| Chinese Text Project |
| 測 U+6E2C |  Seal script |  Jinwen | 测 Simplified character |
| Radical: | 水+ 9 strokes = 12 strokes total. |
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| References: | Guangyun: p.526#8 Kangxi: p.635#01 Cihai: p.812r6c03 GSR: 906.f Hanyu: v3,p1674#01 |
| Composition: | Left: 氵, right: 則. |
| Mandarin: | cè ㄘㄜˋ |
| Cantonese: | caak1 cak1 |
| Tang reconstruction: | chriək |
| Shuowen: | 《水部》測：深所至也。从水則聲。 |
| Guangyun: | 《廣韻·入聲·職·測》測：度也。初力切，六。 |
| Kangxi: | 《康熙字典·水部·九》測：《唐韻》初側切《集韻》《韻會》察色切《正韻》初力切，𠀤音惻。《說文》深所至也。《玉篇》度深曰測。又凡測度之稱。《易·繫辭》隂陽不測之謂神。又淸也。《周禮·冬官考工記》弓人漆欲測。又測測，刃利意。《詩·周頌·畟畟良耜傳》畟畟，猶測測。 |
| Fanqie: | 初力 (《廣韻·入聲·職·測》) |
| Unihan definition: | measure, estimate, conjecture |
Example usage
| 《禮記·王制》: | 意論輕重之序、慎測淺深之量以別之。 |
| He must consider the gravity or lightness (of the offence), and carefully try to fathom the capacity (of the offender) as shallow or deep, to determine the exact character (of his guilt). | |
| 《揚子法言·序》: | 聖人聰明淵懿，繼天測靈，冠乎群倫，經諸範，譔《五百》。 |
| The sage, keenly intelligent and profoundly good, continues the work of Tian and fathoms the divine. Surpassing the common herd, he sets the standard. Thus, I have written "Five Hundred Years." | |
| 《莊子·應帝王》: | 老聃曰：「明王之治，功蓋天下而似不自己，化貸萬物而民弗恃，有莫舉名，使物自喜，立乎不測，而遊於無有者也。」 |
| Lao Dan replied, 'In the governing of the intelligent kings, their services overspread all under the sky, but they did not seem to consider it as proceeding from themselves; their transforming influence reached to all things, but the people did not refer it to them with hope. No one could tell the name of their agency, but they made men and things be joyful in themselves. Where they took their stand could not be fathomed, and they found their enjoyment in (the realm of) nonentity.' | |
| 《詩經·常武》: | 不測不克、濯征徐國。 |
| Inscrutable, invincible; Grandly proceeding to set in order the States of Xu. | |
| 《周易·繫辭上》: | 生生之謂易，成象之謂乾，效法之為坤，極數知來之謂占，通變之謂事，陰陽不測之謂神。 |
| Production and reproduction is what is called (the process of) change. The formation of the semblances (shadowy forms of things) is what we attribute to Qian; the giving to them their specific forms is what we attribute to Kun. The exhaustive use of the numbers (that turn up in manipulating the stalks), and (thereby) knowing (the character of) coming events, is what we call prognosticating; the comprehension of the changes (indicated leads us to) what we call the business (to be done). That which is unfathomable in (the movement of) the inactive and active operations is (the presence of a) spiritual (power). | |
| 《荀子·賦》: | 弟子不敏，此之願陳，君子設辭，請測意之。 |
| 《說苑·雜言》: | 淺者流行，深者不測，似智。 |
| 《春秋繁露·奉本》: | 夫流深者其水不測，尊至者其敬無窮。 |
| 《韓詩外傳·卷八》: | 《詩》曰：「綿綿翼翼，不測不克。」 |
| 《大戴禮記》: | 孔子對曰：「所謂聖人者，知通乎大道，應變而不窮，能測萬物之情性者也。」 |
| 《新書·六術》: | 夫律之者，象測之也，所測者六，故曰六律。 |
| 《新序·雜事三》: | 臨不測之罪，以幸為利，義之所不敢出也。 |
| 《中論·曆數》: | 昔者聖王之造曆數也，察紀律之行，觀運機之動，原星辰之迭中，寤晷景之長短，於是營儀以准之，立表以測之，下漏以考之，布筭以追之。 |
| 《孔子家語·禮運》: | 人藏其心，不可測度，美惡皆在其心，不見其色。 |
| 《潛夫論·交際》: | 由斯觀諸，士之志量，固難測度。 |
| 《論衡·非韓》: | 設明法於邦，有盜賊之心，不敢犯矣，不測之者，不敢發矣。 |
| 《太玄經·玄測都序》: | 夜則測陰，晝則測陽，晝夜之測，或否或臧。 |
| 《孔叢子·嘉言》: | 夫以一縷之任繫千鈞之重，上懸之於無極之高，下垂之於不測之深。 |
| 《蔡中郎集》: | 今始聞善政，旋復變易，足令海內測度朝政，宜追定八使，糾舉非法，更選忠清，平章賞罰，三公歲盡 |
| 《列子·天瑞》: | 難測難識，此固然矣。 |
| 《鶡冠子·道端》: | 富者觀其所予，足以知仁，貴者觀其所舉，足以知忠，觀其大𥘽，長不讓少，貴不讓賤，足以知禮達，觀其所不行，足以知義，受官任治，觀其去就，足以知智，迫之不懼，足以知勇，口利辭巧，足以知辯，使之不隱，足以知信，貧者觀其所不取，足以知廉，賤者觀其所不為，足以知賢，測深觀天，足以知聖。 |
| 《文子·道原》: | 夫道者，高不可極，深不可測，苞裹天地，稟受無形，原流泏泏，沖而不盈，濁以靜之徐清，施之無窮，無所朝夕，表之不盈一握，約而能張，幽而能明，柔而能剛，含陰吐陽，而章三光 |
| 《文始真經·一宇》: | 惟不可為，不可致，不可測，不可分。 |
| 《老子河上公章句》: | 玄德深矣，遠矣，玄德之人深不可測，遠不可及也。 |
| 《韓非子·難言》: | 閎大廣博，妙遠不測，則見以為夸而無用。 |
| 《管子·九守》: | 聽之術曰：勿望而距，勿望而許，許之則失守，距之則閉塞，高山仰之，不可極也，深淵度之，不可測也。 |
| 《孫子兵法·九地》: | 凡為客之道，深入則專，主人不克，掠于饒野，三軍足食，謹養而無勞，併氣積力，運兵計謀，為不可測，投之無所往，死且不北，死焉不得，士人盡力。 |
| 《六韜·大禮》: | 深淵度之，不可測也。 |
| 《三略·下略》: | 夫以義誅不義，若決江河而溉爝火，臨不測而擠欲墜，其克必矣。 |
| 《周髀算經·卷上》: | 商高曰：「平矩以正繩，偃矩以望高，覆矩以測深，臥矩以知遠，環矩以為圓，合矩以為方。」 |
| 《淮南子·主術訓》: | 太一之精，通于天道，天道玄默，無容無則，大不可極，深不可測，尚與人化，知不能得。 |
| 《呂氏春秋·觀表》: | 人之心隱匿難見，淵深難測，故聖人於事志焉。 |
| 《鬼谷子·揣篇》: | 夫情變於內者，形見於外，故常必以其見者而知其隱者，此所謂測深揣情。 |
| 《史記·秦始皇本紀》: | 然後斬華為城，因河為津，據億丈之城，臨不測之谿以為固。 |
| 《春秋左傳》: | 一鼓作氣，再而衰，三而竭，彼竭我盈，故克之，夫大國難測也，懼有伏焉，吾視其轍亂，望其旗靡，故逐之。 |
| 《逸周書·武紀解》: | 大國之無養，小國之畏事，不可以本權失鄰家之交，不可以枉繩失鄰家之交，不據直以約，不虧體以陰，不可虞而奪也，不可策而服也，不可親而侵也，不可摩而測也，不可求而循也。 |
| 《國語·晉語一》: | 君之使我，非歡也，抑欲測吾心也。 |
| 《吳越春秋》: | 薛燭對曰：『赤堇之山已令無雲，若耶之溪深而莫測，群臣上天，歐冶死矣。』 |
| 《越絕書》: | 今赤堇之山已合，若耶溪深而不測。 |
| 《戰國策》: | 妾賴天而有男，則是君之子為王也，楚國封盡可得，孰與其臨不測之罪乎？ |
| 《鹽鐵論·毀學》: | 文學曰：「方李斯之相秦也，始皇任之，人臣無二，然而荀卿謂之不食，睹其罹不測之禍也。」 |
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