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| Simplified Chinese version |
| 象 U+8C61 |  Seal script |  Jinwen |  Jiaguwen | 𤉢 Semantic variant | 𧰼 Semantic variant |
| Radical: | 豕+ 5 strokes = 12 strokes total. |
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| References: | Guangyun: p.310#20 Kangxi: p.1195#21 Cihai: p.1262r5c04 GSR: 728.a Hanyu: v6,p3611#09 |
| Composition: | Component of: 像 勨 嶑 潒 𪮱 𢠽 𫮧 𢄵 𤡸 𢇐 𢐣 𨖶 𭩈 𭶆 𮂚 豫 橡 𬂏 𤩪 𦺨 [More] |
| Mandarin: | xiàng ㄒㄧㄤˋ |
| Cantonese: | zoeng6 |
| Tang reconstruction: | *ziɑ̌ng |
| Shuowen: | 《象部》象：长鼻牙，南越大兽，三秊一乳，象耳牙四足之形。凡象之属皆从象。 |
| Guangyun: | 《广韵·上声·养·像》象：《说文》曰：象长鼻牙南越大兽三季一乳象耳牙四足之形。《尔雅》云：南方之美者有梁山之犀象。 |
| Kangxi: | 《康熙字典·豕部·五》象：〔古文〕𤉢《唐韵》徐两切《集韵》《韵会》《正韵》似两切，𠀤详上声。《说文》长鼻牙，南越大兽，三年一乳，象耳牙四足之形。《尔雅·释地》南方之美者，有梁山之犀象焉。《疏》犀、象二兽，皮角牙骨，材之美者也。《诗·鲁颂》元龟象齿。《左传·襄二十四年》象有齿以焚其身，贿也。《礼·玉藻》笏，诸侯以象，士竹本象可也。又《王安石·字说》象牙感雷而文生，天象感气而文生，故天象亦用此字。《易·系辞》在天成象。《疏》谓悬象日月星辰也。《礼·乐记·注》象，光耀也。又《韩非子·解老篇》人希见生象也，而得死象之骨，按其图以想其生也，故诸人之所以意想者，皆谓之象也。《易·系辞》象也者，像此者也。《疏》言象此物之形状也。《左传·桓六年》申繻曰：名有五，以类命爲象。《注》若孔子首象尼丘。《周礼·春官·大卜》以邦事作龟之八命，二曰象。《注》谓灾变云物如衆赤鸟之属，有所象似。《前汉·王莽传》白炜象平。《注》象，形也。万物无不成形于西方。又法也。《书·舜典》象以典𠛬。《传》法用常𠛬，用不越法。《仪礼·士冠礼》继世以立诸侯，象贤也。《注》象，法也。又象魏，门阙也。一曰书名。《周礼·天官·大宰》正月之吉，县治象之法于象魏。《疏》周公谓之象魏，雉门之外，两观阙高魏魏然也。《左传·哀三年》命藏象魏。《疏》由其县于象魏，故谓其书爲象魏。又象尊，酒器。《左传·定十年》牺、象不出门。《疏》象尊以象凤凰。或曰以象骨饰尊。《三礼图》云：当尊腹上画象之形。《礼·明堂位》牺象，周尊也。又通言之官。《礼·王制》南方曰象。《注》刘氏曰：象，像也。如以意仿象，其似而通之，周官象胥是也。又舞名。《诗·周颂序》维淸奏象舞也。《正义》文王时有击刺之法，武王作乐，象而爲舞，号其乐曰象舞。《礼·内则》成童舞象。《史记·乐书》文王之舞，舞之以未成人之童，故谓之象舞。又象人，若今戏虾鱼、狮子者也。《前汉·礼乐志》郊祭，常从象人四人。又罔象，水怪名。《史记·孔子世家》水之怪龙、罔象。《注》罔象食人，一名沐肿。又药名。《本草纲目》卢会，一名象胆，以其味苦如胆也。又象敎。卽佛敎也。《王中·头陀寺𥓓》正法旣没，象敎陵侇。《注》谓爲形象以敎人也。又郡名，州名，山名。《史记·秦始皇纪》三十三年爲象郡。《注》今日南。又百越地，𨻰置象郡，因象山名。隋平𨻰置象州。又姓。《姓苑》颍州望族。今南昌有此姓。又《正字通》象有平、上、去三声，诸韵书收入养韵，漾韵不收，《正韵》亦然。《六书》有一字备四音者，有转十数音者，独至象必限以一音，此古今分韵之谬也。又叶徐羊切，音详。《晋书·乐志·地郊飨神歌》祇之体，无形象。潜泰幽，洞忽荒。 考证：〔《周礼·春官·大卜》以邦事作龟之八命，二曰象。《注》谓炎变云物如衆赤鸟之属〕谨照原文炎变改灾变。〔《书·尧典》象以典𠛬。〕谨照原书尧典改舜典。 |
| Fanqie: | 徐两 (《广韵·上声·养·像》) |
| Unihan definition: | elephant; ivory; figure, image |
Example usage
| 《孟子·告子上》: | 是故以尧为君而有象，以瞽瞍为父而有舜。 |
| Hence it was that under such a sovereign as Yao there yet appeared Xiang; that with such a father as Gu Sou there yet appeared Shun. | |
| 《礼记·三年问》: | 曰：天地则已易矣，四时则已变矣，其在天地之中者，莫不更始焉，以是象之也。 |
| The answer is - The interaction of heaven and earth has run its round; and the four seasons have gone through their changes. All things between heaven and earth begin their processes anew. The rules of mourning are intended to resemble this. | |
| 《孝经·圣治》: | 是以其民畏而爱之，则而象之。 |
| Who both revere and love him, imitate and become like him. | |
| 《扬子法言》: | 唐、虞象刑惟明，夏后肉辟三千，不胶者卓矣！ |
| 'Yao and Shun employed symbolic punishments to make the laws clear. During the Xia, the types of corporeal punishments grew to three thousand —they were not glued to the sages' ways, that much is clear! | |
| 《墨子·辞过》: | 为宫室若此，故左右皆法象之，是以其财不足以待凶饥、振1孤寡，故国贫而民难治也。 |
| When the ruler builds his palaces in this fashion, his assistants naturally imitate him. And, so, there is not sufficient wealth to prepare against famine and dearth or to relieve the orphans and widows. And the people become more unruly as the state becomes poorer. | |
| 《庄子·德充符》: | 将求名而能自要者，而犹若此，而况官天地，府万物，直寓六骸，象耳目，一知之所知，而心未尝死者乎！ |
| If a man only seeking for fame and able in this way to secure it can produce such an effect, how much more (may we look for a greater result) from one whose rule is over heaven and earth, and holds all things in his treasury, who simply has his lodging in the six members of his body, whom his ears and eyes serve but as conveying emblematic images of things, who comprehends all his knowledge in a unity, and whose mind never dies! | |
| 《道德经》: | 吾不知谁之子，象帝之先。 |
| I do not know whose son it is. It might appear to have been before God. | |
| 《孙子兵法·虚实》: | 夫兵形象水，水之形，避高而趋下：兵之形，避实而击虚。 |
| Military tactics are like unto water; for water in its natural course runs away from high places and hastens downwards. So in war, the way is to avoid what is strong and to strike at what is weak. | |
| 《史记·五帝本纪》: | 养材以任地，载时以象天，依鬼神以制义，治气以教化，洁诚以祭祀。 |
| He exercised his talents in cultivating the ground; he recorded in their seasons the movements of the heavenly bodies, relied on spiritual influences in framing laws, taught reform by controlling the passion nature, and sacrificed with purity and sincerity. | |
| 《荀子·大略》: | 和鸾之声，步中武象，趋中韶护。 |
| 《说苑·修文》: | 故曰黄钟微而均，鲜全而不伤，其为宫独尊，象大圣之德，可以明至贤之功，故奉而荐之于宗庙，以歌迎功德，世世不忘。 |
| 《春秋繁露·王道》: | 夺民财食，高雕文刻镂之观，尽金玉骨象之工，穷白黑之变。 |
| 《韩诗外传·卷二》: | 故君子容色，天下仪象而望之，不假言而知为人君者。 |
| 《大戴礼记》: | 三者，百姓之象也，身以及身，子以及子，配以及配，君子行此三者，则忾乎天下矣。 |
| 《白虎通德论·号》: | 《礼记谥法》曰：“德象天地称帝，仁义所在称王。” |
| 《新书·大政上》: | 君乡善于此，则佚佚然协民皆乡善于彼矣，犹景之象形也。 |
| 《新序·节士》: | 书曰：“旁施象，刑维明，及禹不能。” |
| 《中论·治学》: | 唯所用之故，出则元亨，处则利贞，默则立象，语则成文。 |
| 《孔子家语·相鲁》: | 且牺象不出门，嘉乐不野合。 |
| 《潜夫论·遏利》: | 象以齿焚身，蚌以珠剖体。 |
| 《论衡·命义》: | 遭者、遭得恶物象之故也。 |
| 《太玄经·玄首都序》: | 玄，浑行无穷正象天。 |
| 《风俗通义·三皇》: | 谨按：《易》称：“古者伏羲氏之王天下也，仰则观象于天，俯则观法于地，始作八卦，以通神明之德，以类万物之情。” |
| 《孔丛子·记义》: | 楚昭王以安车象饰，因宰予以遗孔子焉。 |
| 《申鉴·时事》: | 问其象 |
| 《新语·道基》: | 夫驴骡骆駞，犀象瑇瑁，琥珀珊瑚，翠羽珠玉，山生水藏，择地而居，洁清明朗，润泽而濡，磨而不磷，涅而不淄，天气所生，神灵所治，幽闲清净，与神浮沉，莫之效力为用，尽情为器。 |
| 《独断·卷上》: | 京师，天子之畿内千里，象日月，日月躔次千里。 |
| 《蔡中郎集·独断》: | 宗庙之制：古学以为人君之居，前有朝，后有寝，终则前制庙以象朝，后制寝以象寝，庙以藏主，列昭穆。 |
| 《列子·黄帝》: | 当是时也，犹象人也。 |
| 《鶡冠子·夜行》: | 强为之说曰：芴乎芒乎，中有象乎，芒乎芴乎，中有物乎，窅乎冥乎，中有精乎。 |
| 《文子·道原》: | 老子曰：“有物混成，先天地生，惟象无形，窈窈冥冥，寂寥淡漠，不闻其声，吾强为之名，字之曰道。” |
| 《文始真经·二柱》: | 先想乎一元之气，具乎一物，执爱之以合彼之形，冥观之以合彼之理，则象存焉。 |
| 《列仙传·桂父》: | 桂父者，象林人也。 |
| 《老子河上公章句》: | 象帝之先。 |
| 《韩非子·存韩》: | 因令象武发东郡之卒，闚兵于境上而未名所之，则齐人惧而从苏之计，是我兵未出而劲韩以威擒，强齐以义从矣。 |
| 《慎子·逸文》: | 是以目观玉辂琬象之状，耳听白雪清角之声，不能以乱其神。 |
| 《谏逐客书》: | 必秦国之所生然后可，则是夜光之璧不饰朝廷，犀象之器不为玩好，郑、卫之女不充后宫，而骏良駃騠不实外厩，江南金锡不为用，西蜀丹青不为采。 |
| 《管子·轻重甲》: | 管子对曰：“吴越不朝，珠象而以为币乎！” |
| 《吴子·图国》: | 今君四时使斩离皮革，掩以朱漆，画以丹青，烁以犀象。 |
| 《周髀算经·序》: | 体恢洪而廓落，形修广而幽清，可以玄象课其进退，然而宏远不可指掌也。 |
| 《淮南子·道应训》: | 此老聃之所谓“无状之状，无物之象”者也 |
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