| Chinese Text Project |
| 地 U+5730 |  Seal script |  Jianbo | 埅 Semantic variant | 埊 Semantic variant | 嶳 Semantic variant | 𠏂 Semantic variant | 𨻐 Semantic variant |
| Radical: | 土+ 3 strokes = 6 strokes total. |
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| References: | Guangyun: p.355#27 Kangxi: p.224#06 Cihai: p.312r6c01 GSR: 4.b' Hanyu: v1,p0420#12 |
| Composition: | Left: 土, right: 也. Compositionally related: 𭍽 . Component of: 哋 𡜤 𢓧 𪵸 𫭩 𭔭 𭕚 逇 𭤵 𤱲 𥒦 𫧜 𬵍 |
| Mandarin: | dì de ㄉㄧˋ ㄉㄜ· |
| Cantonese: | dei6 deng6 |
| Tang reconstruction: | *dhì |
| Shuowen: | 《土部》地：元气初分，輕清陽為天，重濁陰為地。萬物所陳𠛱也。从土也聲。 |
| Guangyun: | 《廣韻·去聲·至·地》地：土地。《說文》曰：元气初分輕淸陽爲天重濁隂爲地萬物所陳𠛱也，元命包曰地者易也，言養萬物懷任交易變化含吐應節故立字亦從水土者爲地又虜複姓有地連氏地倫氏。徒四切，二。 |
| Kangxi: | 《康熙字典·土部·三》地：〔古文〕埊𨻐埅𠏂嶳《廣韻》徒四切《集韻》大計切《韻會》徒二切《正韻》徒利切，𠀤音弟。《說文》元氣初分，重濁隂爲地，萬物所𨻰列也。《白虎通》地者，易也。言養萬物懷任交易變化也。《釋名》地，底也，其體底下，載萬物也。《易·說卦傳》坤爲地。《內經》岐伯曰：地爲人之下，太虛之中。黃帝曰：馮乎。曰：大氣舉之。《周禮·地官》土訓掌道地圖，以詔地事，道地慝，以辨地物，而原其生，以詔地求。《博物志》地以名山爲輔佐，石爲之骨，川爲之脈，艸木爲之毛，土爲之肉。又第也，但也。《前漢·丙吉傳》西曹地忍之。又叶徒何切，音沱。《屈原·橘頌》閉目自愼，終不失過兮。秉德無私，參天地兮。《揚雄·羽獵賦》鳥不及飛，獸不得過，軍驚師駭，刮野埽地。○按吳棫收地入箇韻，音隋，則過可如字讀，沱隋亦平去閒耳。本作坔。 |
| Fanqie: | 徒四 (《廣韻·去聲·至·地》) |
| Unihan definition: | earth; soil, ground; region |
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| 《論語·子罕》: | 譬如平地，雖覆一簣，進，吾往也。 |
| It may be compared to throwing down the earth on the level ground. Though but one basketful is thrown at a time, the advancing with it is my own going forward. | |
| 《孟子·盡心下》: | 梁惠王以土地之故，糜爛其民而戰之，大敗，將復之，恐不能勝，故驅其所愛子弟以殉之，是之謂以其所不愛及其所愛也。 |
| 'The king Hui of Liang, for the matter of territory, tore and destroyed his people, leading them to battle. Sustaining a great defeat, he would engage again, and afraid lest they should not be able to secure the victory, urged his son whom he loved till he sacrificed him with them. This is what I call "beginning with what they do not care for, and proceeding to what they care for."' | |
| 《禮記·三年問》: | 凡生天地之間者，有血氣之屬必有知，有知之屬莫不知愛其類。 |
| All living creatures between heaven and earth, being endowed with blood and breath, have a certain amount of knowledge. Possessing that amount of knowledge, there is not one of them but knows to love its species. | |
| 《孝經·感應》: | 事母孝，故事地察。 |
| They served their mothers with filial piety, and therefore they served Earth with discrimination. | |
| 《揚子法言·序》: | 假言周于天地，贊于神明，幽弘撗廣，絕于邇言，譔《寡見》。 |
| Sayings of the past spread throughout Heaven and Earth, serving as an aid to daimonic clarity. Profound and great, vast and broad, they surpass recent sayings. Thus I have written "The Seldom Seen." | |
| 《莊子·逍遙遊》: | 蜩與學鳩笑之曰：「我決起而飛，槍1榆、枋，時則不至而控於地而已矣，奚以之九萬里而南為？」 |
| A cicada and a little dove laughed at it, saying, 'We make an effort and fly towards an elm or sapanwood tree; and sometimes before we reach it, we can do no more but drop to the ground. Of what use is it for this (creature) to rise 90,000 li, and make for the South?' | |
| 《道德經》: | 無名天地之始。 |
| (Conceived of as) having no name, it is the Originator of heaven and earth. | |
| 《商君書·農戰》: | 如此，則民務焉得無多，而地焉得無荒？ |
| Under such circumstances, how can the people's affairs be otherwise than many and how can the land be otherwise than fallow? | |
| 《孫子兵法·始計》: | 孫子曰：兵者，國之大事，死生之地，存亡之道，不可不察也。 |
| Sunzi said: The art of war is of vital importance to the State. It is a matter of life and death, a road either to safety or to ruin. Hence it is a subject of inquiry which can on no account be neglected. | |
| 《荀子·大略》: | 平地注水，水流濕。 |
| 《說苑·君道》: | 言行君子之樞機，樞機之發，榮辱之主，君子之所以動天地，可不慎乎？ |
| 《春秋繁露·玉杯》: | 《易》本天地，故長於數。 |
| 《韓詩外傳·卷一》: | 任重道遠者，不擇地而息。 |
| 《大戴禮記·主言》: | 雖有博地眾民，不以其地治之，不可以霸主。 |
| 《白虎通德論·爵》: | 王者父天母地，為天之子也。 |
| 《新書·脩政語下》: | 諸侯聽獄斷刑，仁於治，陳於行，其由此守而不存，攻而不得，戰而不勝者，自古而至于，今自天地之辟也，未之嘗聞也。 |
| 《新序·善謀下》: | 留侯張子房曰：「雒陽雖有此固，國中小不過數百里，田地狹，四面受敵，此非用武之國。」 |
| 《中論·治學》: | 故太昊觀天地而畫八卦，燧人察時令而鑽火，帝軒聞鳳鳴而調律，倉頡視鳥跡而作書，斯大聖之學乎神明而發乎物類也。 |
| 《孔子家語·王言解》: | 雖有博地眾民，不以其道治之，不可以致霸王。 |
| 《潛夫論·讚學》: | 天地之所貴者人也，聖人之所尚者義也，德義之所成者智也，明智之所求者學問也。 |
| 《論衡·命義》: | 晏子所遭，可謂大矣，直兵指胸，白刃加頸，蹈死亡之地，當劍戟之鋒，執死得生還。 |
| 《太玄經·少》: | 次五，地自沖，下于川。 |
| 《風俗通義》: | 風者、天氣有寒煖，地形有險易，水泉有美惡，草木有剛柔也。 |
| 《孔叢子·廣器》: | 墉，城地也。 |
| 《申鑒·政體》: | 立地之道，曰柔與剛。 |
| 《忠經·天地神明章》: | 天之所覆，地之所載，人之所履，莫大乎忠。 |
| 《素書·安禮章》: | 地薄者大物不產，水淺者大魚不遊，樹禿者大禽不棲，林踈者大獸不居。 |
| 《新語·道基》: | 傳曰：「天生萬物，以地養之，聖人成之。」 |
| 《獨斷·卷上》: | 天子，夷狄之所稱，父天、母地，故稱天子。 |
| 《蔡中郎集·獨斷》: | 帝謚：違拂不成曰隱，靖民則法曰黃，翼善傳聖曰堯，仁聖盛明曰舜，殘人多壘曰桀，殘義損善曰紂，慈惠愛親曰孝，愛民好與曰惠，聖善同文曰宣，聲聞宣遠曰昭，克定禍亂曰武，聰明睿智曰獻，溫柔聖善曰懿，布德執義曰穆，仁義說民曰元，安仁立政曰神，布綱治紀曰平，亂而不損曰靈，保民耆艾曰明，辟土有德曰襄，貞心大度曰匡，大慮慈民曰定，知過能改曰恭，不生其國曰聲，一德不懈曰簡，夙興夜寐曰敬，清白自守曰貞，柔德好眾曰靖，安樂治民曰康，小心畏忌曰僖，中身早折曰悼，慈仁和民曰順，好勇致力曰莊，恭人短折曰哀，在國逢難曰愍，名實過爽曰繆，壅遏不通曰幽，暴虐無親曰厲，致志大圖曰景，辟土兼國曰桓，經緯天地曰文，執義揚善曰懷，短折不成曰殤，去禮遠眾曰煬，怠政外交曰攜，治典不敷曰祈。 |
| 《墨子·經下》: | 景之小大，說在地正1遠近。 |
| 《列子·天瑞》: | 玄牝之門，是謂天地之根。 |
| 《鶡冠子·博選》: | 道凡四稽：一曰天，二曰地，三曰人，四曰命。 |
| 《文子·道原》: | 老子曰：「有物混成，先天地生，惟象無形，窈窈冥冥，寂寥淡漠，不聞其聲，吾強為之名，字之曰道。」 |
| 《文始真經·二柱》: | 關尹子曰：「若椀若盂，若瓶若壼，若甕若盎，皆能建天地。」 |
| 《列仙傳·呂尚》: | 服澤芝地髓，具二百年而告亡。 |
| 《鬻子》: | 天地闢而萬物生，萬物生而人為政焉。 |
| 《老子河上公章句》: | 無名，天地之始。 |
| 《韓非子·初見秦》: | 今秦地折長補短，方數千里，名師數十百萬。 |
| 《申不害·佚文》: | 地道不作，是以常靜。 |
| 《慎子·威德》: | 地有財，不憂人之貧也。 |
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