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谿
U+8C3F

Seal script

Semantic variant

Radical:+ 10 strokes = 17 strokes total.
References:Guangyun: p.91#34 Kangxi: p.1190#21 Cihai: p.1260r3c01 GSR: 876.q Hanyu: v6,p3905#08
Composition:Left: , right: . Compositionally related: . Component of: 𧕉
Mandarin: ㄒㄧ ㄑㄧ
Cantonese:kai1 kai4
Tang reconstruction:*kei
Shuowen:谷部》谿:山瀆无所通者。从谷奚聲。
Guangyun:廣韻·上平聲··谿》谿:《爾雅》云:水注川曰谿。苦奚切。八。
Kangxi:康熙字典·谷部·》谿:《唐韻》苦兮切《集韻》《韻會》《正韻》牽奚切,𠀤音溪。《說文》山瀆无所通者。《爾雅·釋水》水注川曰谿。《疏》杜預曰:谿,亦㵎也。李巡曰:水出於山入於川曰谿。宋均曰:有水曰谿,無水曰谷。《左傳·隱三年》㵎谿沼沚之毛。《荀子·勸學篇》不臨深谿,不知地之厚也。又弩名。《戰國策》谿子少府。《註》谿子,弩名。少府所造,射六百步之外。《淮南子·俶眞訓》登千仞之谿。《註》谿,蠻夷也。以柘桑爲弩。一曰谿,子國名。又陽匠名。又獸名。《山海經》天帝山有獸,狀如狗,名曰谿邊。《註》或作谷遺。又地名。《史記·吳太伯世家》楚復來伐,次于乾谿。《註》楚東境。又姓。《莊子·田子方》田子方侍坐于魏文侯,數稱谿工。又複姓。《潛夫論》吳夫槩王奔楚棠谿,因以爲氏。又通作磎。《馬融·長笛賦》臨萬仞之石磎。《註》磎同谿。《廣韻》或作嵠、溪。又《集韻》堅奚切,音雞。《類篇》蠰谿,土螽,似蝗而小。又弦雞切,音奚。義同。
Fanqie:苦奚 (《廣韻·上平聲··谿》)
Unihan definition:valley, gorge; mountain stream

Example usage

孟子·公孫丑下》:故曰:域民不以封疆之界,固國不以山谿之險,威天下不以兵革之利。
In accordance with these principles it is said, "A people is bounded in, not by the limits of dykes and borders; a State is secured, not by the strengths of mountains and rivers; the kingdom is overawed, not by the sharpness and strength of arms."
論衡·率性》:世稱利劍有千金之價,棠谿、魚腸之屬,龍泉、太阿之輩,其本鋌,山中之恆鐵也,冶工鍜鍊,成為銛利。
One speaks of good swords for which a thousand jin are paid, such as the Yuchang sword of Tangqi and the Tai'a sword of Longquan. Their blade is originally nothing more than a common piece of iron from a mountain. By the forger's smelting and hammering they become sharp-edged.
墨子·親士》:其直如矢,其平如砥,不足以覆萬物,是故谿陝者速涸,逝淺者速竭,墝埆者其地不育。
As to the chieftain of only a thousand people, he is straight like an arrow and smooth like a whetstone, unable to tolerate the manifold ways. For narrow gorges clog up rapidly, shallow streams are soon exhausted, and the barren land does not bear fruits.
莊子·田子方》:田子方侍坐於魏文侯,數稱谿工。
Tian Zi-fang, sitting in attendance on the marquis Wen of Wei, often quoted (with approbation) the words of Qi Gong.
道德經》:知其雄,守其雌,為天下谿
Who knows his manhood's strength, Yet still his female feebleness maintains; As to one channel flow the many drains.
商君書·算地》:故為國任地者,山陵居什一,藪澤居什一,谿谷流水居什一,都邑蹊道居什四。
In administering a state therefore, and in disposing of its territory, to populate the mountains and forests with a tenth of the people, the marshes and moors with a tenth, the valleys, dales and streams with a tenth, cities, towns and highways with four tenths
孫子兵法·軍形》:勝者之戰民也,若決積水于千仞之谿,形也。
The onrush of a conquering force is like the bursting of pent-up waters into a chasm a thousand fathoms deep.
荀子·非十二子》:忍情性,綦谿利跂,苟以分異人為高,不足以合大眾,明大分,然而其持之有故,其言之成理,足以欺惑愚眾:是陳仲史鰌也。
說苑·辨物》:齊桓公北征孤竹,未至卑耳谿中十里,闟然而止,瞠然而視有頃,奉矢未敢發也。
大戴禮記·勸學》:不臨深谿,不知地之厚也。
新書·耳痺》:越國之俗,勤勞而不慍,好亂勝而無禮,谿徼而輕絕,俗好詛而倍盟。
新序·善謀》:王若不藉路於仇讎之韓、魏,必攻隨水右壤,隨水右壤,此皆廣川大水,山林谿谷,不食之地也。
孔子家語·三恕》:流行赴百仞之谿而不懼,此似勇。
潛夫論·浮侈》:夫檽梓豫章,所出殊遠,又乃生於深山窮谷,經歷山岑,立千步之高,百丈之谿,傾倚險阻,崎嶇不便,求之連日然後見之,伐斫連月然後訖,會眾然後能動擔,牛列然後能致水,油潰入海,連淮逆河,行數千里,然後到雒。
太玄經·》:上九,井無幹,水直衍,匪谿匪谷,終于愆。
孔叢子·詰墨》:公悅之,封之以尼谿
新語·懷慮》:楚靈王居千里之地,享百邑之國,不先仁義而尚道德,懷奇伎,□□□,□陰陽,合物恡,作乾谿之臺,立百仞之高,欲登浮雲,窺天文,然身死於棄。
蔡中郎集·述行賦》:崗岑紆以連屬兮,谿壑夐其杳冥。
列子·仲尼》:公儀伯以力聞諸侯,堂谿公言之於周宣王,王備禮以聘之。
鶡冠子·天權》:夫蚊虻墜乎千仞之谿,乃始翱翔而成其容,牛馬墜焉,碎而無形。
文子·自然》:古之善為君者法江海,江海無為以成其大,洼下以成其廣,故能長久,為天下谿谷,其德乃足,無為能取百川,不求故能得,不行故能至,是以取天下而無事。
列仙傳·谿父》:谿父者,南郡鄘人也。
老子河上公章句》:知其雄,守其雌,為天下谿
韓非子·初見秦》:昔者紂為天子,將率天下甲兵百萬,左飲於淇溪,右飲於洹谿,淇水竭而洹水不流,以與周武王為難。
管子·輕重丁》:管子對曰:「孟春且至,溝瀆阮而不遂,谿谷報上之水不安於藏,內毀室屋,壞牆垣,外傷田野,殘禾稼。」
吳子·應變》:武侯問曰:「若遇敵於谿谷之間,傍多險阻,彼眾我寡,為之奈何?」
六韜·奇兵》:谿谷險阻者,所以止車禦騎也。
尉繚子·制談》:故曰:『便吾器用,養吾武勇,發之如鳥擊,如赴千仞之谿。』
淮南子·道應訓》:故老子曰:「知其雄,守其雌,其為天下谿。」
呂氏春秋·慎行》:不孰,如赴深谿,雖悔無及。
鬼谷子》:故善損兌者,譬若決水於千仞之堤,轉圓石於萬仞之谿
鄧析子·轉辭》:是以賢愚之相覺,若百丈之谿與萬仞之山。
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》:鄭武公,莊公,為平王卿士,王貳于虢,鄭伯怨王,王曰,無之,故周鄭交質,王子狐為質於鄭,鄭公子忽為質於周,王崩,周人將畀虢公政,四月,鄭祭足帥師取溫之麥,秋,又取成周之禾,周鄭交惡,君子曰,信不由中,質無益也,明恕而行,要之以禮,雖無有質,誰能間之,苟有明信,澗,谿,沼,沚,之毛,蘋,蘩,薀,藻,之菜,筐,筥,錡,釜,之,器,潢汙,行潦,之水,可薦於鬼神,可羞於王公,而況君子結二國之信,行之以禮,又焉用質,風有采繁,采蘋,雅有行葦,泂酌,昭忠信也。
國語·吳語》:其民不忍饑勞之殃,三軍叛王于乾谿
吳越春秋》:江海能下谿谷,亦能朝之。
戰國策》:其居秦累世重矣,自殽塞、谿谷,地形限易盡知之。
鹽鐵論·疾貪》:今大川江河飲巨海,巨海受之,而欲谿谷之讓流潦
列女傳·晉羊叔姬》:叔姬之始生叔魚也而視之曰:「是虎目而豕啄,鳶肩而牛腹,谿壑可盈,是不可饜也,必以賂死。」
漢書·王莽傳下》:九虎至華陰回谿,距隘,北從河南至山。
前漢紀》:谿谷水絕。

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