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U+5BA5

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Jinwen

Radical:+ 6 strokes = 9 strokes total.
References:Guangyun: p.434#19 Kangxi: p.285#03 Cihai: p.418r3c01 GSR: 995.r Hanyu: v2,p0925#01
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Mandarin:yòu ㄧㄡˋ
Cantonese:jau6
Shuowen:宀部》宥:宽也。从宀有声。
Guangyun:广韵·去声··》宥:宽也。于救切,十六。
Kangxi:康熙字典·宀部·》宥:《唐韵》于救切《集韵》《韵会》尤救切《正韵》爰救切,𠀤音又。《说文》宽也。《徐铉曰》宽之而已,未全放也。《易·解卦》君子以赦过宥罪。又《周礼·秋官》司刺掌三刺三宥之法,一宥曰不识,再宥曰过失,三宥曰遗忘。又《·大禹谟》宥过无大。《注》谓不识而误犯,虽大必赦宥也。《君𨻰》狃于奸宄,败常乱俗,三细不宥。《注》犯此三者,虽小罪不可宥也。又宏深也。《·周颂》夙夜基命宥密。《注》言其夙夜积德,以承藉天命者,宏深而静密也。又助也。《左传·僖二十五年》晋侯朝于王,王飨醴,命之宥。《注》又加之以币帛,以助劝也。又以乐劝食也,与侑同。《周礼·春官·大司乐》王大食三宥,皆令奏钟鼓。又姓。又通作又。《礼·王制》王三又,然后制𠛬。
Fanqie:于救 (《广韵·去声··》)
Unihan definition:forgive, pardon, indulge

Example usage

庄子·在宥》:闻在天下,不闻治天下也。
I have heard of letting the world be, and exercising forbearance; I have not heard of governing the world.
商君书·赏刑》:圣人不过,不赦刑,故奸无起。
The sage is not indulgent with transgressions and does not pardon crimes, and so villainy does not spring up.
史记·五帝本纪》:象以典刑,流五刑,鞭作官刑,扑作教刑,金作赎刑。
He gave delineations of the statutory punishments, enacting banishment as a mitigation of the five chief punishments, the whip being employed for public officers, the stick in schools, and a money penalty being inflicted for redeemable crimes.
诗经·昊天有成命》:成王不敢康、夙夜基命密。
King Cheng did not dare to rest idly in it. But night and day enlarged its foundations by his deep and silent virtue.
尚书·大禹谟》:过无大,刑故无小。
You pardon inadvertent faults, however great, and punish purposed crimes, however small.
周易·》:君子以赦过罪。
(The trigram representing) thunder and that for rain, with these phenomena in a state of manifestation, form Jie. The superior man, in accordance with this, forgives errors, and deals gently with crimes.
礼记·文王世子》:公曰:“之。”
荀子·宥坐》:守庙者曰:“此盖为坐之器,”孔子曰:“吾闻坐之器者,虚则欹,中则正,满则覆。”
韩诗外传·卷三》:对曰:“此盖为座之器。”
大戴礼记·保傅》:天子宴私安如易,乐而湛,饮酒而醉,食肉而餕,饱而强,饥而惏,暑而暍,寒而嗽,寝而莫,坐而莫侍,行而莫先莫后。
新书·傅职》:天子居处燕私安所易,乐而湛,夜漏屏人而数,饮酒而醉,食肉而饱,饱而强食,饥而惏,而暍,寒而懦,寝而莫,坐而莫侍,行而莫先莫后。
孔子家语·三恕》:对曰:“此盖为坐之器。”
潜夫论·述赦》:金作赎刑,赦作罪,皆谓良人吉士,时有过误,不幸陷离者尔。
论衡·书虚》:于桓公,隐而不讥?
风俗通义·六国》:齐侯以为卿,辞曰:“羁旅之臣,幸若获,及于宽政,赦其不闲教训,而免诸罪戾,弛于负檐,君之惠也,所获多矣。”
孔丛子·刑论》:过赦小罪,老弱不受刑,先王之道也。
蔡中郎集》:罪人赦,囹圄用清。
鶡冠子·天则》:世者,未有离天人而能善与国者也。
韩非子·爱臣》:故不赦死,不刑,赦死刑,是谓威淫,社稷将危,国家偏威。
管子·侈靡》:择天下之所,择鬼之所当,择人天之所戴,而前付其身,此所以安之也。
淮南子·道应训》:孔子观桓公之庙,有器焉,谓之卮。
吕氏春秋·原乱》:文公施舍,振废滞,匡乏困,救灾患,禁淫慝,薄赋敛,罪戾,节器用,用民以时,败荆人于城濮,定襄王,释宋,出谷戍,外内皆服,而后晋乱止。
春秋左传》:十八年,春,虢公,晋侯,朝王,王飨醴,命之,皆赐玉五瑴,马三匹,非礼也,王命诸侯,名位不同,礼亦异数,不以礼假人。
逸周书·武儆解》:以诏小子,曰:“允哉!”
国语·吴语》:天王亲趋玉趾,以心孤句践,而又赦之。
盐铁论·未通》:》云:‘夙夜基命密。
列女传·卫姑定姜》:夫安民而宗卿,不亦可乎!
汉书·刑法志》:周官有五听、八议、三刺、三、三赦之法。
前汉纪》:之。
东观汉记·郭躬》:躬上封事曰:“伏惟天恩莫不荡,死罪以下并蒙更生,而亡命捕得独不沾泽。”
后汉书》:荀彧请曰:“佗方术实工,人命所悬,宜加全。”
古三坟》:山气止,止归约,止藏渊,生止貌,止动济,止长植物,止育润,止杀宽
周礼·地官司徒》:以考乡里之治,以诏废置,以行赦
焦氏易林·泰之》:大过:春令原,仁德不合。
说文解字·宀部》::宽也。
世说新语·德行》:桓亦如言
三国志·陶谦传》:谦至,或又谓谦曰:“足下轻辱三公,罪自己作,今蒙释,德莫厚矣。”
群书治要·周易》:象曰:雷雨作,解,君子以赦过罪。
艺文类聚·》:蜡节庆祚,归就汝上下,善相欢乐,过节来还,当为汝思他理,群吏惶懅争请,不许,寻有赦令,无不感思,所人誓不为恶。
通典·出师仪制》:伏愿宽
西游记》:玉帝闻言,即传旨赦,差天将解放,送与菩萨

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