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| Simplified Chinese version |
| 窮 U+7AAE |  Seal script | 穷 Simplified character | 竆 Semantic variant |
| Radical: | 穴+ 10 strokes = 15 strokes total. |
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| References: | Guangyun: p.26#21 Kangxi: p.867#10 Cihai: p.1000r6c05 GSR: 1006.h Hanyu: v4,p2737#12 |
| Composition: | Top: 穴, bottom: 躬. Component of: 𠤊 𡃕 𡾈 𤢶 𣋶 藭 𧔚 𧸺 |
| Mandarin: | qióng ㄑㄩㄥˊ |
| Cantonese: | kung4 |
| Tang reconstruction: | *ghiung |
| Guangyun: | 《广韵·上平声·东·穷》穷：穷极也，又穷奇兽名闻人鬬乃助不直者。渠弓切，三。 |
| Kangxi: | 《康熙字典·穴部·十》穷：《韵会小补》说文本作竆。从穴躳声。隷作穷。又《集韵》居雄切，音弓。恭貌。本作匔。或从穴作穷。 |
| Fanqie: | 渠弓 (《广韵·上平声·东·穷》) |
| Unihan definition: | poor, destitute, impoverished |
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[Show proper names]Example usage
| 《论语·卫灵公》: | 子路愠见曰：“君子亦有穷乎？” |
| Zi Lu, with evident dissatisfaction, said, "Has the superior man likewise to endure in this way?" | |
| 《孟子·尽心上》: | 君子所性，虽大行不加焉，虽穷居不损焉，分定故也。 |
| What belongs by his nature to the superior man cannot be increased by the largeness of his sphere of action, nor diminished by his dwelling in poverty and retirement - for this reason that it is determinately apportioned to him by Heaven. | |
| 《礼记·三年问》: | 故有血气之属者，莫知于人，故人于其亲也，至死不穷。 |
| But among all creatures that have blood and breath, there is none which has intelligence equal to man; and hence the feeling of man on the death of his kindred remains unexhausted even till death. | |
| 《扬子法言》: | 曰：“水，测之而益深，穷之而益远。” |
| Yangzi said: As for water, the more you measure it, the deeper it gets. The more you trace it to its source, the broader it becomes. | |
| 《墨子·经上》: | 穷，或有前不容尺也。 |
| The qiong (limit) is wherever at the next advance there is no room for a measured length. | |
| 《庄子·逍遥游》: | 穷发之北，有冥海者，天池也。 |
| In the bare and barren north there is the dark and vast ocean - the Pool of Heaven. | |
| 《道德经》: | 多言数穷，不如守中。 |
| Much speech to swift exhaustion lead we see; Your inner being guard, and keep it free. | |
| 《商君书·更法》: | 吾闻穷巷多怪，曲学多辨。 |
| I have heard it said that in poor country districts, much is thought strange, and that in village schools there are many debates. | |
| 《史记·五帝本纪》: | 帝颛顼生子曰穷蝉。 |
| Emperor Zhuanxu had a son, Chiungchan. | |
| 《荀子·大略》: | 虞舜、孝己孝而亲不爱，比干、子胥忠而君不用，仲尼、颜渊知而穷于世。 |
| 《说苑·君道》: | 河间献王曰：“尧存心于天下，加志于穷民，痛万姓之罹罪，忧众生之不遂也。” |
| 《春秋繁露·竹林》: | 故案《春秋》而适往事，穷其端而视其故，得志之君子，有喜之人，不可不慎也。 |
| 《韩诗外传·卷一》: | 宜于时则达，厄于穷则处，信礼者也。 |
| 《大戴礼记·主言》: | 使之哀鳏寡，养孤独，恤贫穷，诱孝悌，选贤举能。 |
| 《白虎通德论·号》: | 喾者，极也，言其能施行穷极道德也。 |
| 《新书·修政语上》: | 帝尧曰：“吾存心于先古，加志于穷民，痛万姓之罹罪，忧众生之不遂也。” |
| 《新序·善谋》: | 吾闻穷乡多怪，曲学多辩。 |
| 《中论·修本》: | 故知者举甚轻之事以任天下之重，行甚迩之路以穷天下之远。 |
| 《孔子家语·王言解》: | 则贤者说而不肖者惧，哀鳏寡，养孤独，恤贫穷，诱孝弟，选才能。 |
| 《潜夫论·赞学》: | 夫道成于学而藏于书，学进于振而废于穷。 |
| 《论衡·偶会》: | 夏、殷之朝适穷，桀、纣之恶适稔。 |
| 《太玄经·玄首都序》: | 玄，浑行无穷正象天。 |
| 《风俗通义·五伯》: | 至道不远，三五复反，譬若循连钚，顺鼎耳，穷则反本，终则复始也。 |
| 《孔丛子·广诂》: | 强、穷、克，竟也。 |
| 《申鉴·杂言下》: | 故曰：穷理尽性以至于命，孟子称性善。 |
| 《忠经·辨忠章》: | 以无空穷。 |
| 《素书·求人之志章》: | 深计远虑，所以不穷。 |
| 《新语·道基》: | 于是后圣乃定《五经》，明《六艺》，承天统地，穷事微，原情立本，以绪人伦，宗诸天地，修篇章，垂诸来世，被诸鸟兽，以匡衰乱，天人合策，原道悉备，智者达其心，百工穷其巧，乃调之以管弦丝竹之音，设锺鼓歌舞之乐，以节奢侈，正风俗，通文雅。 |
| 《蔡中郎集·瞽师赋》: | 夫何蒙眛之瞽兮，心穷忽以郁伊。 |
| 《列子·天瑞》: | 疑独，其道不可穷。 |
| 《鶡冠子·道端》: | 是以明主之治世也，急于求人，弗独为也，与天与地，建立四维，以辅国政，钩绳相布，衔橛相制，参偶具备，立位乃固，经气有常理，以天地动，逆天时不祥，有祟事，不仕贤，无功必败，出究其道，入穷其变，张军卫外，祸反在内，所备甚远，贼在所爱。 |
| 《文子·道原》: | 夫道者，高不可极，深不可测，苞裹天地，禀受无形，原流泏泏，冲而不盈，浊以静之徐清，施之无穷，无所朝夕，表之不盈一握，约而能张，幽而能明，柔而能刚，含阴吐阳，而章三光 |
| 《文始真经·一宇》: | 关尹子曰：“以盆为沼，以石为岛，鱼环游之，不知其几千万里而不穷也。” |
| 《列仙传·马丹》: | 事文去献，显没不穷。 |
| 《老子河上公章句》: | 我乘乘如穷鄙，无所归就。 |
| 《韩非子·主道》: | 明君之道，使智者尽其虑，而君因以断事，故君不穷于智。 |
| 《慎子·威德》: | 走背跋䠯穷谷野走十里，药也，走背辞药则足废。 |
| 《管子·轻重甲》: | 困穷之民，闻而籴之，釜鏂无止，远通不推 |
| 《孙子兵法·兵势》: | 故善出奇者，无穷如天地，不竭如江河，终而复始，日月是也。 |
| 《六韬·六守》: | 太公曰：“富之而观其无犯，贵之而观其无骄，付之而观其无转，使之而观其无隐，危之而观其无恐，事之而观其无穷。” |
| 《司马法·仁本》: | 不穷不能而哀怜伤病，是以明其仁也。 |
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