| Chinese Text Project |
| 罰 U+7F70 |  Seal script |  Jinwen | 罚 Simplified character | 罸 Alternate form |
| Radical: | 网+ 9 strokes = 14 strokes total. |
|---|---|
| References: | Guangyun: p.477#39 Kangxi: p.948#33 Cihai: p.1065r5c04 GSR: 308.a Hanyu: v4,p2923#03 |
| Composition: | Top: 罒, bottom: 䚯. Component of: 藅 |
| Mandarin: | fá ㄈㄚˊ |
| Cantonese: | fat6 |
| Tang reconstruction: | *bhɛ̌i bhiæt |
| Guangyun: | 《廣韻·入聲·月·伐》罰：罪罰元命包曰网言爲詈刀詈爲罰罰之言网陷於害。 |
| Kangxi: | 《康熙字典·网部·九》罰：《廣韻》《集韻》《韻會》𠀤房越切，音伐。《說文》辠之小者。从刀从詈。未以刀有所賊，但持刀罵詈，則應罰。《春秋·元命包》罔言爲詈，刀詈爲罰。罰之言罔陷於害。《易·豫卦》則𠛬罰淸而民服。《書·呂𠛬》五𠛬不𥳑，正於五罰。《傳》出金贖罪。《周禮·地官·司救》凡民之有衺惡者，三讓而罰。《註》罰謂撻擊之也。又《韻補》叶扶廢切《江淹·齊高帝誄》綴機剟賊，輕章削罰。矜𤰞廣慈，合賤兼愛。愛字音炁。○按《說文》在刀部，今倂入。 考證：〔《周禮·地官·司徒》凡民之有衺惡者，三讓而罰之。〕謹照原文司徒改司救。三讓而罚下省之字。 |
| Fanqie: | 房越 (《廣韻·入聲·月·伐》) |
| Unihan definition: | penalty, fine; punish, penalize |
Example usage
| 《論語·子路》: | 禮樂不興，則刑罰不中。 |
| When proprieties and music do not flourish, punishments will not be properly awarded. | |
| 《孟子·滕文公下》: | 《書》曰：『徯我后，后來其無罰。』 |
| It is said in the Book of History, "We have waited for our prince. When our prince comes, we may escape from the punishments under which we suffer." | |
| 《禮記·緇衣》: | 子曰：「政之不行也，教之不成也，爵祿不足勸也，刑罰不足恥也。」 |
| The Master said, 'When (the measures of) government do not take effect, and the lessons of the ruler do not accomplish their object, (it is because) the giving of rank and emoluments is unfit to stimulate the people to good, and (the infliction of) punishments and penalties is unfit to make them ashamed (of evil).' | |
| 《墨子·經上》: | 罰，上報下之罪也。 |
| Fa (punishment) is requital from above for crime below. | |
| 《莊子·在宥》: | 故舉天下以賞其善者不足，舉天下以罰其惡者不給，故天下之大不足以賞罰。 |
| If now the whole world were taken to reward the good it would not suffice, nor would it be possible with it to punish the bad. Thus the world, great as it is, not sufficing for rewards and punishments. | |
| 《商君書·去強》: | 重罰輕賞，則上愛民，民死上。 |
| If penalties are made heavy and rewards light, the ruler loves his people and they will die for him. | |
| 《孫子兵法·始計》: | 曰：主孰有道，將孰有能，天地孰得，法令孰行，兵眾孰強，士卒孰練，賞罰孰明，吾以此知勝負矣。 |
| In this wise: (1) Which of the two sovereigns is imbued with the Moral law? (2) Which of the two generals has most ability? (3) With whom lie the advantages derived from Heaven and Earth? (4) On which side is discipline most rigorously enforced? (5) Which army is stronger? (6) On which side are officers and men more highly trained? (7) In which army is there the greater constancy both in reward and punishment? By means of these seven considerations I can forecast victory or defeat. | |
| 《史記·夏本紀》: | 今予維共行天之罰。 |
| And I am now but reverently executing the punishment appointed by Heaven. | |
| 《荀子·大略》: | 多積財而羞無有，重民任而誅不能，此邪行之所以起，刑罰之所以多也。 |
| 《說苑·君道》: | 故不賞而民勸，不罰而民治。 |
| 《春秋繁露·王道》: | 今求財不足，行罰如將不勝，殺戮如屠，仇仇其民，魚爛而亡，國中盡空。 |
| 《韓詩外傳·卷一》: | 晉為盟主而不救，天罰懼及矣。 |
| 《大戴禮記·禮察》: | 若夫慶賞以勸善，刑罰以懲惡，先王執此之正，堅如金石，行此之信，順如四時。 |
| 《白虎通德論》: | 諸侯比王者為陰，南面賞罰為陽，法雷也。 |
| 《新書·脩政語上》: | 故不賞而民勸，不罰而民治，先恕而後行，是以德音遠也。 |
| 《新序·善謀》: | 楚王方侈，天其或者欲盈其心，以厚其毒而降之罰，未可知也。 |
| 《中論·法象》: | 無刑罰之威，而萬民畏之。 |
| 《孔子家語·辯政》: | 諛其君者，刑罰不足以誅也。 |
| 《潛夫論·考績》: | 其受事而重選舉，審名實而取賞罰也如此。 |
| 《論衡·幸偶》: | 或姦盜大辟而不知，或罰贖小罪而發覺。 |
| 《風俗通義·五帝》: | 謹按：《易》、《尚書大傳》：「天立五帝以為相，四時施生，法度明察，春夏慶賞，秋冬刑罰，帝者任德設刑，以則象之。」 |
| 《孔叢子·廣言》: | 俘，罰也。 |
| 《申鑒·政體》: | 興農桑以養其生，審好惡以正其俗，宣文教以章其化，立武備以秉其威，明賞罰以統其法。 |
| 《忠經·保孝行章》: | 自貽伊罰，求安可乎？ |
| 《素書·原始章》: | 義者人之所宜，賞善罰惡，以立功立事。 |
| 《新語·道基》: | 於是皋陶乃立獄制罪，懸賞設罰，異是非，明好惡，檢奸邪，消佚亂。 |
| 《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·周穆王》: | 華子既悟，迺大怒，黜妻罰子，操戈逐儒生。 |
| 《鶡冠子·夜行》: | 五行業也，五政道也，五音調也，五聲故也，五味事也，賞罰約也。 |
| 《文子·精誠》: | 故賞善罰暴者，正令也。 |
| 《老子河上公章句》: | 民不畏死，治國者刑罰酷深，民不聊生，故不畏死也。 |
| 《韓非子·初見秦》: | 言賞則不與，言罰則不行，賞罰不信，故士民不死也。 |
| 《慎子·君人》: | 受罰者雖當，望輕無已。 |
| 《管子·輕重己》: | 犧牲以彘，發號出令曰：「罰而勿賞，奪而勿予，罪獄誅而勿生，終歲之罪，毋有所赦，作衍牛馬之實在野者王」，天子之秋計也。 |
| 《公孫龍子·跡府》: | 不以為臣者，罰之也。 |
| 《吳子·料敵》: | 秦性強，其地險，其政嚴，其賞罰信，其人不讓，皆有鬭心，故散而自戰。 |
| 《六韜·盈虛》: | 所愛者，有罪必罰。 |
| 《司馬法·天子之義》: | 古者，賢王明民之德，盡民之善，故無廢德，無簡民，賞無所生，罰無所試。 |
| 《尉繚子·制談》: | 明賞於前，決罰於後，是以發能中利，動則有功。 |
| 《三略·上略》: | 故將無還令，賞罰必信，如天如地，乃可使人，士卒用命，乃可越境。 |
| 《淮南子·齊俗訓》: | 亂世之法，高為量而罪不及，重為任而罰不勝，危為禁而誅不敢。 |
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