SKULL    腦殼

Old Chinese Criteria
1. Tóu 頭 refers generally to the skeleton of the head. 2. Dú lóu 髑髏 refers to the skeleton head of a dead person. 3. Lú 顱 "cranium" is a term current in the medical literature, and the word probably always had something of an anatomical stylistic flavour.
Modern Chinese Criteria
頭 頭顱 腦袋 腦袋瓜子 腦瓜子 腦瓜兒 腦殼 rough draft to BEGIN TO identify synonym group members for analysis, based on CL etc. 18.11.2003. CH ／
See also
  • BRAINSOFT BODY TISSUE INSIDE THE HEAD.
Hypernym
    Other Hypernyms
    • HEAD　LIMB CONTAINING EYES, NOSE AND MOUTH. (anc: 4/0, child: 1)
    • LIMB　BODY PART OTHER than the TORSO. (anc: 3/0, child: 3)
    • Not defined　 (anc: 2/0, child: 203)
    • Not defined　 (anc: 2/0, child: 203)
    • PRIME　 (anc: 1/0, child: 2)
    • 　 (anc: 0/0, child: 0)
  • A Dictionary of Selected Synonyms in the Principal Indo-European Languages ( BUCK 1988) p. 4.202

  • 中國文化背景八千詞 Zhongguo wenhua beijing ba qian ci ( WU SANXING 2008) p. 58

    • Words (6 items)

    頭  tóu OC: doo MC: du 6 Attributions

    Tóu 頭 refers generally to the skeleton of the head.

      Syntactic words
    • nSKULL
    髑髏  dú lóu OC: dooɡ ɡ-roo MC: duk lu 5 Attributions

    Dú lóu 髑髏 refers to the skeleton head of a dead person.

      Syntactic words
    • NPZHUANG: skull [note the assonance in this name: repetition of "oo"]
    首  shǒu MC: syuwX OC: qhljuʔ 1 Attribution
      Syntactic words
    • nskullCH
    顱  lú OC: ɡ-raa MC: luo̝ 0 Attributions

    Lú 顱 "cranium" is a term current in the medical literature, and the word probably always had something of an anatomical stylistic flavour.

      Syntactic words
    • nZGC, LINGSHU: skull
    髏  lóu OC: ɡ-roo MC: lu 0 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • nskull 髑髏
    髑  dú OC: dooɡ MC: duk 0 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • nskull