Composition
Time:2022/10/03 Number of readings:

 

Terms for archetypes of conception of the “relation” in the world: 线索(clue)、经纬(latitude and longitude)、网络(web/network)、组织(organization)、系统(system)...

 

General terms for colors that froze in the process of laboring(weaving and dyeing): 红(red)、绿(green)、紫(purple)、绛(crimson)、绯(scarlet)、缥(pale cyan)、缁(black)、素(white)、绘(chromatic)、绚(variegated)…

 

Morphology terms about thoughts and emotions:(思)维(cognition)、(情)绪(sentiment)、缅(怀)(remembrance)、缘(分)(destiny)、(演)绎(deduction)...

 

Terms related to actions about craft and poiesis: 编(fabricating)、织(weaving)、纺(spinning)、纳(darning)、缝(sewing)、绣(embroidering)、系(tying)、缉(stitching)、缚(binding)、累(accumulating)、缄(sealing)、给(giving)、缮(mending)...

 

Terms for order and disorder: 综(synthesizing)、统(uniting)、纪(disciplining)、级(ranking)、缩(shrinking)、紊(harassing), 约束(limiting)、总(總, summarizing)结(knotting/ending)...

 

Terms about speed and subtlety: 纾(loosen)、缓(slowness)、纤(slim)、细(slender)...

 

Terms related to the marks of progress: 继(maintaining)、续(continuing)、结(ending)、绝(eliminating)、终(concluding)...

 

Words about the complexity and uncertainty: 纠结(entangling)、缠绵(lingering)、缭绕(wreathing)、缱绻(intertwining)、绸缪(attaching)、绰约(winding graceful)、缥缈(dimly discernible)、纷繁(numerous and complicated)...



[1] The characters mentioned here and below all contain the radical silk “纟”.

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