| Chinese Text Project |
| 必 U+5FC5 |  Seal script |  Jinwen |  Jiaguwen |  Jianbo |
| Radical: | 心+ 1 strokes = 4 strokes total. |
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| References: | Guangyun: p.470#56 Kangxi: p.375#02 Cihai: p.522r5c01 GSR: 405.a Hanyu: v4,p2267#02 |
| Composition: | Merging of 心 and 丿. Component of: 𢗈 𫵘 𨸼 𢗺 𭐡 𭖑 佖 𠛡 𠨘 𮤲 泌 𡶇 𢁽 㧙 𨒜 泌 邲 𪣊 咇 𫗣 [More] |
| Mandarin: | bì ㄅㄧˋ |
| Cantonese: | bit1 |
| Tang reconstruction: | *bit |
| Shuowen: | 《八部》必：分極也。从八、弋，弋亦聲。 |
| Guangyun: | 《廣韻·入聲·質·必》必：審也，然也。《說文》曰：分極也，从八弋。卑吉切，二十七。 |
| Kangxi: | 《康熙字典·心部·心部》必：《唐韻》𤰞吉切《集韻》《韻會》《正韻》璧吉切，𠀤音畢。《說文》分極也。从八戈。戈亦聲。《趙宧光箋》弋猶表識也，分極猶畺界也，故从八弋。又定辭也。《詩·齊風》取妻如之何，必告父母。又專也。《揚子·太𤣥經》赤石不奪，節士之必。《註》石不可奪堅，丹不可奪赤，猶節士之必專也。又期必也。《論語》子絕四，毋意，毋必。又審也。《後漢·劉陶傳》所與交友，必也同志。又果也。《後漢·宣帝紀贊》孝宣之治，信賞必罰。又必育，人名。燧人氏之佐也。《羣輔錄》必育受稅俗。《註》受賦稅及徭役，所宜施爲也。又《字彙補》赤犮必力。山名。河水所出也。見僧宗泐記。又《古今字考》幷列切，音縪。組也。《周禮·冬官考工記》玉人之事，天子圭中必。《註》謂以組約其中央，以備失墜。◎按周禮考工釋文，必卽組也，讀如縪者，俗讀之也。弓檠之䪐从韋，正譌欲舉以駁《說文》，迂矣，當以《說文》爲正。又按必字不从心，《字彙》幷入心部。《正字通》因之，取其形似，便於檢閱爾。 |
| Fanqie: | 卑吉 (《廣韻·入聲·質·必》) |
| Unihan definition: | surely, most certainly; must |
Example usage
| 《論語·學而》: | 雖曰未學，吾必謂之學矣。 |
| Although men say that he has not learned, I will certainly say that he has. | |
| 《孟子·盡心上》: | 觀水有術，必觀其瀾。 |
| There is an art in the contemplation of water. It is necessary to look at it as foaming in waves. | |
| 《禮記·三年問》: | 凡生天地之間者，有血氣之屬必有知，有知之屬莫不知愛其類。 |
| 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. | |
| 《孝經·感應》: | 故雖天子，必有尊也，言有父也。 |
| Therefore even the Son of Heaven must have some whom he honors; that is, he has his uncles of his surname. | |
| 《揚子法言》: | 曰：「必也淫。」 |
| Yangzi said: They were excessive by necessity. | |
| 《墨子·經說上》: | 故：小故，有之不必然，無之必不然。 |
| 'Minor reason': having this, it will not necessarily be so; lacking this, necessarily it will not be so. | |
| 《莊子·齊物論》: | 奚必知代而心自取者有之？ |
| Not only would it be so with those who know the sequences (of knowledge and feeling) and make their own selection among them. | |
| 《道德經》: | 大軍之後，必有凶年。 |
| In the sequence of great armies there are sure to be bad years. | |
| 《商君書·更法》: | 有獨知之慮者，必見訾於民。 |
| He who has thoughts of independent knowledge is certainly despised by the world. | |
| 《孫子兵法·始計》: | 將聽吾計，用之必勝，留之。 |
| The general that hearkens to my counsel and acts upon it, will conquer: let such a one be retained in command! | |
| 《荀子·大略》: | 君子能為可貴，不能使人必貴己。 |
| 《說苑·君道》: | 凡處尊位者必以敬，下順德規諫，必開不諱之門，撙節安靜以藉之，諫者勿振以威，毋格其言，博采其辭，乃擇可觀。 |
| 《春秋繁露·玉杯》: | 今取必納幣，納幣之月在喪分，故謂之喪取也。 |
| 《韓詩外傳·卷一》: | 傳曰：所謂士者，雖不能盡備乎道術，必有由也。 |
| 《大戴禮記·主言》: | 是故明主之守也，必折衝於千里之外。 |
| 《白虎通德論·爵》: | 舉從下升，以為人無生得貴者，莫不由士起，是以舜時稱為天子，必先試於士禮。 |
| 《新書·脩政語下》: | 周武王問於王子旦曰：「敢問治有必成，而戰有必勝乎？」 |
| 《新序·善謀下》: | 公誠能無愛金玉璧帛，令太子為書，卑辭以安車迎之，因使辯士固請宜來，來以為客，時時從入朝，令上見之，上見之即必異問之，問之，上知此四人，亦一助也。 |
| 《中論·治學》: | 倦立而思遠，不如速行之必至也。 |
| 《孔子家語·相魯》: | 孔子攝相事，曰：「臣聞有文事者必有武備，有武事者必有文備。」 |
| 《潛夫論·讚學》: | 是故「工欲善其事，必先利其器」。 |
| 《論衡·命義》: | 歷陽之都，長平之坑，其中必有命善祿盛之人，一宿同填而死，遭逢之禍大，命善祿盛不能郤也。 |
| 《太玄經·銳》: | 測曰，「銳一」之「達」、執道必也。 |
| 《風俗通義》: | 孔子稱：「幸苟有過，人必知之。」 |
| 《孔叢子·嘉言》: | 子張曰：「女子必漸乎二十而後嫁，何也？」 |
| 《申鑒·政體》: | 君子之所以動天地、應神明、正萬物，而成王治者，必本乎真實而已。 |
| 《忠經·冢臣章》: | 雖有周、孔之才，必以忠為本也。 |
| 《素書·遵義章》: | 小功不賞，則大功不立，小怨不赦，則大怨必生。 |
| 《新語·道基》: | 夫謀事不並仁義者後必敗，殖不固本而立高基者後必崩。 |
| 《獨斷·卷上》: | 天子必有近臣，執兵陳于陛側以戒不虞。 |
| 《蔡中郎集·獨斷》: | 四夷樂之別名：王者必作四夷之樂以定天下之歡心，祭神明和而歌之，以管樂為之聲。 |
| 《魯勝墨辯注敘》: | 孔子曰：「必也正名，名不正則事不成。」 |
| 《列子·天瑞》: | 形，必終者也 |
| 《鶡冠子·環流》: | 命之所立，賢不必得，不肖不必失。 |
| 《文子·道原》: | 志弱者柔毳安靜，藏於不取，行於不能，澹然無為，動不失時，故「貴必以賤為本，高必以下為基。」 |
| 《文始真經·一宇》: | 為者必敗，執者必失。 |
| 《列仙傳·平常生》: | 雲復水雨五日必止 |
| 《鬻子》: | 故君子之謀能必用道，而不能必見受。 |
| 《老子河上公章句》: | 多言數窮，多事害神，多言害身，口開舌舉，必有禍患。 |
| 《韓非子·存韓》: | 夫趙氏聚士卒，養從徒，欲贅天下之兵，明秦不弱，則諸侯必滅宗廟，欲西面行其意，非一日之計也。 |
| 《申不害·大體》: | 今夫弒君而取國者，非必逾城郭之險而犯門閭之閉也。 |
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