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U+5339

Seal script

Jinwen

Jianbo

Alternate form
Semantic variant

Radical:+ 2 strokes = 4 strokes total.
References:Guangyun: p.469#5 Kangxi: p.154#36 Cihai: p.206r6c04 GSR: 408.a Hanyu: v1,p0081#06
Composition:Top, left and bottom: , center and right: . Component of: 𠯔 𠯕 𡛘 𭔪 𣬮 𫨹 𥐵 𠥄 𫘇 𣛍
Mandarin: ㄆㄧˇ
Cantonese:pat1
Tang reconstruction:*pit
Shuowen:匸部》匹:四丈也。从八、匸。八揲一匹,八亦聲。
Guangyun:廣韻·入聲··》匹:偶也,配也,合也,二也。《說文》云:四丈也,从八匸八揲一四俗作疋。譬吉切,四。
Kangxi:康熙字典·匸部·》匹:《唐韻》譬吉切《集韻》《韻會》《正韻》僻吉切,𠀤品入聲。《說文》四丈也。《正譌》四丈則八端,故从八。从匸,象束帛形。《前漢·食貨志》布帛廣二尺二寸爲幅,長四丈爲匹。《小爾雅》倍兩謂之匹。《廣韻》俗作疋。又偶也。《·大雅》率由羣匹。《註》成王循用羣臣之賢者,其行能匹偶己之心。又《廣韻》配也,合也,二也。《爾雅·釋詁》匹,合也。《註》謂對合也。《疏》匹者,配合也。《·大雅》作豐伊匹。又《禮·緇衣》惟君子能好其匹。《註》匹謂知識朋友。又妃匹。《漢匡衡政治疏》匹妃之際,生民之始。又《左傳·桓十年》匹夫無罪。《註》庶人夫妻相匹。其名旣定,雖單亦匹,故通謂匹夫匹婦。又馬曰匹。《周禮·夏官註》四匹爲乘。又《藝文類聚》馬光景一疋長,故曰疋。《正譌》馬影四丈,亦借用匹,別用疋。又通作騖,音木。《禮·曲禮》庶人之摯匹。
Fanqie:譬吉 (《廣韻·入聲··》)
Unihan definition:bolt of cloth; counter for horses

CTP Dictionary


匹夫
ㄆㄧˇ ㄈㄨ (1): 平民男生。 Common man.
論語·憲問》:豈若匹夫匹婦之為諒也,自經於溝瀆,而莫之知也。
Will you require from him the small fidelity of common men and common women, who would commit suicide in a stream or ditch, no one knowing anything about them?
孟子·滕文公下》:為其殺是童子而征之,四海之內皆曰:『非富天下也,為匹夫匹婦復讎也。』
Because of his murder of this boy, Tang proceeded to punish him. All within the four seas said, "It is not because he desires the riches of the kingdom, but to avenge a common man and woman."
尚書·咸有一德》:無自廣以狹人,匹夫匹婦,不獲自盡,民主罔與成厥功。
Do not think yourself so large as to deem others small. If ordinary men and women do not find the opportunity to give full development to their ability, the people's lord will be without the proper aids to complete his merit.
春秋左傳》:人生始化曰魄,既生魄,陽曰魂,用物精多,則魂魄強,是以有精爽,至於神明,匹夫匹婦強死,其魂魄猶能馮依於人,以為淫厲,況良霄。
鹽鐵論·褒賢》:由小器而虧大體,匹夫匹婦之為諒也,經於溝瀆而莫之知也。
白虎通德論·》:論語》曰:「匹夫匹婦之為諒也。
ㄆㄧˇ ㄈㄨ (2): 獨夫,多指逞勇無謀之人。 Solitary fellow.
孟子·梁惠王下》:匹夫之勇,敵一人者也。
This is the valour of a common man, who can be the opponent only of a single individual.
史記·淮陰侯列傳》:項王喑噁叱,千人皆廢,然不能任屬賢將,此特匹夫之勇耳。
國語·越語上》:吾不欲匹夫之勇也,欲其旅進旅退也。
新序·善謀下》:項王喑噁叱吒,千人皆廢,然不能任屬賢將,此匹夫之勇耳。
漢書》:項王意烏猝嗟,千人皆廢,然不能任屬賢將,此特匹夫之勇也。
前漢紀》:此特匹夫之勇耳。

匹婦
ㄆㄧˇ ㄈㄨˋ : 平民女生。 Common woman.
論語·憲問》:豈若匹夫匹婦之為諒也,自經於溝瀆,而莫之知也。
Will you require from him the small fidelity of common men and common women, who would commit suicide in a stream or ditch, no one knowing anything about them?
孟子·滕文公下》:為其殺是童子而征之,四海之內皆曰:『非富天下也,為匹夫匹婦復讎也。』
Because of his murder of this boy, Tang proceeded to punish him. All within the four seas said, "It is not because he desires the riches of the kingdom, but to avenge a common man and woman."
尚書·咸有一德》:無自廣以狹人,匹夫匹婦,不獲自盡,民主罔與成厥功。
Do not think yourself so large as to deem others small. If ordinary men and women do not find the opportunity to give full development to their ability, the people's lord will be without the proper aids to complete his merit.
春秋左傳》:人生始化曰魄,既生魄,陽曰魂,用物精多,則魂魄強,是以有精爽,至於神明,匹夫匹婦強死,其魂魄猶能馮依於人,以為淫厲,況良霄。
鹽鐵論·褒賢》:由小器而虧大體,匹夫匹婦之為諒也,經於溝瀆而莫之知也。
白虎通德論·》:論語》曰:「匹夫匹婦之為諒也。

Example usage

論語·子罕》:子曰:「三軍可奪帥也,夫不可奪志也。」
The Master said, "The commander of the forces of a large state may be carried off, but the will of even a common man cannot be taken from him."
孟子·盡心上》:五畝之宅,樹牆下以桑,婦蠶之,則老者足以衣帛矣。
Around the homestead with its five mau, the space beneath the walls was planted with mulberry trees, with which the women nourished silkworms, and thus the old were able to have silk to wear.
禮記·三年問》:今是大鳥獸,則失喪其群,越月逾時焉,則必反巡,過其故鄉,翔回焉,鳴號焉,蹢躅焉,踟躕焉,然後乃能去之。
Take the larger birds and beasts - when one of them has lost its mate, after a month or a season, it is sure to return and go about their old haunts. It turns round and round, utters its cries, now moves, now stops, and looks quite embarrassed and uncertain in its movements, before it can leave the place.
墨子·節葬下》:存乎夫賤人死者,殆竭家室。
So, then, the death of a common man would exhaust the wealth of a family.
莊子·逍遙遊》:而彭祖乃今以久特聞,眾人之,不亦悲乎!
And Peng Zu is the one man renowned to the present day for his length of life: if all men were (to wish) to match him, would they not be miserable?
商君書·畫策》:故黃帝作為君臣上下之義,父子兄弟之禮,夫婦妃之合。
Therefore Huang-di created the ideas of prince and minister, of superior and inferior, the rites between father and son, between elder and younger brothers, the union between husband and wife, and between consort and mate.
荀子·大略》:君人者不可以不慎取臣,夫不可不慎取友。
說苑·脩文》:曰,天子乘馬六,諸侯四,大夫三,元士二,下士一
春秋繁露·玉英》:夫之反道以除咎尚難,人主之反道以除咎甚易。
韓詩外傳·卷二》:傳曰:孔子遭齊程本子於郯之間,傾蓋而語,終日,有間,顧子路曰:「由,東帛十,以贈先生。」
大戴禮記》:躬為夫而願富貴,為諸侯而無財。
白虎通德論·》:庶人,稱夫者。
新書·耳痺》:誅殺不當,辜殺一夫,其罪聞皇天。
新序·善謀下》:項王喑噁叱吒,千人皆廢,然不能任屬賢將,此夫之勇耳。
中論·法象》:夫之居猶然,況得意而行於天下者乎!
孔子家語·相魯》:曰:「夫熒侮諸侯者,罪應誅,請右司馬速加刑焉。」
潛夫論·遏利》:夫無辜,懷璧其罪。
論衡·語增》:夫以索鐵伸鉤之力當人,則是孟賁、夏育之也。
太玄經·》:測曰,「大惡之比」、異同也。
風俗通義》:孔子以夫,朋徒無幾,習射矍相之圃,三哲而去者過半。
孔叢子·記義》:然以夫敵國君,非所敢行也。
申鑒·雜言上》:婦,處畎畝之中,必禮樂存焉爾。
忠經·盡忠章》:止身則夫之事,洪遠則萬物之利。
新語·思務》:桀、紂不,則湯、武不仁,才惑於眾非者而改之,於□□□□□□□亂之於朝廷,而夫治之於閨門。
蔡中郎集·釋誨》:今子責夫以清宇宙,庸可以水旱而累堯湯乎?
文子·上德》:日不並出,狐不二雄,神龍不,猛獸不群,鷙鳥不雙,蓋非橑不蔽日,輪非輻不追疾,橑輪未足恃也。
列仙傳·平常生》:谷城妙,譎達奇逸。
老子河上公章句》:獨立者,無雙。
韓非子·有度》:刑過不避大臣,賞善不遺夫。
慎子·威德》:堯為夫,不能使其鄰家。
管子·輕重戊》:管子告魯梁之賈人曰:「子為我致綈千,賜子金三百斤,什至而金三千斤,則是魯梁不賦於民而財用足也。」
吳子·勵士》:於是武侯從之,兼車五百乘,騎三千,而破秦五十萬眾,此勵士之功也。
九章算術·衰分》:今有素一一丈,價直六百二十五。
孫子算經·卷下》:今有絹七萬八千七百三十二,令一百六十二人分之。
淮南子·主術訓》:使在夫布衣,雖冠獬冠,帶貝帶、鵔鸃而朝,則不免為人笑也。
呂氏春秋·壹行》:盜賊大姦也,而猶所得偶,又況於欲成大功乎?
鄧析子·轉辭》:聖人逍遙一世
之間
1,罕萬物之形。
史記·周本紀》:夫專利,猶謂之盜,王而行之,其歸鮮矣。
春秋左傳》:初,虞叔有玉,虞公求旃,弗獻,既而悔之曰,周諺有之,夫無罪,懷璧其罪,吾焉用此,其以賈害也,乃獻,又求其寶劍,叔曰,是無厭也,無厭將及我,遂伐虞公,故虞公出奔共池。
逸周書·皇門解》:下邑小國,克有耇老,據屏位,建沈人,罔不用明刑,維其開告予于嘉德之說,命我辟王,小至于大,我聞在昔有國誓王之不綏于卹,乃維其有大門宗子勢臣,罔不茂揚肅德,訖亦有孚,以助厥辟,勤王國王家,乃方求論擇元聖武夫,羞于王所,自其善臣以至有分私子,苟克有常,罔不允通,咸獻言在于王所,人斯是助王,恭明祀,敷明刑,王用有監明憲,朕命用克和有成,用能承天嘏命,百姓兆民,用罔不茂在王庭,克用有勸,永有孚于上下,人斯既助厥,辟勤勞王家,先人神祇,報職用休,俾嗣在王家,四國用寧,小人用格,□能稼穡,咸祀天神,戎兵克慎,軍用克多,王用奄有四鄰遠土,丕承萬子孫,用末被先王之靈光,至于厥後嗣,弗見先王之明刑,維時乃胥學于非夷,以家相厥室,弗卹王國王家,維德是用,以昏臣作威不詳,不屑惠聽無辜之辭,乃維不順之辭是羞于王,王阜求良言,于是人斯乃非維直以應,維作誣以對,俾無依無助,譬若畋犬驕,用逐禽,其猶不克有獲,是人斯乃讒賊媢嫉,以不利于厥家國,譬若夫之有婚妻,曰:「予獨服在寢以自露厥家。」
國語·越語上》:吾不欲夫之勇也,欲其旅進旅退也。

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