HELMET    頭盔冑

ARMOUR USED to DEFEND the HEAD AGAINST ATTACKS USING WEAPONS.
Old Chinese Criteria
1. The general word for a helmet, which was current till the Han period, is zhòu 冑. It can be made of leather, bronze, and since the late Warring States also of iron. Archaeological finds are of course mostly of the bronze helmets, which are known from the Shang till the Warring States. 2. Dōu móu 兜鍪 is the term for a helmet which became common in the Han period. It probably refers mainly to the iron helmets; these were in Han times made of iron scales. 3. Móu 鍪 is another term for a helmet used in Han times. NB: Kuī 盔 is a post-Han word for a helmet.
Modern Chinese Criteria
盔 頭盔 兜鍪 rough draft to BEGIN TO identify synonym group members for analysis, based on CL etc. 18.11.2003. CH ／
Hypernym
  • ARMOUR　DEFENSIVE WEAPONS to SAFEGUARD one's BODY IN-RELATION-TO ATTACK.  (anc: 7/0, child: 2)
  • WEAPON　TOOL USED FOR ATTACK OR DEFENSE IN WARFARE. (anc: 6/0, child: 9)
  • TOOL　ARTEFACT PRODUCED FOR USE USING a DEFINED METHOD. (anc: 5/0, child: 53)
  • A Dictionary of Selected Synonyms in the Principal Indo-European Languages ( BUCK 1988) p. 20.33

  • Lateinische Synonyme und Etymologien ( DOEDERLEIN 1840) p.

    HELMET

    cassis is the helmet made of metal.

    galea is the helmet made of skin, preferably made of weasel skin.

    cudo is a helmet of any form or shape.

  • Verzeichnis und Motivindex der Han-Darstellungen ( FINSTERBUSCH 1966) p. 216

    Helm:

  • Verzeichnis und Motivindex der Han-Darstellungen ( FINSTERBUSCH 2000) p. 756

    Helm:

  • Lateinische Synonymik ( MENGE) p. 158

  • 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.

    • Words (6 items)

    冑  zhòu OC: rliwɡs MC: ɖɨu 13 Attributions

    The general word for a helmet, which was current till the Han period, is zhòu 冑. It can be made of leather, bronze, and since the late Warring States also of iron. Archaeological finds are of course mostly of the bronze helmets, which are known from the Shang till the Warring States.

      Word relations
    • Assoc: 介/ARMOUR Jiè 介 is another common, and syntactically flexible, word for armour.

      Syntactic words
    • nhelmet
    • viactwear a helmet; put on a helmet
    胄  zhòu OC: rliwɡs MC: ɖɨu 1 Attribution
      Syntactic words
    • nhelmet
    鍪  móu OC: mu MC: mɨu 0 Attributions

    Móu 鍪 is another term for a helmet used in Han times.

      Syntactic words
    • nhelmet
    兜  dōu OC: too MC: tu 0 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • nhelmet
    兜鍪  dōu móu OC: too mu MC: tu mɨu 0 Attributions

    Dōu móu 兜 鍪 is the term for a helmet which became common in the Han period. It probably refers mainly to the iron helmets; these were in Han times made of iron scales.

      Syntactic words
    • NPhelmet
    盔  kuī OC: khʷɯɯ MC: khuo̝i 0 Attributions

    Kuī 盔 is a post-Han word for a helmet.

      Syntactic words
    • npost-Han: helmet