemp-quilted
    • nmhemp or silk floss
    經  jīng OC: keeŋ MC: keŋ 1 Attribution
      Syntactic words
    • nmain thread; warp
    繩  shéng OC: sbljɯŋ MC: ʑɨŋ 1 Attribution

      Syntactic words
    • ncordsCH
    升  shēng OC: qhljɯŋ MC: ɕɨŋ 0 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • nset of eighty threads in weaving (LIJI)
    紽  tuó OC: laal MC: dɑ 0 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • nbundle of threads
    絡  luò OC: ɡ-raaɡ MC: lɑk 0 Attributions

    Luò 絡refers to a silken cord.

      Syntactic words
    絮  xù OC: snas MC: si̯ɤ 0 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • nraw silk; floss
    綅  qīn OC: skhim MC: tshim 0 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • nthread (SHI)
    緎  yù OC: ɢʷrɯɡ MC: ɦɨk 0 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • nbundle of threads
    總  zǒng OC: skooŋʔ MC: tsuŋ 0 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • nbundle of threads
    纑  lú OC: ɡ-raa MC: luo̝ 0 Attributions

    Lú 纑 refers specifically to a hemp thread.

      Syntactic words
    • nhempen threads