| Chinese Text Project |
| 量 U+91CF |  Seal script |  Jinwen |  Jiaguwen |  Jianbo | 量 Alternate form | 𨤥 Semantic variant | 𨤦 Semantic variant |
| Radical: | 里+ 5 strokes = 12 strokes total. |
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| References: | Guangyun: p.172#7 p.424#47 Kangxi: p.1292#05 Cihai: p.1361r5c01 GSR: 737.a Hanyu: v6,p3683#02 |
| Composition: | Top: 旦, bottom: 里. Compositionally related: 量 . Component of: 𫾄 𡑆 𪬨 𪷑 𬎎 𣊼 𣛀 𤎲 𬓾 𭿝 糧 糧 𮡛 𭨎 𩞯 𫓉 𬉨 䭪 𪋥 |
| Mandarin: | liàng liáng ㄌㄧㄤˋ ㄌㄧㄤˊ |
| Cantonese: | loeng4 loeng6 |
| Tang reconstruction: | liɑng liɑ̀ng |
| Shuowen: | 《重部》量：稱輕重也。从重省，曏省聲。 |
| Guangyun: | 《廣韻·下平聲·陽·良》量：量度。又力向切。 《廣韻·去聲·漾·亮》量：合斗斛。 |
| Kangxi: | 《康熙字典·里部·五》量：〔古文〕𨤦𨤥《廣韻》《集韻》《韻會》力讓切《正韻》力仗切，𠀤音亮。《集韻》斗斛曰量。《書·舜典》協時月正日，同律度量衡。《釋文》量，力尚切，斗斛也。《左傳·昭三年》齊舊四量，豆區釜鍾。《禮·明堂位》頒度量，而天下大服。《註》量，謂豆、區、斗、斛、筐、筥所容受。《前漢·律歷志》量者，龠、合、升、斗、斛也。又《正韻》度量，能容之謂量。《蜀志·黃權傳》魏文帝察其有局量。《程子遺書》或問：量可學乎。曰：可。學進則識進，識進則量進，人量隨識長，亦有識高而量不長者，識未至也。又限也。《禮·禮運》月以爲量。《疏》量，猶分限也。又《禮·曲禮》凡祭宗廟之禮幣曰量幣。《釋文》量，音亮。又音良。又審也。《禮·少儀》事君者量而后入，不入而后量。《釋文》量，音亮。又酒量。《論語》惟酒無量不及亂。《東都事略》太祖謂王審琦曰：天必賜卿酒量。又《唐韻》《集韻》《韻會》呂張切《正韻》龍張切，𠀤音良。《說文》稱輕重也。《馮衍·遂志賦》弃衡石而意量兮。又《廣韻》度多少也。《增韻》槪量多寡也。《唐書·武后紀》補闕連車載，拾遺平斗量。又度長短也。《周禮·夏官》量人。《註》量，猶度也。謂以丈尺度地。《前漢·枚乗傳》銖銖而稱之，至石必差。寸寸而度之，至丈必過。石稱丈量，徑而寡失。又《韻會》商量。又《博雅》量，度也。《左傳·隱十一年》度德而處之，量力而行之。《釋文》量，音良。《韓愈詩》蚍蜉撼大樹，可笑不自量。○按古文亮、良二音通，今讀度量，器量爲亮，讀丈量，商量爲良，二音遂分。又《山海經》犬封國有文馬，縞身朱𩯡，目若黃金，名曰吉量。《註》郭璞曰：一作良。又《字彙補》與緉同。雙履也。《世說》阮孚曰：未知能著幾量屐。 考證：〔《禮·檀弓》凡祭宗廟之禮幣曰量幣。〕謹照原書檀弓改曲禮。 |
| Fanqie: | 吕張 (《廣韻·下平聲·陽·良》) 力向 (《廣韻·下平聲·陽·良》) 力讓 (《廣韻·去聲·漾·亮》) |
| Unihan definition: | measure, quantity, capacity |
Example usage
| 《論語·鄉黨》: | 惟酒無量，不及亂。 |
| It was only in wine that he laid down no limit for himself, but he did not allow himself to be confused by it. | |
| 《孟子·公孫丑上》: | 量敵而後進，慮勝而後會，是畏三軍者也。 |
| To measure the enemy and then advance; to calculate the chances of victory and then engage - this is to stand in awe of the opposing force. | |
| 《禮記·曲禮上》: | 獻粟者執右契，獻米者操量鼓。 |
| He who is presenting grain unhulled should carry with him the left side of the account (of the quantity); if the hull be off, he should carry with him a measure-drum. | |
| 《揚子法言》: | 或曰：「使我紆朱懷金，其樂不可量也！」 |
| Someone said: Allow me to tie the red sash and carry the gold stamp, and my happiness could not be measured. | |
| 《莊子·人間世》: | 曰：「回聞衛君，其年壯，其行獨，輕用其國，而不見其過，輕用民死，死者以國量乎澤，若蕉，民其无如矣。」 |
| I have heard that the ruler of Wei is in the vigour of his years, and consults none but himself as to his course. He deals with his state as if it were a light matter, and has no perception of his errors. He thinks lightly of his people's dying; the dead are lying all over the country as if no smaller space could contain them; on the plains and about the marshes, they are as thick as heaps of fuel. The people know not where to turn to. | |
| 《商君書·算地》: | 凡世主之患，用兵者不量力，治草萊者不度地。 |
| The disasters of the rulers of the world, generally, come from their not measuring their strength in the use of armies, and from their not measuring their territory in managing the grass-fields and uncultivated lands. | |
| 《孫子兵法·軍形》: | 兵法：「一曰度，二曰量，三曰數，四曰稱，五曰勝。」 |
| In respect of military method, we have, firstly, Measurement; secondly, Estimation of quantity; thirdly, Calculation; fourthly, Balancing of chances; fifthly, Victory. | |
| 《史記·五帝本紀》: | 遂見東方君長，合時月正日，同律度量衡，修五禮五玉三帛二生一死為摯，如五器，卒乃復。 |
| He then gave audience to the chieftains of the East, putting in accord their seasons and months, and rectifying the days. He rendered uniform the standard tubes, the measures of length and capacity, and the scales; and regulated the five kinds of ceremonies. The five gems, the three kinds of silks, the two living animals, and one dead one were brought as presents to the audience, but the five implements were returned at the conclusion. | |
| 《荀子·正名》: | 其罪猶為符節度量之罪也。 |
| 《說苑·辨物》: | 度量權衡以黍生之為一分，十分為一寸，十寸為一尺，十尺為一丈。 |
| 《春秋繁露·考功名》: | 明所從生，不可為源，善所從出，不可為端，量勢立權，因事制義。 |
| 《韓詩外傳·卷一》: | 少以敵眾，弱以侮強，忿不量力者，兵共殺之。 |
| 《大戴禮記》: | 且臣聞之，以仁得之，以仁守之，其量百世。 |
| 《白虎通德論·爵》: | 爵者，盡也，各量其職盡其才也。 |
| 《新書·道德說》: | 命者，物皆得道德之施以生，則澤潤性氣神明，及形體之位分、數度，各有極量指奏矣。 |
| 《新序·善謀》: | 王以虞卿之言告趙郝，趙郝曰：「虞卿能量秦力之所至乎？」 |
| 《中論·貴言》: | 是以君子將與人語大本之源，而談性、義之極者，必先度其心志，本其器量，視其銳氣，察其墮衰，然後唱焉以觀其和，導焉以觀其隨。 |
| 《孔子家語·五儀解》: | 以少犯眾，以弱侮強，忿怒不類，動不量力，兵共殺之。 |
| 《潛夫論·思賢》: | 是故也主之於貴戚也，愛其嬖媚之美，不量其材而受之官，不使立功自託於民，而苟務高其爵位，崇其賞賜，令結怨於下民，縣罪於惡，積過既成，豈有不顛隕者哉 |
| 《論衡·命祿》: | 才力而致富貴，命祿不能奉持，猶器之盈量，手之持重也。 |
| 《太玄經·銳》: | 測曰，「銳于醜」、福祿不量也。 |
| 《風俗通義·三皇》: | 含弘履中，開陰陽，布剛上，含皇極，其施光明，指天畫地，神化潛通，煌煌盛美，不可勝量。 |
| 《孔叢子·巡守》: | 命典禮正制度，均量衡，考衣服之等，協時月日辰。 |
| 《申鑒·時事》: | 誰毀誰譽，譽其有試者，萬事之概量也。 |
| 《新語·道基》: | 故在天者可見，在地者可量，在物者可紀，在人者可相。 |
| 《獨斷·卷上》: | 幣號、玉曰嘉玉，幣曰量幣之屬也。 |
| 《蔡中郎集·獨斷》: | 水曰清滌，酒曰清酌，黍曰薌合，梁曰香萁，稻曰嘉疏，鹽曰鹹鹺，玉曰嘉玉，幣曰量幣。 |
| 《墨子·經下》: | 異類不吡，說在量。 |
| 《列子·黃帝》: | 柔勝出於己者，其力不可量。 |
| 《鶡冠子·天則》: | 彼天地之以無極者，以守度量，而不可濫，日不踰辰，月宿其列，當名服事，星守弗去，弦望晦朔，終始相巡，踰年累歲，用不縵縵，此天之所柄以臨斗者也。 |
| 《文子·道原》: | 強勝不若己者，至於若己者而格，柔勝出於己者，其力不可量，故「兵強則滅，木強則折。」 |
| 《列仙傳·仇生》: | 灼灼容顏，怡怡德量。 |
| 《韓非子·初見秦》: | 且夫趙當亡而不亡，秦當霸而不霸，天下固以量秦之謀臣一矣。 |
| 《慎子·威德》: | 度量，所以立公審也。 |
| 《管子·輕重戊》: | 衡山械器盡，魯削衡山之南，齊削衡山之北，內自量無械器以應二敵，即奉國而歸齊矣。 |
| 《尉繚子·兵談》: | 量土地肥墝而立邑，建城稱地，以城稱人，以人稱粟。 |
| 《孫子算經·卷上》: | 量之所起，起於粟。 |
| 《周髀算經·序》: | 可以晷儀驗其長短，然其巨闊不可度量也。 |
| 《淮南子·齊俗訓》: | 故高不可及者，不可以為人量。 |
| 《呂氏春秋·期賢》: | 野人之用兵也，鼓聲則似雷，號呼則動地，塵氣充天，流矢如雨，扶傷輿死，履腸涉血，無罪之民其死者量於澤矣，而國之存亡、主之死生猶不可知也，其離仁義亦遠矣。 |
| 《鬼谷子·捭闔》: | 司其門戶，審察其所先後，度權量能，校其伎巧短長。 |
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