| Chinese Text Project |
| 貧 U+8CA7 |  Seal script |  Jianbo | 贫 Simplified character | 𡧋 Semantic variant |
| Radical: | 貝+ 4 strokes = 11 strokes total. |
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| References: | Guangyun: p.106#8 Kangxi: p.1205#10 Cihai: p.1270r3c01 GSR: 471.v Hanyu: v6,p3628#01 |
| Composition: | Top: 分, bottom: 貝. Compositionally related: 𬥏 . Component of: 𢠈 𪨄 𪷪 𬥣 𨉺 𬥬 𫎤 𬥮 𬥯 𧹅 |
| Mandarin: | pín ㄆㄧㄣˊ |
| Cantonese: | pan4 |
| Tang reconstruction: | *bhyin |
| Shuowen: | 《貝部》貧：財分少也。从貝从分，分亦聲。 |
| Guangyun: | 《廣韻·上平聲·眞·貧》貧：乏也，少也。符巾切，二。 |
| Kangxi: | 《康熙字典·貝部·四》貧：〔古文〕𡧋《唐韻》符巾切《集韻》《韻會》皮巾切《正韻》毗賔切，𠀤音頻。《說文》財分少也。《爾雅·釋言》寠，貧也。《註》謂貧陋。《疏》貧者，無財也。《書·洪範》六極，四曰貧。《傳》困於財。《詩·邶風》終寠且貧。《晉語》韓宣子憂貧，叔向賀之。又《韻補》叶頻眠切，音騈。《歐陽修·送魏主簿詩》士欲見所守，視其居賤貧。何用慰離居，贈子以短篇。 |
| Fanqie: | 符巾 (《廣韻·上平聲·眞·貧》) |
| Unihan definition: | poor, impoverished, needy |
Example usage
| 《論語·學而》: | 子貢曰：「貧而無諂，富而無驕，何如？」 |
| Zi Gong said, "What do you pronounce concerning the poor man who yet does not flatter, and the rich man who is not proud?" | |
| 《孟子·萬章下》: | 孟子曰：「仕非為貧也，而有時乎為貧。」 |
| Mencius said, 'Office is not sought on account of poverty, yet there are times when one seeks office on that account.' | |
| 《禮記·緇衣》: | 子曰：「輕絕貧賤，而重絕富貴，則好賢不堅，而惡惡不著也。」 |
| The Master said, 'When a man on light grounds breaks off his friendship with the poor and mean, and only on great grounds with the rich and noble, his love of worth cannot be great, nor does his hatred of evil clearly appear.' | |
| 《揚子法言》: | 曰：「勇於義而果於德，不以貧富、貴賤、死生動其心，於勇也，其庶乎！」 |
| Yangzi said: He was courageous in yi and determined in de. Poverty and wealth, honor and lowliness, and life and death did not move his xin. In terms of courage, was he not almost perfect? | |
| 《墨子·修身》: | 君子之道也，貧則見廉，富則見義，生則見愛，死則見哀。 |
| The way of the superior man makes the individual incorruptible in poverty and righteous when wealthy; it makes him love the living and mourn the dead. | |
| 《莊子·人間世》: | 顏回曰：「回之家貧，唯不飲酒、不茹葷者數月矣。」 |
| Hui said, 'My family is poor. For months together we have no spirituous drink, nor do we taste the proscribed food or any strong-smelling vegetables.' | |
| 《道德經》: | 以此：天下多忌諱，而民彌貧。 |
| By these facts: - In the kingdom the multiplication of prohibitive enactments increases the poverty of the people. | |
| 《商君書·農戰》: | 國以十者治，敵至必削，不至必貧。 |
| If a country is governed by means of these ten things, it will be dismembered as soon as an enemy approaches, and even if no enemy approaches, it will be poor. | |
| 《孫子兵法·作戰》: | 國之貧于師者遠輸，遠輸則百姓貧，近于師者貴賣，貴賣則百姓財竭，財竭則急于丘役，力屈財殫，中原內虛于家，百姓之費，十去其七，公家之費，破車罷馬，甲冑矢弩，戟楯蔽櫓，丘牛大車，十去其六。 |
| Poverty of the State exchequer causes an army to be maintained by contributions from a distance. Contributing to maintain an army at a distance causes the people to be impoverished. On the other hand, the proximity of an army causes prices to go up; and high prices cause the people's substance to be drained away. When their substance is drained away, the peasantry will be afflicted by heavy exactions. With this loss of substance and exhaustion of strength, the homes of the people will be stripped bare, and three-tenths of their income will be dissipated; while government expenses for broken chariots, worn-out horses, breast-plates and helmets, bows and arrows, spears and shields, protective mantles, draught-oxen and heavy wagons, will amount to four-tenths of its total revenue. | |
| 《荀子·大略》: | 仁義禮善之於人也，辟之若貨財粟米之於家也，多有之者富，少有之者貧，至無有者窮。 |
| 《說苑·脩文》: | 位尊德厚及親者賻賵唅襚厚，貧富亦有差。 |
| 《春秋繁露·王道》: | 孤貧不養，殺聖賢而剖其心，生燔人聞其臭，剔孕婦見其化，朝涉之足察其拇，殺梅伯以為醢，刑鬼侯之女取其環。 |
| 《韓詩外傳·卷一》: | 家貧親老者，不擇官而仕。 |
| 《大戴禮記·主言》: | 使之哀鰥寡，養孤獨，恤貧窮，誘孝悌，選賢舉能。 |
| 《白虎通德論·禮樂》: | 禮者，盛不足節有餘，使豐年不奢，凶年不儉，貧富不相懸也。 |
| 《新書·大政上》: | 故夫為人臣者，以富樂民為功，以貧苦民為罪。 |
| 《新序·善謀下》: | 發鉅橋之粟，散鹿台之錢，以賜貧羸。 |
| 《中論·爵祿》: | 孔子曰：『邦有道，貧且賤焉，恥也。』 |
| 《孔子家語·王言解》: | 則賢者說而不肖者懼，哀鰥寡，養孤獨，恤貧窮，誘孝弟，選才能。 |
| 《潛夫論·讚學》: | 君子憂道不憂貧。 |
| 《論衡·命義》: | 命者、貧富貴賤也。 |
| 《太玄經·少》: | 次四，貧貧，或妄之振。 |
| 《風俗通義·虞卿》: | 富而友者，為貧也。 |
| 《孔叢子·論書》: | 雖退而窮，居河濟之間、深山之中，作壤室，編蓬戶，常於此彈琴瑟以歌先王之道，則可以發憤慷喟，忘己貧賤。 |
| 《素書·遵義章》: | 戰士貧游士富者喪。 |
| 《新語·本行》: | 故尊於位而無德者黜，富於財而無義者刑，賤而好德者尊，貧而有義者榮。 |
| 《蔡中郎集》: | 安貧樂潛，味道守真。 |
| 《列子·天瑞》: | 貧者士之常也，死者人之終也，處常得終，當何憂哉？ |
| 《鶡冠子·博選》: | 貴者有知，富者有財，貧者有身。 |
| 《文子·道原》: | 大常之道，生物而不有，成化而不宰，萬物恃之而生，莫知其德，恃之而死，莫之能怨，收藏畜積而不加富，布施稟受而不益貧。 |
| 《文始真經·三極》: | 關尹子曰：「聖人之于眾人，飲食衣服同也，屋室舟車同也，富貴貧賤同也。」 |
| 《列仙傳·酒客》: | 窮貧，梁市中賈人多以女妻而迎之，或去或來。 |
| 《老子河上公章句》: | 夫富當賑貧，貴當憐賤，而反驕恣，必被禍患也。 |
| 《韓非子·和氏》: | 昔者吳起教楚悼王以楚國之俗曰：「大臣太重，封君太眾，若此則上偪主而下虐民，此貧國弱兵之道也。」 |
| 《慎子·威德》: | 地有財，不憂人之貧也。 |
| 《管子·輕重丁》: | 桓公曰：「四郊之民貧，商賈之民富。」 |
| 《吳子·論將》: | 上富而驕，下貧而怨，可離而間。 |
| 《六韜·上賢》: | 六曰：強宗侵奪、陵侮貧弱者，傷庶人之業。 |
| 《尉繚子·制談》: | 如此，雖戰勝而國益弱，得地而國益貧，由國中之制弊矣。 |
| 《三略·上略》: | 國虛，則民貧：民貧，則上下不親。 |
| 《孫子算經·序》: | 嚮之者富有餘，背之者貧且窶。 |
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