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| Simplified Chinese version |
| 宜 U+5B9C |  Seal script |  Jinwen |  Jiaguwen |  Jianbo | 冝 Alternate form | 宐 Semantic variant | 𠣨 Semantic variant | 𡨆 Semantic variant | 𡪀 Semantic variant |
| Radical: | 宀+ 5 strokes = 8 strokes total. |
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| References: | Guangyun: p.45#4 Kangxi: p.284#03 Cihai: p.416r1c01 GSR: 21.a Hanyu: v2,p0920#06 |
| Composition: | Top: 宀, bottom: 且. Component of: 𫦄 𨛯 谊 𠊙 𡹠 𪣯 𪬃 𭓍 𡝮 𣶺 𠵌 𤊃 𬁁 𬓇 𠁇 𣈍 𣨩 椬 𤦌 竩 [More] |
| Mandarin: | yí ㄧˊ |
| Cantonese: | ji4 |
| Tang reconstruction: | *ngyɛ |
| Guangyun: | 《广韵·上平声·支·宜》宜：《说文》本作宐所安也，俗作冝亦姓出姓苑。鱼羁切，十一。 |
| Kangxi: | 《康熙字典·宀部·五》宜：〔古文〕𡪀𡨆𠣨《唐韵》《集韵》鱼羁切《韵会》疑羁切，𠀤音仪。《说文》所安也。《增韵》适理也。《易·泰卦》后以财成天地之道，辅相天地之宜。《礼·王制》齐其政，不易其宜。又《左传·成二年》先王疆理天下物土之宜。《注》职方氏所谓靑州宜稻粱，雍州宜黍稷之类是也。又《诗·周南》宜其室家。《传》宜者，和顺之意。又《尔雅·释诂》宜，事也。《诗·大雅》公尸来燕来宜。《毛传》宜其事也。又《玉篇》当也，合当然也。《礼·乐记》武之迟久，不亦宜乎。又祭名。《书·泰誓》类于上帝，宜于冢土。《注》祭社曰宜。冢土，社也。《礼·王制》宜乎社。《注》引尔雅，起大事，动大衆，必先有事乎社，令诛罚得宜。又州名。古百越地，庸置粤州，改宜州。又姓。《正字通》元宜桂可，博通经史。又通作仪。《前汉·地理志》伯益能仪百物。仪读与宜同。又叶五何切，音俄。《诗·墉风》如山如河，象服是宜。叶上佗下何。◎按《音学五书》宜古音鱼何反。宜字《诗》凡九见，《易》一见，《仪礼》一见，《楚辞》一见，𠀤同。后人误入五支韵，据此则又非但叶音矣。《集韵》宐，隶作宜。 |
| Fanqie: | 鱼羁 (《广韵·上平声·支·宜》) |
| Unihan definition: | suitable, right, fitting, proper |
Example usage
| 《论语·子张》: | 夫子之云，不亦宜乎！ |
| Was not the observation of the chief only what might have been expected? | |
| 《孟子·尽心上》: | 公孙丑曰：“道则高矣，美矣，宜若登天然，似不可及也。” |
| Gong Sun Chou said, 'Lofty are your principles and admirable, but to learn them may well be likened to ascending the heavens - something which cannot be reached.' | |
| 《礼记·问丧》: | 妇人不宜袒，故发胸击心爵踊，殷殷田田，如坏墙然，悲哀痛疾之至也。 |
| The women could not bare their arms, and therefore they (merely) pushed out the breast, and smote upon their hearts, moving their feet with a sliding, hopping motion, and with a constant, heavy sound, like the crumbling away of a wall. The expression of grief, sorrow, and deep-seated pain was extreme. | |
| 《扬子法言》: | 夫道以导之，德以得之，仁以人之，义以宜之，礼以体之，天也。 |
| Now, using the Dao to lead it; using de to complete it; using ren to make it human; using yi to make its behavior appropriate; and using li embody it —this is Tian. | |
| 《墨子·经上》: | 合，正1、宜、必。 |
| He (relation/tallying/being together). Exact, to the one which is appropriate, necessary. | |
| 《庄子·人间世》: | 易之者，皞天不宜。 |
| He who thinks it easy will be disapproved of by the bright Heaven. | |
| 《道德经》: | 夫两者各得其所欲，大者宜为下。 |
| Each gets what it desires, but the great state must learn to abase itself. | |
| 《商君书·更法》: | 礼法以时而定，制令各顺其宜，兵甲器备各便其用。 |
| As rites and laws were fixed in accordance with what was opportune, regulations and orders were all expedient, and weapons, armour, implements and equipment were all practical. | |
| 《史记·五帝本纪》: | 唯禹之功为大，披九山，通九泽，决九河，定九州，各以其职来贡，不失厥宜。 |
| But Yu's labours consisted in making great cuttings through the nine hills, making thoroughfares through the nine swamps, deepening the nine rivers, and regulating the nine provinces, each of which by their officials sent tribute, and did not lose their rightful dues. | |
| 《荀子·大略》: | 不时宜，不敬文，不驩欣，虽指非礼也 |
| 《说苑·修文》: | 此所以祭先王之庙也，此所以献酢酳之酬也，所以官序贵贱各得其宜也，此可以示后世有尊卑长幼之序也。 |
| 《春秋繁露·玉杯》: | 虽从俗而不能终，犹宜未平于心。 |
| 《韩诗外传·卷一》: | 传曰：夫行露之人许嫁矣，然而未往也，见一物不具，一礼不备，守节贞理，守死不往，君子以为得妇道之宜，故举而传之，扬而歌之，以绝无道之求，防污道之行乎！ |
| 《大戴礼记·礼三本》: | 尊者事尊，卑者事卑，宜钜者钜，宜小者小也。 |
| 《白虎通德论·爵》: | 《含文嘉》曰：“殷爵三等，周爵五等，各有宜也。” |
| 《新书·修政语下》: | 故夫天下者，唯有道者理之，唯有道者纪之，唯有道者使之，唯有道者宜处而久之。 |
| 《新序·善谋下》: | 公诚能无爱金玉璧帛，令太子为书，卑辞以安车迎之，因使辩士固请宜来，来以为客，时时从入朝，令上见之，上见之即必异问之，问之，上知此四人，亦一助也。 |
| 《中论·爵禄》: | 爵禄之贱也，由处之者不宜也，贱其人，斯贱其位矣。 |
| 《孔子家语·相鲁》: | 乃别五土之性，而物各得其所生之宜，咸得厥所。 |
| 《潜夫论·论荣》: | 所谓贤人君子者，非必高位厚禄富贵荣华之谓也，此则君子之所宜有，而非其所以为君子者也。 |
| 《论衡·命义》: | 行恶者祸随而至，而盗跖、庄蹻，横行天下，聚党数千，攻夺人物，断斩人身，无道甚矣，宜遇其祸，乃以寿终。 |
| 《太玄经·礥》: | 次五，拔车山渊，宜于大人。 |
| 《风俗通义》: | 并综事宜于今者。 |
| 《孔丛子·论书》: | 父母在，则宜图婚 |
| 《申鉴·政体》: | 义也者，宜此者也。 |
| 《忠经·政理章》: | 政其人理，禄其宜哉 |
| 《素书·原始章》: | 义者人之所宜，赏善罚恶，以立功立事。 |
| 《新语·道基》: | 于是后稷乃列封强，画畔界，以分土地之所宜。 |
| 《独断·卷上》: | 汉高祖受命，功德宜之，因而不改也。 |
| 《蔡中郎集·独断》: | 王莽无发，乃施巾，故语曰：“王莽秃，帻施屋，冠进贤者宜长耳，冠惠文者宜短耳，各随所宜。” |
| 《列子·天瑞》: | 故天职生覆，地职形载，圣职教化，物职所宜。 |
| 《鶡冠子·天则》: | 此圣人之所以宜世也。 |
| 《文子·精诚》: | 精有愁尽而行无穷极，所守不定而外淫于世俗之风，是故圣人内修道术而不外饰仁义，知九窍四支之宜，而游乎精神之和，此圣人之游也。 |
| 《文始真经·三极》: | 圣人通乎上下，惟其宜之。 |
| 《列仙传·偓佺》: | 尽性可辞，中智宜将。 |
| 《老子河上公章句》: | 道可左可右，无所不宜。 |
| 《韩非子·扬权》: | 夫物者有所宜，材者有所施，各处其宜，故上下无为。 |
| 《管子·轻重己》: | 宜芸而不芸，百草皆存，民以仅存，不芸之害也。 |
| 《公孙龙子·迹府》: | 夫言色则形不当与，言形则色不宜从，今合以为物，非也。 |
| 《六韬·鸟云泽兵》: | 凡用兵之大要，当敌临战，必宜冲阵，便兵所处。 |
| 《司马法·仁本》: | 设地之宜。 |
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