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U+8AA0

Seal script

Simplified character

Radical:+ 6 strokes = 14 strokes total.
References:Guangyun: p.191#30 Kangxi: p.1163#12 Cihai: p.1246r2c01 GSR: 818.h Hanyu: v6,p3963#05
Composition:Left: , right: .
Mandarin:chéng ㄔㄥˊ
Cantonese:sing4
Tang reconstruction:*zhiɛng
Shuowen:言部》诚:信也。从言成声。
Guangyun:广韵·下平声··》诚:审也,敬也,信也。
Kangxi:康熙字典·言部·》诚:《唐韵》氏征切《集韵》《韵会》《正韵》时征切,𠀤音成。《说文》信也。《广雅》敬也。《增韵》纯也,无僞也,眞实也。《易·乾卦》闲邪存其诚。《疏》言防闲邪恶,当自存其诚实也。《·太甲》鬼神无常享,享于克诚。《传》言鬼神不系一人,能诚信者则享其祀。《眞德秀曰》唐虞时未有诚字,《舜典》允塞卽诚之义。至伊尹告太甲始见诚字。《礼·乐记》著诚去僞,礼之经也。《中庸》诚者,天之道也。诚之者,人之道也。《注》诚者,眞实无妄之谓。又《玉篇》审也。《礼·经解》故衡诚县,不可欺以轻重。《注》诚,犹审也。或作成。又郡名。《唐书·地理志》悉州归诚郡。又州名。《唐书·地理志》岭南道有思诚州。又叶𨻰羊切,音尝。《韩愈·欧阳生哀辞》哭泣无益兮,抑哀自强。推生知死兮,以慰孝诚。
Fanqie:是征 (《广韵·下平声··》)
Unihan definition:sincere, honest; true, real

Example usage

论语·颜渊》:不以富,亦祗以异。
'It may not be on account of her being rich, yet you come to make a difference.'
孟子·尽心上》:反身而,乐莫大焉。
There is no greater delight than to be conscious of sincerity on self-examination.
礼记·曲礼上》:祷祠祭祀,供给鬼神,非礼不不庄。
Nor can there be the (proper) sincerity and gravity in presenting the offerings to spiritual Beings on occasions of supplication, thanksgiving, and the various sacrifices.
扬子法言》:哉,是言也!
How true these words are!
庄子·德充符》:故德有所长,而形有所忘,人不忘其所忘,而忘其所不忘,此谓忘。
So it is that when one's virtue is extraordinary, (any deficiency in) his bodily form may be forgotten. When men do not forget what is (easily) forgotten, and forget what is not (easily) forgotten, we have a case of real oblivion.
道德经》:全而归之。
All real completion is comprehended under it.
商君书·错法》:任,不患无财。
If land is made truly productive, one need not be anxious about not being wealthy.
史记·五帝本纪》:养材以任地,载时以象天,依鬼神以制义,治气以教化,洁以祭祀。
He exercised his talents in cultivating the ground; he recorded in their seasons the movements of the heavenly bodies, relied on spiritual influences in framing laws, taught reform by controlling the passion nature, and sacrificed with purity and sincerity.
荀子·大略》:知者明于事,达于数,不可以不事也。
说苑·君道》:其君归也,乃召其国大夫,告用天子之言,百姓闻之皆喜曰:“此天子也!”
春秋繁露·玉杯》:是故孔子立新王之道,明其贵志以反和,见其好以灭伪。
韩诗外传·卷二》:君子善其平已也,华元以告子反,得以解围,全二国之命。
大戴礼记·保傅》:立而敢断,辅善而相义者,谓之充。
白虎通德论·谏诤》:尽忠纳也。
新书·道德说》:是故弟子随师而问,博学以达其知,而明其辞以立其,故曰博学辩议,为此辞者也。
新序·善谋下》:能无爱金玉璧帛,令太子为书,卑辞以安车迎之,因使辩士固请宜来,来以为客,时时从入朝,令上见之,上见之即必异问之,问之,上知此四人,亦一助也。
中论·修本》:身之与家、我之有也,治之易,而不肯为也。
孔子家语·致思》:周公载己行化,而天下顺之,其至矣。
潜夫论·务本》:今赋颂之徒,苟为饶辩屈蹇之辞,竞陈诬罔无然之事,以索见怪于世,愚夫戆士,从而奇之,此悖孩童之思,而长不之言者也。
论衡·命禄》:越王翳逃山中,至不愿,自冀得代。
太玄经·》:次六,信周其,上通于天。
风俗通义》:原父安为司徒,忠蹇匪躬,尽事国,启发和帝,诛讨窦氏,中兴以来,最为名宰。
孔丛子·论书》:以教而爱深也。
申鉴·政体》: 四患既蠲,五政既立,行之以,守之以固,简而不怠,䟽而不失,无为为之,使自施之,无事事之,使自交之,不肃而治,垂拱揖逊而海内平矣,是谓为政之方也。
忠经·天地神明章》:天地感,其达也。
素书·本德宗道章》:神莫神于至
独断·卷上》:表者,不需头,上言臣某言,下言臣某恐,顿首顿首,死罪死罪。
蔡中郎集·独断》:表者,不需头,上言臣某言,下言臣某恐,顿首顿首,死罪死罪。
列子·天瑞》:忧其坏者,为大远。
鶡冠子·著希》:故人乖其,能士隐其实情,心虽不说,弗敢不誉。
文子·道原》:循道理之数,因天地之然,即六合不足均也,听失于非誉,目淫于彩女,礼亶不足以放爱,心可以怀远,故兵莫憯乎志,镆铮为下寇,莫大于阴阳,而枹鼓为细,所谓大寇伏尸不言节,中寇藏于山,小寇遯于民间。
文始真经·四符》:譬犹兆龟数蓍,至自契,五行应之。
老子河上公章句》:禁多令烦,不可归,故欺侮之。
韩非子·初见秦》:大王听其说,一举而天下之从不破,赵不举,韩不亡,荆、魏不臣,齐、燕不亲,霸王之名不成,四邻诸侯不朝,大王斩臣以徇国,以为王谋不忠者也。
管子·揆度》:国有患忧,轻重五谷以调用,积馀臧羡以备赏,天下宾服,有海内,以富信仁义之士,故民高辞让,无为奇恠者。
六韬·上贤》:信,去诈伪。
尉缭子·攻权》:其心动以,则支节必力。
周髀算经·》:其旨约而远,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,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·道应训》:有其志,则四境之内皆得其利矣。
吕氏春秋·壹行》:强大之国可知,则其王不难矣。
鬼谷子·捭阖》:阖而闭之者,异其也。

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