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| Simplified Chinese version |
| 妾 U+59BE |  Seal script |  Jinwen |  Jiaguwen |  Jianbo |
| Radical: | 女+ 5 strokes = 8 strokes total. |
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| References: | Guangyun: p.540#17 Kangxi: p.257#39 Cihai: p.380r6c02 GSR: 635.a Hanyu: v2,p1040#08 |
| Composition: | Top: 立, bottom: 女. Compositionally related: 𡛩 . Component of: 𫍭 倿 𡞘 𢜡 𫲨 㢺 唼 帹 接 淁 椄 𣮍 𤗈 𮌟 𮀨 𥇒 𥏡 𥟣 𧚪 䈉 [More] |
| Mandarin: | qiè ㄑㄧㄝˋ |
| Cantonese: | cip3 |
| Tang reconstruction: | *tsziɛp |
| Shuowen: | 《䇂部》妾：有辠女子，给事之得接于君者。从䇂从女。《春秋》云：“女为人妾。”妾，不娉也。 |
| Guangyun: | 《广韵·入声·叶·妾》妾：不娉。七接切，十。 |
| Kangxi: | 《康熙字典·女部·五》妾：《广韵》《集韵》《韵会》《正韵》𠀤七接切，音踥。接也。得接于君子者也。《礼·曲礼》买妾，不知其姓，则卜之。《前汉·五行志》处妾遇之而孕。《注》处妾，童女也。又国名。《山海经》雨师妾在其北。《杨愼曰》雨师妾如姮娥织女之类，非。下文元股国在雨师妾北，可证。又姓。汉妾胥，妾志，见《印薮》。《说文》从䇂从女。䇂音愆。 |
| Fanqie: | 七接 (《广韵·入声·叶·妾》) |
| Unihan definition: | concubine |
Example usage
| 《孟子·告子下》: | 初命曰：‘诛不孝，无易树子，无以妾为妻。’ |
| The first injunction in their agreement was, "Slay the unfilial; change not the son who has been appointed heir; exalt not a concubine to be the wife." | |
| 《礼记·曲礼上》: | 故买妾不知其姓则卜之。 |
| Hence, in buying a concubine, if he do not know her surname, he must consult the tortoise-shell about it. | |
| 《孝经·孝治》: | 治家者，不敢失于臣妾，而况于妻子乎？ |
| The heads of clans did not dare to slight their servants and concubines. How much less would they slight their wives and sons! | |
| 《墨子·七患》: | 故凶饥存乎国，人君彻鼎食五分之三1，大夫彻县，士不入学，君朝之衣不革制，诸侯之客，四邻之使，雍飧2而不盛，彻骖騑，涂不芸，马不食粟，婢妾不衣帛，此告不足之至也。 |
| Therefore when famine and dearth visit a country, the ruler will omit three from the five items of sacrifice, the officials will suspend the courts, and the scholars will not go to school and the lord will not put on his robe to give audience. Even envoys from other feudal lords and messengers from neighbouring states are entertained with cooked food only, and it is not sumptuous. The side-horses of the carriage-team are done away with and the walks (in the palace) are not weeded. Neither are the horses fed with grains, nor are the concubines and maids clothed with silk. And this is the sign of extreme scarcity. | |
| 《庄子·齐物论》: | 如是皆有，为臣妾乎，其臣妾不足以相治乎。 |
| Is it not the case that they all perform the part of your servants and waiting women? All of them being such, are they not incompetent to rule one another? | |
| 《商君书·错法》: | 同列而相臣妾者，贫富之谓也。 |
| To be of the same rank as others and yet to stand to them in such relations as subject or concubine points to poverty or wealth. | |
| 《荀子·大略》: | 无分义，则一妻一妾而乱。 |
| 《说苑·权谋》: | 袁氏之妇，络而失其纪，其妾告之，怒弃之。 |
| 《春秋繁露·王道》: | 立夫人以适不以妾。 |
| 《韩诗外传·卷二》: | 姬曰：“妾得于王，尚汤沐，执巾栉，振衽席，十有一年矣。” |
| 《大戴礼记·夏小正》: | 妾、子始蚕。 |
| 《白虎通德论·谥》: | 八妾所以无谥何？ |
| 《新书·耳痹》: | 大夫种拊心嗥啼，沬泣而言信，割白马而为牺，指九天而为证，请妇人为妾，丈夫为臣，百世名宝，因闲官为积，孤身为关内诸侯，世为忠臣 |
| 《新序·善谋下》: | 陛下诚复立六国后，毕授印已，此君臣百姓，必戴陛下德，莫不向风慕义，愿为臣妾。 |
| 《中论·法象》: | 故虽妻妾不可得而黩也，虽朋友不可得而狎也。 |
| 《孔子家语·致思》: | 鲁国之法，鲁人有赎臣妾于诸侯者，皆取金于府。 |
| 《潜夫论·遏利》: | 季文子相四君，马不饩粟，妾不衣帛。 |
| 《论衡·答佞》: | 张仪贫贱往归，苏秦座之堂下，食以仆妾之食，数让激怒，欲令相秦。 |
| 《风俗通义》: | 妾幸有三孤，足统丧纪。 |
| 《孔丛子·广义》: | 妾妇之贱者，谓之属妇。 |
| 《申鉴·杂言上》: | 妾媵盈宫，非无爱幸也。 |
| 《独断·卷上》: | 御者，进也，凡衣服加于身、饮食入于口、妃妾接于寝，皆曰御。 |
| 《蔡中郎集·独断》: | 诸侯一取九女，象九州，一妻、八妾。 |
| 《列子·黄帝》: | 逆旅人有妾二人，其一人美，其一人恶。 |
| 《列仙传·江妃二女》: | 二女曰：“客子有劳，妾何劳之有？” |
| 《韩非子·爱臣》: | 主妾无等，必危嫡子。 |
| 《慎子·德立》: | 立正妻者，不使嬖妾疑焉。 |
| 《管子·君臣下》: | 国之所以乱者四，其所以亡者二，内有疑妻之妾，此宫乱也。 |
| 《尉缭子·武议》: | 夫杀人之父兄，利人之财货，臣妾人之子女，此皆盗也。 |
| 《淮南子·道应训》: | 鲁国之法，鲁人为人妾于诸侯，有能赎之者，取金于府。 |
| 《吕氏春秋·精谕》: | 对曰：“妾望君之入也，足高气强，有伐国之志也。” |
| 《尹文子·大道下》: | “去贵妻，卖爱妾”，此令必行者也。 |
| 《史记·周本纪》: | 已而至纣之嬖妾二女，二女皆经自杀。 |
| 《春秋左传》: | 夏，晋大子圉为质于秦，秦归河东而妻之，惠公之在梁也，梁伯妻之，梁嬴孕过期，卜招父与其子卜之，其子曰，将生一男一女，招曰，然，男为人臣，女为人妾，故名男曰圉，女曰妾，及子圉西质，妾为宦女焉。 |
| 《逸周书·芮良夫解》: | 芮伯若曰：“予小臣良夫，稽首谨告，天子惟民父母，致厥道，无远不服，无道，左右臣妾乃违，民归于德，德则民戴，否德民雠。” |
| 《国语·吴语》: | 董褐既致命，乃告赵鞅曰：“臣观吴王之色，类有大忧，小则嬖妾、嫡子死，不则国有大难。” |
| 《晏子春秋》: | 而君不恤，日夜饮酒，令国致乐不已，马食府粟，狗餍刍豢，三保之妾，俱足粱肉。 |
| 《吴越春秋》: | 若徼天之中，得赦其大辟，则吴愿长为臣妾。 |
| 《越绝书·请籴内传》: | 太宰嚭对曰：“臣闻父子之亲，张户别居，赠臣妾、马牛，其志加亲，若不与一钱，其志斯疏。” |
| 《战国策》: | 卖仆妾售乎闾巷者，良仆妾也。 |
| 《盐铁论·刺权》: | 威重于六卿，富累于陶、卫，舆服僭于王公，宫室溢于制度，并兼列宅，隔绝闾巷，阁道错连，足以游观，凿池曲道，足以骋骛，临渊钓鱼，放犬走兔，隆豺鼎力，蹋鞠斗鸡，中山素女抚流徵于堂上，鸣鼓巴俞作于堂下，妇女被罗纨，婢妾曳絺紵，子孙连车列骑，田猎出入，毕弋捷健。 |
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