| Chinese Text Project |
| 交 U+4EA4 |  Seal script |  Jinwen |  Jiaguwen |  Jianbo | 䢒 Semantic variant |
| Radical: | 亠+ 4 strokes = 6 strokes total. |
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| References: | Guangyun: p.152#9 Kangxi: p.88#06 Cihai: p.76r3c01 GSR: 1166.a Hanyu: v1,p0282#01 |
| Composition: | Top: 六, bottom: 乂. Component of: 𠙇 𠜅 𭃠 佼 効 𨹍 𫥿 洨 㝔 狡 郊 𡋟 饺 𡥡 绞 咬 姣 峧 恔 挍 [More] |
| Mandarin: | jiāo ㄐㄧㄠ |
| Cantonese: | gaau1 |
| Tang reconstruction: | *gau gau |
| Shuowen: | 《交部》交：交脛也。从大，象交形。凡交之屬皆从交。 |
| Guangyun: | 《廣韻·下平聲·肴·交》交：戾也，共也，合也，領也。古肴切，二十二。 |
| Kangxi: | 《康熙字典·亠部·四》交：〔古文〕䢒《廣韻》古肴切《集韻》《韻會》《正韻》居肴切，𠀤音郊。《小爾雅》俱也。《廣韻》共也，合也。《易·泰卦》上下交，而其志同也。又友也。《易·繫辭》上交不諂，下交不凟。《禮·郊特牲》爲人臣者無外交，不敢貳君也。又交交，鳥飛貌。《詩·秦風》交交黃鳥。又交加，參錯也。《前漢·劉向傳》章交公車。又州名，南越地，漢置交州。《書·堯典》申命羲叔宅南交。《蔡傳》南交，南方交趾地。又衣領也。《揚子·方言》衿謂之交。又同蛟。《前漢·高帝紀》則見交龍於上。《史記》作蛟。又同鵁。《司馬相如·上林賦》交精旋目。卽鵁鶄。 考證：〔《揚子·方言》衿之謂交。〕謹照原文改衿謂之交。 |
| Fanqie: | 古肴 (《廣韻·下平聲·肴·交》) |
| Unihan definition: | mix; intersect; exchange, communicate; deliver |
Example usage
| 《論語·學而》: | 與朋友交而不信乎？ |
| Whether, in intercourse with friends, I may have been not sincere. | |
| 《孟子·盡心上》: | 孟子曰：「食而弗愛，豕交之也。」 |
| Mencius said, 'To feed a scholar and not love him, is to treat him as a pig.' | |
| 《禮記·問喪》: | 親始死，雞斯徒跣，扱上衽，交手哭。 |
| Immediately after his father's death, (the son put off his cap, and) kept his hair, with the pin in it, in the bag (of silk); went barefoot, with the skirt of his dress tucked up under his girdle; and wailed with his hands across his breast. | |
| 《揚子法言》: | 或問：「交五聲、十二律也，或雅或鄭，何也？」 |
| Someone asked: All music is based on the five tones and the twelve note scale, yet some music is ceremonial, and some is [like that of] Zheng and Wei. Why? | |
| 《墨子·經上》: | 同異交得放有無。 |
| Sameness and difference. In interplay, having and lacking become relative. | |
| 《莊子·齊物論》: | 其寐也魂交，其覺也形開，與接為構，日以心鬭。 |
| When we sleep, the soul communicates with (what is external to us); when we awake, the body is set free. Our intercourse with others then leads to various activity, and daily there is the striving of mind with mind. | |
| 《道德經》: | 夫兩不相傷，故德交歸焉。 |
| When these two do not injuriously affect each other, their good influences converge in the virtue (of the Dao). | |
| 《商君書·墾令》: | 民不貴學則愚，愚則無外交，無外交則勉農而不偷。 |
| If they do not prize learning, they will be stupid, and being stupid, they will have no interest in outside things; when they have no interest in outside things, the country will exert itself in agriculture and not neglect it. | |
| 《孫子兵法·謀攻》: | 故上兵伐謀，其次伐交，其次伐兵，其下攻城。 |
| Thus the highest form of generalship is to balk the enemy's plans; the next best is to prevent the junction of the enemy's forces; the next in order is to attack the enemy's army in the field; and the worst policy of all is to besiege walled cities. | |
| 《史記·五帝本紀》: | 北至于幽陵，南至于交阯，西至于流沙，東至于蟠木。 |
| Northward his rule extended to 'Dark mound,' southward to Annam, westward to the moving sands, and eastward to 'Coiling tree'. | |
| 《荀子·大略》: | 誥誓不及五帝，盟詛不及三王，交質子不及五伯。 |
| 《說苑·脩文》: | 生而相與交通，故曰留賓。 |
| 《春秋繁露》: | 夏交於前，冬交於後，而不同理。 |
| 《韓詩外傳·卷二》: | 一旦有非常之變，諸侯交爭，人趨車馳，迫然禍至，乃始憂愁，乾喉焦唇，仰天而嘆，庶幾乎望其安也，不亦晚乎！ |
| 《大戴禮記》: | 非禮無以節事天地之神明也，非禮無以辨君臣上下長幼之位也，非禮無以別男女父子兄弟之親、昏姻、疏數之交也，君子以此之為尊敬然。 |
| 《白虎通德論·號》: | 為交接之時，不私其臣子之義，心俱欲尊其君父，故皆令臣子得稱其君為公也。 |
| 《新書·脩政語上》: | 是故堯教化及雕題蜀越，撫交趾，身涉流沙，地封獨山，西見王母，訓及大夏渠叟，北中幽都，及狗國與人身而鳥面，及焦僥。 |
| 《新序·善謀》: | 他日三晉之交於秦相若也，今秦善韓、魏而攻王，王之所以事秦者，必不如魏、韓也。 |
| 《中論·法象》: | 故君子之交人也，歡而不媟，和而不同 |
| 《孔子家語·問禮》: | 非禮則無以別男女、父子、兄弟、婚姻、親族、疏數之交焉。 |
| 《潛夫論·務本》: | 列士者，以孝悌為本，以交游為末。 |
| 《論衡·累害》: | 人之交遊，不能常歡，歡則相親，忿則踈遠，踈遠怨恨，毀傷其行，三累也。 |
| 《太玄經·交》: | 𝌕交。 |
| 《風俗通義》: | 楊雄好之，天下孝廉、衛卒交會，周章質問，以次注續，二十七年，爾乃治正，凡九千字，其所發明，猶未若《爾雅》之閎麗也，張竦以為懸諸日月不刊之書。 |
| 《孔叢子·廣詁》: | 爰、換、變、貿、交、更，易也。 |
| 《申鑒·政體》: | 若乃二端不愆，五德不離，六節不悖，則三才允序，五事交備，百工惟釐，庶績咸熙。 |
| 《新語·道基》: | 川谷交錯，風化未通，九州絕隔，未有舟車之用，以濟深致遠。 |
| 《獨斷·卷下》: | 帝謚：違拂不成曰隱，靖民則法曰黃，翼善傳聖曰堯，仁聖盛明曰舜，殘人多壘曰桀，殘義損善曰紂，慈惠愛親曰孝，愛民好與曰惠，聖善同文曰宣，聲聞宣遠曰昭，克定禍亂曰武，聰明睿智曰獻，溫柔聖善曰懿，布德執義曰穆，仁義說民曰元，安仁立政曰神，布綱治紀曰平，亂而不損曰靈，保民耆艾曰明，辟土有德曰襄，貞心大度曰匡，大慮慈民曰定，知過能改曰恭，不生其國曰聲，一德不懈曰簡，夙興夜寐曰敬，清白自守曰貞，柔德好眾曰靖，安樂治民曰康，小心畏忌曰僖，中身早折曰悼，慈仁和民曰順，好勇致力曰莊，恭人短折曰哀，在國逢難曰愍，名實過爽曰繆，壅遏不通曰幽，暴虐無親曰厲，致志大圖曰景，辟土兼國曰桓，經緯天地曰文，執義揚善曰懷，短折不成曰殤，去禮遠眾曰煬，怠政外交曰攜，治典不敷曰祈。 |
| 《蔡中郎集·獨斷》: | 帝謚：違拂不成曰隱，靖民則法曰黃，翼善傳聖曰堯，仁聖盛明曰舜，殘人多壘曰桀，殘義損善曰紂，慈惠愛親曰孝，愛民好與曰惠，聖善同文曰宣，聲聞宣遠曰昭，克定禍亂曰武，聰明睿智曰獻，溫柔聖善曰懿，布德執義曰穆，仁義說民曰元，安仁立政曰神，布綱治紀曰平，亂而不損曰靈，保民耆艾曰明，辟土有德曰襄，貞心大度曰匡，大慮慈民曰定，知過能改曰恭，不生其國曰聲，一德不懈曰簡，夙興夜寐曰敬，清白自守曰貞，柔德好眾曰靖，安樂治民曰康，小心畏忌曰僖，中身早折曰悼，慈仁和民曰順，好勇致力曰莊，恭人短折曰哀，在國逢難曰愍，名實過爽曰繆，壅遏不通曰幽，暴虐無親曰厲，致志大圖曰景，辟土兼國曰桓，經緯天地曰文，執義揚善曰懷，短折不成曰殤，去禮遠眾曰煬，怠政外交曰攜，治典不敷曰祈。 |
| 《列子·周穆王》: | 此六者，神所交也。 |
| 《鶡冠子·天則》: | 故其威上際下交，其澤四被而不鬲。 |
| 《文子·道原》: | 以恬養智，以漠合神，即乎無垠，循天者與道遊也，隨人者與俗交也。 |
| 《文始真經·二柱》: | 金木者、水火之交也，水為精為天，火為神為地，木為魂為人，金為魄為物。 |
| 《列仙傳·江妃二女》: | 出遊於江漢之湄，逢鄭交甫。 |
| 《老子河上公章句》: | 春，陰陽交通，萬物感動，登台觀之，意志淫淫然。 |
| 《韓非子·存韓》: | 以臣觀之，則齊、趙之交未必以荊蘇絕也。 |
| 《管子·輕重乙》: | 國有十歲之蓄，而民食不足者，皆以其事業望君之祿也，君有山海之財，而民用不足者，皆以其事業交接於上者也。 |
| 《公孫龍子·跡府》: | 尹文曰：『今有人於此，事君則忠，事親則孝，交友則信，處鄉則順，有此四行，可謂士乎？』 |
| 《吳子·應變》: | 五軍交至，必有其力。 |
| 《六韜·上賢》: | 四曰：士有抗志高節以為氣勢，外交諸侯、不重其主者，傷王之威。 |
| 《司馬法·天子之義》: | 周將交刃而誓之，以致民志也。 |
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