| Chinese Text Project |
| 右 U+53F3 |  Seal script |  Jinwen |  Jianbo |
| Radical: | 口+ 2 strokes = 5 strokes total. |
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| References: | Guangyun: p.321#8 p.434#22 Kangxi: p.173#05 Cihai: p.245r6c01 GSR: 995.i Hanyu: v1,p0569#01 |
| Composition: | Top-left: 𠂇, bottom-right: 口. Component of: 𠮮 佑 𨚞 𠯌 𭠗 𨒐 㤑 㳓 𡛮 𫸫 𡧣 𠰥 𪸚 𬍘 𣐞 𣭊 𧙗 祐 𠳮 祐 [More] |
| Mandarin: | yòu ㄧㄡˋ |
| Cantonese: | jau6 |
| Tang reconstruction: | *hiòu |
| Shuowen: | 《又部》右：手口相助也。从又从口。 |
| Guangyun: | 《廣韻·上聲·有·有》右：左右也，又漢複姓五氏左傳宋樂大心爲右師其後因官爲氏漢有中郎右師譚晉賈華爲右行因官爲氏漢有御史中丞右行綽何氏姓苑有右閭右扈右南等氏。 《廣韻·去聲·宥·宥》右：左右。又于久切。 |
| Kangxi: | 《康熙字典·口部·二》右：《唐韻》于救切《集韻》《韻會》尤救切《正韻》爰救切，𠀤音峟。與祐佑通。《說文》助也。《爾雅·釋詁》右，導也，勴也，亮也。《書·益稷》予欲左右有民。《註》左音佐。《太甲》惟尹躬，克左右，厥辟宅師。《詩·大雅》保右命爾，燮伐大商。又左之對也。《書·禹貢》夾右碣石入于河。《禮·少儀》贊幣自左，詔辭自右。《註》立者尊右。又上也。《前漢·公孫弘傳》守成上文，遭遇右武。《註》師古曰：右亦上也。又《循吏傳》文翁以爲右職。《註》師古曰：右職，縣中高職也。又强也。《後漢·明帝紀》無令豪右，得固其利。又官名。《周禮·夏官》司右，掌羣右之政令。《註》羣右，戎右，齊右，道右也。又姓。《正字通》漢右公弼，宋右嘉祥，明右巖。又《廣韻》漢複姓，五氏。左傳𡭢樂大心爲右師，其後因官爲氏，漢有中郞右師譚。晉賈華爲右行，因官爲氏，漢有御史中丞右行綽。何氏姓苑有右閭、右扈、右南等氏。又山名，獸名。《山海經》長右之山有獸，狀如禺而四耳，其名長右。又與侑通。《周禮·春官·大祝》以享右祭祀。《註》右讀爲侑。勸也。又《廣韻》《集韻》《韻會》《正韻》𠀤云久切，音有。義同。○按《集韻》有上去二音，義實相通。《正韻》於上聲訓左右手，去聲訓右助，二音分二義，非。又叶以周切，音由。《詩·周頌》我將我享，維羊維牛，維天其右之。○按《唐韻》正音以。今從朱註。又叶羽軌切，音以。《詩·衞風》泉源在左，淇水在右。女子有行，遠父母兄弟。弟叶滿彼反。《秦風》溯徊從之，道阻且右。溯游從之，宛在水中沚。《宋玉·笛賦》隆崛萬丈，盤石雙起。丹水涌其左，醴泉流其右。○按《唐韻》正云：右古音以歷引經傳子集證之，是直當讀作以，非止叶音矣。又叶于記切，音異。《詩·小雅》我有嘉賔，中心喜之。鐘鼓旣設，一朝右之。喜叶去聲。又叶演女切，音與。《陸雲·陸丞相誄》乃幹中軍，入作內輔。公侯陟降，在帝左右。《說文》本作𠮢，从口从又。《徐鍇曰》言不足以左復手助之。 考證：〔又叶于記切，音意。〕謹按于屬喻母，意屬影母，于記切非意字之音，謹照字母音意改音異。 |
| Fanqie: | 云久 (《廣韻·上聲·有·有》) 于救 (《廣韻·去聲·宥·宥》) 于久 (《廣韻·去聲·宥·宥》) |
| Unihan definition: | right; west; right-wing |
Example usage
| 《論語·鄉黨》: | 揖所與立，左右手。 |
| He inclined himself to the other officers among whom he stood, moving his left or right arm, as their position required. | |
| 《孟子·告子下》: | 緜駒處於高唐，而齊右善歌。 |
| When Mian Ju lived in Gao Tang, the people in the parts of Qi on the west became skilful at singing in his prolonged manner. | |
| 《禮記·曲禮上》: | 大夫士出入君門，由闑右，不踐閾。 |
| A great officer or (other) officer should go out or in at the ruler's doors, on the right of the middle post, without treading on the threshold. | |
| 《揚子法言》: | 曰：「兼才尚權，右計左數，動謹於時，人也。」 |
| Yangzi said: Collecting together men of talent and respecting their knowledge, planning and calculating meticulously, and carefully acting at just the right moment —this is due to man. | |
| 《莊子·養生主》: | 公文軒見右師而驚曰：「是何人也？」 |
| When Gong-wen Xian saw the Master of the Left, he was startled, and said, 'What sort of man is this?' | |
| 《道德經》: | 君子居則貴左，用兵則貴右。 |
| The superior man ordinarily considers the left hand the most honourable place, but in time of war the right hand. | |
| 《商君書·定分》: | 即以左券予吏民之問法令者，主法令之吏，謹藏其右券木柙，以室藏之，封以法令之長印。 |
| The officers, presiding over the law, should forthwith give to those government officials who ask information about the law, the left half of the document and they themselves should store carefully the wooden bindings with the right half of the document, keep them in a room and seal them with the seal of the chief of the office of laws and mandates. | |
| 《孫子兵法·虛實》: | 故備前則後寡，備後則前寡，備左則右寡，備右則左寡，無所不備，則無所不寡。 |
| For should the enemy strengthen his van, he will weaken his rear; should he strengthen his rear, he will weaken his van; should he strengthen his left, he will weaken his right; should he strengthen his right, he will weaken his left. | |
| 《史記·五帝本紀》: | 置左右大監，監于萬國。 |
| He appointed a chief and deputy superintendent over international affairs. | |
| 《荀子·大略》: | 以其本知其末，以其左知其右，凡百事異理而相守也。 |
| 《說苑·君道》: | 不固溺於流俗，不拘繫於左右。 |
| 《春秋繁露·玉杯》: | 然則《春秋》之序道也，先質而後文，右誌而左物。 |
| 《韓詩外傳·卷一》: | 古者、天子左五鐘，將出，則撞黃鐘，而右五鐘皆應之，馬鳴中律，駕者有文，御者有數，立則磬折，拱則抱鼓，行步中規，折旋中矩，然後太師奏升車之樂，告出也。 |
| 《大戴禮記·主言》: | 昔者舜左禹而右皋陶，不下席而天下治。 |
| 《白虎通德論·爵》: | 君降立於阼階南面向，所命北向，央由君右執策命之。 |
| 《新書·官人》: | 左右在側，聲樂不見。 |
| 《新序·善謀下》: | 高皇帝疑，問左右大臣，皆山東人，多勸上都雒陽，東有成皋，西有肴澠，倍河海，嚮伊洛，其固亦足恃，且周數百年，秦二世而亡，不如都周。 |
| 《中論·虛道》: | 先王之禮，左史記事，右史記言，師瞽誦《詩》，庶僚箴誨，器用載銘，筵席書戒，月考其為，歲會其行，所以自供正也。 |
| 《孔子家語·相魯》: | 古者諸侯竝出疆，必具官以從，請具左右司馬。 |
| 《潛夫論·潛歎》: | 文王游畋，遇姜尚于渭濱，察言觀志，而見其心，不諮左右，不諏群臣，遂載反歸，委之以政，用能造周。 |
| 《論衡·幸偶》: | 非天稟施有左右也，人物受性有厚薄也。 |
| 《太玄經·彊》: | 次四，爰聰爰明，左右橿橿。 |
| 《風俗通義·六國》: | 蓋孕而三年不育，啟其左脅，三人出焉，啟其右脅，三人又出焉。 |
| 《孔叢子·論書》: | 孔子曰：「王者前有疑，後有丞，左有輔，右有弼，謂之四近。」 |
| 《申鑒·政體》: | 問明於治者其統近，萬物之本在身，天下之本在家，治亂之本在左右，內正立而四表定矣。 |
| 《素書·原始章》: | 右第一章言道不可以無始。 |
| 《獨斷·卷上》: | 右社稷，西曰右，宗廟、社稷皆在庫門之內、雉門之外，天子三昭三穆與太祖之廟七，七廟一壇一墠，曰考廟、皇考廟、顯考廟、祖考廟，皆月祭之。 |
| 《蔡中郎集·獨斷》: | 重轂者，轂外復有一轂，施舝其外，乃復設牽施銅，金鍐形如緹，亞飛軨以緹油，廣八寸，長注地，左畫蒼龍，右白虎，繫軸頭，今二千石亦然，但無畫耳。 |
| 《墨子·經說下》: | 右校交繩，無加焉而撓，極不勝重也。 |
| 《列子·黃帝》: | 有寵於晉君，不仕而居三卿之右。 |
| 《鶡冠子·天則》: | 中參成位，四氣為政，前張後極，左角右鉞，九文循理，以省官眾，小大畢舉。 |
| 《文子·微明》: | 故善也否同非譽俗趨行等逆順左右。 |
| 《列仙傳·彭祖》: | 常有兩虎在祠左右，祠訖，地即有虎跡，雲後升仙而去。 |
| 《老子河上公章句》: | 用兵則貴右。 |
| 《韓非子·初見秦》: | 昔者紂為天子，將率天下甲兵百萬，左飲於淇溪，右飲於洹谿，淇水竭而洹水不流，以與周武王為難。 |
| 《慎子·逸文》: | 權左輕則右重，右重則左輕。 |
| 《管子·輕重戊》: | 萊莒之君聞之，告左右曰：「金幣者，人之所重也。」 |
| 《公孫龍子·跡府》: | 左右請求之。 |
| 《吳子·料敵》: | 擊此之道，必三分之，獵其左右，脅而從之，其陳可壞。 |
| 《六韜·守土》: | 太公曰：「無䟽其親，無怠其眾，撫其左右，御其四旁。」 |
| 《司馬法·天子之義》: | 文與武左右也。 |
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