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| 血 U+8840 |  Seal script |  Jinwen |  Jiaguwen |  Jianbo |
| Radical: | 血+ 0 strokes = 6 strokes total. |
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| References: | Guangyun: p.492#14 Kangxi: p.1107#01 Cihai: p.1202r5c04 GSR: 410.a Hanyu: v5,p3050#01 |
| Composition: | Top: 丿, bottom: 皿. Component of: 𮕜 侐 恤 𮕝 𧖧 𧖨 𧖩 𠗅 𠜄 𠲣 𡋒 𡥠 衂 𪪽 𡬪 𢬔 恤 䘏 洫 衁 [More] |
| Mandarin: | xiě xuè ㄒㄧㄝˇ ㄒㄩㄝˋ |
| Cantonese: | hyut3 |
| Tang reconstruction: | *xuet |
| Shuowen: | 《血部》血：祭所荐牲血也。从皿，一象血形。凡血之属皆从血。 |
| Guangyun: | 《广韵·入声·屑·血》血：《释名》云：血濊也，出于肉流而濊濊也。呼决切，十二。 |
| Kangxi: | 《康熙字典·血部·血部》血：《唐韵》《集韵》《韵会》𠀤呼决切，音泬。《类篇》祭所荐牲血。从皿，一，象血形。《释名》血，濊也，出于肉，流而濊濊也。《关尹子·四符篇》一爲父，故受气于父，气爲水。二爲母，故受血于母，血爲火。《易·说卦传》坎爲血卦。《疏》取其人之有血，犹地有水也。《礼·中庸》凡有血气者，莫不尊亲。又《大戴礼》血者犹血。《注》血，忧色也。又《山海经》兪者之山有木曰白咎，可以血玉。《注》谓染玉可以作光彩。又《诗·郑风·茹藘疏》陆玑云：茹藘，一名地血。又《韵补》胡桂切，叶音惠。《刘向·九叹》晋申生之离谗兮，荆和氏之泣血，吴子胥之抉眼兮，王子比干之横废。又《毛诗古音考》音綌，鼠思泣血，无言不疾。《宋玉·高唐赋》弭节奄忽，蹄足洒血。举功先得，获车已实。 |
| Fanqie: | 呼决 (《广韵·入声·屑·血》) |
| Unihan definition: | blood; radical number 143 |
Example usage
| 《论语·季氏》: | 孔子曰：“君子有三戒：少之时，血气未定，戒之在色。” |
| Confucius said, "There are three things which the superior man guards against. In youth, when the physical powers are not yet settled, he guards against lust." | |
| 《孟子·尽心下》: | 以至仁伐至不仁，而何其血之流杵也？ |
| When the prince the most benevolent was engaged against him who was the most the opposite, how could the blood of the people have flowed till it floated the pestles of the mortars? | |
| 《礼记·三年问》: | 凡生天地之间者，有血气之属必有知，有知之属莫不知爱其类。 |
| All living creatures between heaven and earth, being endowed with blood and breath, have a certain amount of knowledge. Possessing that amount of knowledge, there is not one of them but knows to love its species. | |
| 《扬子法言》: | 原野厌人之肉，川谷流人之血，将不仁，奚用为！ |
| The plains and fields were covered with human flesh, the rivers and hollows flowed with blood. A general so inhumane, how could he be put to use! | |
| 《墨子·三辩》: | 今夫子曰：‘圣王不为乐’，此譬之犹马驾而不税，弓张而不弛，无乃非有血气者之所 不3能至邪？ |
| Sir, you say the sage-kings did not have music. This would be comparing them to the horse placed under yoke and never released, and the bow drawn and never unstrung. Is this not impossible for the ordinary human being? | |
| 《庄子·在宥》: | 昔者黄帝始以仁义撄人之心，尧、舜于是乎股无胈，胫无毛，以养天下之形，愁其五藏以为仁义，矜其血气以规法度。 |
| Anciently, Huang-Di was the first to meddle with and disturb the mind of man with his benevolence and righteousness. After him, Yao and Shun wore their thighs bare and the hair off the calves of their legs, in their labours to nourish the bodies of the people. They toiled painfully with all the powers in their five viscera at the practice of their benevolence and righteousness; they tasked their blood and breath to make out a code of laws | |
| 《史记·殷本纪》: | 为革囊，盛血，卬而射之，命曰“射天”。 |
| And making a leather bag, filled it with blood, threw it up and shot at it. This he called shooting at Heaven. | |
| 《荀子·赋》: | 血气之精也，志意之荣也，百姓待之而后宁也，天下待之而后平也，明达纯粹而无疵也，夫是之谓君子之知。 |
| 《说苑·辨物》: | 又闻雨血三日，信乎！ |
| 《春秋繁露·服制像》: | 晋厉之强，中国以寝尸流血不已。 |
| 《韩诗外传·卷二》: | 崔杼弑庄公，合士大夫盟，盟者皆脱剑而入，言不疾，措血至者死，所杀者十馀人，次及晏子，奉杯血，仰天而叹曰：“恶乎！” |
| 《大戴礼记》: | 雍人举羊，升屋自中，中屋南面，刲羊，血流于前，乃降。 |
| 《白虎通德论·号》: | 古之时未有三纲、六纪，民人但知其母，不知其父，能覆前而不能覆后，卧之言去言去，起之吁吁，饥即求食，饱即弃余，茹毛饮血而衣皮苇。 |
| 《新书·大政下》: | 诸侯即位享国，社稷血食，而政有命国无君也。 |
| 《新序·义勇》: | 崔杼弑庄公，令士大夫盟者，皆脱剑而入，言不疾指不至血者死，所杀十人。 |
| 《中论·考伪》: | 然而期日既至，则血气暴竭。 |
| 《孔子家语·问礼》: | 未有火化，食草木之实、鸟兽之肉，饮其血，茹其毛。 |
| 《潜夫论·忠贵》: | 此等之俦，虽见贵于时君，然上不顺天心，下不得民意，故卒泣血号啕，以辱终也。 |
| 《论衡·幸偶》: | 气结阏积，聚为痈，溃为疽，创，流血出脓。 |
| 《太玄经·羡》: | 上九，车轴折，其衡抈，四马就括，高人吐血。 |
| 《风俗通义》: | 俗者、含血之类，像之而生。 |
| 《孔丛子·诘墨》: | 血气不休，志意不通。 |
| 《新语·道基》: | 民人食肉饮血，衣皮毛。 |
| 《蔡中郎集》: | 凡百搢绅，哀矣泣血，人百其身，匪云来复。 |
| 《列子·天瑞》: | 羊肝化为地皋，马血之为转邻也，人血之为野火也。 |
| 《鶡冠子·世贤》: | 若扁鹊者，鑱血脉，投毒药，副肌肤，闲而名出闻于诸侯。 |
| 《文子·九守》: | 老子曰：人受天地变化而生，一月而膏，二月血脉，三月而哒，四月而胎，五月而筋，六月而骨，七月而成形，八月而动，九月而躁，十月而生。 |
| 《文始真经·四符》: | 二为母，故受血于母，血为火。 |
| 《老子河上公章句》: | 五味浊辱，为形、骸、骨、肉、血、脉六情。 |
| 《韩非子·十过》: | 吾恐此将令其宗庙不祓除而社稷不血食也。 |
| 《管子·轻重丁》: | 国有彗星，必有流血。 |
| 《尉缭子·守权》: | 若彼城坚而救诚，则愚夫愚妇无不蔽城，尽资血城者。 |
| 《淮南子·兵略训》: | 知土地之宜，羽险隘之利，明奇正之变，察行陈解赎之数，维枹绾而鼓之，白刃合，流矢接，涉血属肠，舆死扶伤，流血千里，暴骸盈场，乃以决胜，此用兵之下也。 |
| 《吕氏春秋·过理》: | 宋王筑为櫱帝，鸱夷血，高悬之，射著甲胄，从下，血坠流地。 |
| 《春秋左传》: | 楚文王伐申，过邓，邓祁侯曰，吾甥也，止而享之，骓甥，聃甥，养甥，请杀楚子，邓侯弗许，三甥曰，亡邓国者，必此人也，若不早图，后君噬齐，其及图之乎，图之，此为时矣，邓侯曰，人将不食吾馀，对曰，若不从三臣，抑社稷实不血食，而君焉取馀，弗从，还年，楚子伐邓，十六年，楚复伐邓，灭之。 |
| 《逸周书·常训解》: | 明王于是立政以正之，民生而有习有常，以习为常，以常为慎，民若生于中，夫习之为常，自气血始。 |
| 《国语·吴语》: | 越王句践乃召五大夫，曰：“吴为不道，求残吾社稷宗庙，以为平原，不使血食。” |
| 《晏子春秋》: | 言不疾，指不至血者死。 |
| 《吴越春秋》: | 勾践乃使使号令齐、楚、秦、晋皆辅周室，血盟而去。 |
| 《越绝书》: | 涉江，流血浮尸者，不可胜数。 |
| 《战国策》: | 读书欲睡，引锥自刺其股，血流至足。 |
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