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Simplified Chinese version

U+7D04

Seal script

Jianbo

Simplified character

Radical:+ 3 strokes = 9 strokes total.
References:Guangyun: p.413#59 p.502#29 Kangxi: p.915#21 Cihai: p.1029r4c03 GSR: 1120.m Hanyu: v5,p3364#15
Composition:Left: , right: . Component of: 𢰹 𡟅 𤋢 𦋥 𦋩 𧎒 𧼿
Mandarin:yuē yāo yào ㄩㄝ ㄧㄠ ㄧㄠˋ ㄉㄧˋ
Cantonese:joek3
Tang reconstruction:qiɑk
Shuowen:糸部》约:缠束也。从糸勺声。
Guangyun:广韵·去声·𥬇·》约:又于略切。
广韵·入声··》约:约束又俭也,少也,又姓韩子有古贤者约续。于略切,又于𥬇切,二。
Kangxi:康熙字典·糸部·》约:《广韵》于略切《集韵》《韵会》《正韵》乙却切,𠀤音药。《说文》缠束也。《·小雅》约之阁阁。《传》约,束也。又《周礼·春官·大史》凡邦国都鄙,及万民之有约剂者藏焉。《注》约剂,要盟之载辞。《礼·曲礼》约信曰誓。《疏》共相约束,以爲信也。又《礼·坊记》君子约言。《疏》谓省约其言也。又《论语》不仁者不可以久处约。《礼·坊记》小人贫斯约。《注》约犹穷也。又《论语》以约失之者,鲜矣。《何晏注》俭约无忧患。又《战国策》苏代约燕王曰。《注》约,止也。又《庄子·逍遥游》淖约若处子。《音义》淖约,柔弱貌。又《荀子·劝学篇》春秋约而不速。《注》文义隐约。又《吕氏春秋》旄象之约。《注》约,节也。一曰美也。又《楚辞·招魂》土伯九约。《注》屈也。又姓。约续,古贤者,见《韩非子》。又《广韵》于笑切《集韵》一笑切《韵会》幺笑切,𠀤音要。《前汉·礼乐志》明德鄕治本约。《注》师古曰:约,读曰要。又《集韵》于敎切,音靿。屈也。又《集韵》乙角切,音渥。𠣩或作约,束也。又《集韵》吉历切,音激。缠也。又同的。《枚乗·七发》九寡之珥以爲约。《注》约亦的字也。
Fanqie:于𥬇 (《广韵·去声·𥬇·》) 于略 (《广韵·去声·𥬇·》) 于略 (《广韵·入声··》) 于𥬇 (《广韵·入声··》)
Unihan definition:treaty, agreement, covenant

Example usage

论语·里仁》:子曰:“不仁者不可以久处,不可以长处乐。”
The Master said, "Those who are without virtue cannot abide long either in a condition of poverty and hardship, or in a condition of enjoyment."
孟子·告子下》:我能为君与国,战必克。
Or they will say, "We can for our sovereign form alliances with other States, so that our battles must be successful."
礼记·曲礼下》:诸侯使大夫问于诸侯曰聘,信曰誓,莅牲曰盟。
When one prince sends a great officer to ask about another, it is called 'a message of friendly inquiry.' When there is a binding to mutual faith, it is called 'a solemn declaration.' When they use a victim, it is called 'a covenant.'
扬子法言》:或问:“司马子长有言,曰五经不如《老子》之也,当年不能极其变,终身不能究其业。”
Someone said: Sima Qian said that the Five Classics are not as concise as the Laozi. In one's whole life one could not exhaust their variations, and until one's death, one could not fully examine their content.
墨子·经上》:君,臣萌通也。
The jun (ruler) is the common knot tying ministers and people.
庄子·逍遥游》:曰:“藐姑射之山,有神人居焉,肌肤若冰雪,淖若处子,不食五谷,吸风饮露。”
And the other replied, (He said) that 'Far away on the hill of Gu Ye there dwelt a Spirit-like man whose flesh and skin were (smooth) as ice and (white) as snow; that his manner was elegant and delicate as that of a virgin; that he did not eat any of the five grains, but inhaled the wind and drank the dew.'
道德经》:善闭无关楗而不可开,善结无绳而不可解。
The skilful closer needs no bolts or bars, while to open what he has shut will be impossible; the skilful binder uses no strings or knots, while to unloose what he has bound will be impossible.
商君书·修权》:文武者,法之也。
Civil and military measures are the summary of the law.
荀子·》:其小歌曰:念彼远方,何其塞矣,仁人绌,暴人衍矣。
说苑·杂言》:孔子不应,乐终而曰:“由,昔者齐桓霸心生于莒,句践霸心生于会稽,晋文霸心生于骊氏,故居不幽,则思不远,身不则智不广,庸知而不遇之。”
春秋繁露·玉杯》:志哀而居,则君子予之知丧。
韩诗外传·卷一》:窘其身而其亲者,不可与语孝。
大戴礼记》:,而观其不营也。
白虎通德论·衣裳》:所以必有绅带者,示谨敬自整。
新书·修政语下》:凡有攻心者,必结之以,而谕之以信,然后能以得也。
新序·善谋下》:汉王复入壁,深堑而守之,谓张子房曰:“诸侯不,奈何?”
中论·核辩》:故《传》称《春秋》微而显、婉而辩者,然则辩之言必以至,不烦而谕,疾徐应节,不犯礼教,足以相称。
孔子家语·三恕》:微达,此似察。
潜夫论·务本》:今多违志俭养,生以待终,终没之后,乃崇餝丧纪以言孝,盛飨宾旅以求名,诬善之徒,从而称之,此乱孝悌之真行,而误后生之痛者也。
论衡·吉验》:夫人身长七尺,带其要,钩挂于带,在身所掩,不过一寸之内,既微小难中,又滑泽銛靡,锋刃中钩者,莫不蹉跌。
太玄经·》:测曰,“带其钩鞶”、自束也。
风俗通义》:重遭战国,从连横,好恶殊心,真伪纷争。
孔丛子·论势》:五国而诛秦。
申鉴·政体》:问通于道者其守
素书·正道章》:行足以为仪表,智足以决嫌疑,信可以使守,廉可以使分财,此人之豪也。
蔡中郎集》:治身则伯夷之洁也,俭啬则季文之也。
鶡冠子·夜行》:五行业也,五政道也,五音调也,五声故也,五味事也,赏罚也。
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,而能张,幽而能明,柔而能刚,含阴吐阳,而章三光
文始真经·九药》:走麝以遗香不捕,是以圣人以为纪。
老子河上公章句》:善结无绳而不可解。
韩非子·初见秦》:乃使其臣张孟谈于是乃潜于行而出,知伯之,得两国之众以攻知伯,禽其身以复襄主之初。
管子·立政九败解》:然则贤者不为下,智者不为谋,信者不为,勇者不为死,如是,则驱国而捐之也。
孙子兵法·虚实》:则我众而敌寡,能以众击寡,则我之所与战者,矣。
吴子·论将》:故将之所慎者五:一曰理,二曰备,三曰果,四曰戒,五曰
六韬·盈虚》:不以役作之故,害民耕绩之时,削心志,从事乎无为。
司马法·定爵》:凡战:固众,相利,治乱,进止,服正,成耻,法,省罚。
九章算术·盈不足》:两盈、两不足相与同其买物者,置所出率,以少减多,馀,以法实,实为物价,法为人数。
孙子算经·卷下》:不尽,之,即得。
周髀算经·》:其旨而远,其言曲而中,将恐废替,濡滞不通,使谈天者无所取则,辄依经为图,诚冀颓毁重仞之墙,披露堂室之奥,庶博物君子,时逈思焉。
淮南子·兵略训》:地广民众,主贤将忠,国富兵强,束信,号令明,两军相当,鼓錞相望,未至兵交接刃,而敌奔亡,此用兵之次也。
吕氏春秋·疑似》:周宅酆镐近戎人,与诸侯,为高葆祷于王路,置鼓其上,远近相闻。

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