棺
Meanings
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- 1.coffin
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- 1.coffin; inner coffin
- 2.to lay a body in a coffin
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Etymology
Phono-semantic compound (形聲 /形声, OC *koːn, *koːns): semantic 木 + phonetic 官 (OC *koːn). From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *kwaŋ (“trough; boat; box; tray”) (STEDT's provisional reconstruction).
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Related words
棺材 coffin瓮棺 funerary urn灵棺 a bier棺木 coffin冰棺 coffin-shaped freezer used to store a corpse石棺 sarcophagus棺椁 inner and outer coffins棺材板 wooden board used to make a coffin (also refers to the coffin itself); (fig.) (of a facial expression) grim; unsmiling瓮棺葬 urn burial棺材瓤子 geezer with one foot in the grave (used jokingly or as an imprecation)盖棺论定 don't pass judgment on a person's life until the lid is on the coffin (idiom)盖棺定论 don't pass judgment on a person's life until the lid is on the coffin (idiom)