| Chinese Text Project | |
| Simplified Chinese version |
| 忍 U+5FCD |  Seal script |  Jinwen | 㣼 Semantic variant |
| Radical: | 心+ 3 strokes = 7 strokes total. |
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| References: | Guangyun: p.275#34 Kangxi: p.376#04 Cihai: p.523r1c01 GSR: 456.c Hanyu: v4,p2271#03 |
| Composition: | Top: 刃, bottom: 心. Compositionally related: 忍 㣼 . Component of: 𠗋 𭸑 𠴍 𢚴 𢭝 𢂻 涊 梕 㸾 䏰 𤉃 𪞹 𪪄 𫀷 𤶝 𥆾 綛 荵 𬠍 𦓖 [More] |
| Mandarin: | rěn ㄖㄣˇ |
| Cantonese: | jan2 |
| Tang reconstruction: | *njǐn |
| Shuowen: | 《心部》忍：能也。从心刃声。 |
| Guangyun: | 《广韵·上声·轸·忍》忍：强也，有所含忍。而轸切，三。 |
| Kangxi: | 《康熙字典·心部·三》忍：《唐韵》而轸切《集韵》《韵会》《正韵》尔轸切，𠀤人上声。《说文》能也。《徐曰》能音耐。从心刃。《长笺》如刀剌心，忍意也。《周武王·书铭》忍之须臾，乃全汝躯。又《广韵》强也，有所含忍。《左传·昭元年》鲁以相忍爲国。又安于不仁曰忍。《诗·大雅》维彼忍心，是顾是复。《诗·小雅》君子秉心，维其忍之。又忍忍，犹不忍也。《后汉·崔琦传》情怀忍忍。又姓。又《广韵》《集韵》《韵会》𠀤而振切，音仞。坚柔也，本作肕。亦作忍。《周礼·地官·山虞注》柔忍，通作刃。《诗·小雅·荏染柔木注》柔刃之木荏苒然。《释文》忍音刃。《礼·月令·纳材苇注》此时柔刃，𠀤与韧靭忍同。 |
| Fanqie: | 而轸 (《广韵·上声·轸·忍》) |
| Unihan definition: | endure, bear, suffer; forbear |
Example usage
| 《论语·八佾》: | 孔子谓季氏：“八佾舞于庭，是可忍也，孰不可忍也？” |
| Confucius said of the head of the Ji family, who had eight rows of pantomimes in his area, "If he can bear to do this, what may he not bear to do?" | |
| 《孟子·告子下》: | 故天将降大任于是人也，必先苦其心志，劳其筋骨，饿其体肤，空乏其身，行拂乱其所为，所以动心忍性，曾益其所不能。 |
| Thus, when Heaven is about to confer a great office on any man, it first exercises his mind with suffering, and his sinews and bones with toil. It exposes his body to hunger, and subjects him to extreme poverty. It confounds his undertakings. By all these methods it stimulates his mind, hardens his nature, and supplies his incompetencies. | |
| 《礼记·檀弓上》: | 子路曰：“吾寡兄弟而弗忍也。” |
| He replied, 'I have but few brothers, and I cannot bear to do so.' | |
| 《扬子法言》: | 或问：“季布忍焉，可为也？” |
| Someone asked: What about Ji Bu swallowing his pride? | |
| 《墨子·非命上》: | 昔上世暴王不忍其耳目之淫，心涂之辟，不顺其亲戚，遂以亡失国家，倾覆社稷，不知曰‘我罢不肖，为政不善’，必曰‘吾命固失之。’ |
| The ancient wicked kings did not control the sensuality of their ears and eyes and the passions of their mind. They did not follow their ancestors and so they lost their country and ruined their state. They did not know that they should confess: "I am stupid and insolent and was not diligent in attending to government." But they would say: "It is but my fate to lose it." | |
| 《庄子·田子方》: | 欲终而释之，而不忍百姓之无天也。 |
| He then wished to dismiss the man altogether from his mind, but he could not bear the thought that his people should be without (such a) Heaven (as their Protector). | |
| 《荀子·大略》: | 忍耻矣！ |
| 《说苑·辨物》: | 吾不忍俟，将行。 |
| 《春秋繁露·竹林》: | 曰：为其有惨怛之恩，不忍饿一国之民，使之相食。 |
| 《韩诗外传·卷一》: | 若夫希世而行，比周而友，学以为人，教以为己，仁义之匿，车马之饰，衣裘之丽，宪不忍为之也。 |
| 《大戴礼记》: | 夸而无耻，强而无惮，好勇而忍人者，君子不与也。 |
| 《白虎通德论·爵》: | 然后爵者，缘孝子之心未忍安吉。 |
| 《新书·道术》: | 恻隐怜人谓之慈，反慈为忍。 |
| 《新序·善谋下》: | 上曰：“雍齿与我有故，数窘辱我，欲杀之，为其功多，故不忍。” |
| 《中论·谴交》: | 古者行役，过时不反，犹作诗刺怨，故《四月》之篇，称‘先祖匪人，胡宁忍予。’ |
| 《孔子家语·三恕》: | 隐道宜行，然亦不忍。 |
| 《潜夫论·忠贵》: | 召公甘棠，人不忍伐，见爱如是，岂欲私害之者哉？ |
| 《论衡·本性》: | 恻隐不忍，不忍，仁之气也。 |
| 《太玄经·视》: | 测曰，“粉题”“雨须”、不可忍瞻也。 |
| 《风俗通义·孝文帝》: | 然文帝之节俭约身以率先天下，忍容言者，含咽臣子之短，此亦通人难及，似出于孝宣皇帝者也。 |
| 《孔丛子·论书》: | 吾于《洪范》见君子之不忍言人之恶而质人之美也。 |
| 《素书·本德宗道章》: | 安莫安于忍辱。 |
| 《蔡中郎集》: | 陛下天地之德，不忍刀锯，截臣首领，得就平罪，父子家属，徙充边方，完全躯命，喘息相随。 |
| 《文子·符言》: | 君子能为善不能必得其福，不忍而为非而未必免于祸，故君子逢时即进，得之以义，何幸之有！ |
| 《文始真经·九药》: | 当戒，忍可。 |
| 《列仙传·务光》: | 曰：“强力忍诟，吾不知其他。” |
| 《老子河上公章句》: | 伤彼之民罹罪于天，遭不道之君，愍忍丧之痛也。 |
| 《韩非子·奸劫弑臣》: | 哀怜百姓不忍诛罚者，此世之所谓惠爱也。 |
| 《管子·地员》: | 五殖之次曰五觳，五觳之状娄娄然，不忍水旱，其种大菽细菽，多白实，蓄殖果木，不如三土以十分之六。 |
| 《六韬·明传》: | 柔而静，恭而敬，强而弱，忍而刚，此四者，道之所起也。 |
| 《三略·上略》: | 军谶曰：枝叶强大，比周居势，卑贱陵贵，久而益大，上不忍废，国受其败。 |
| 《淮南子·道应训》: | 简子曰：“是为人也，能为社稷忍羞。” |
| 《吕氏春秋·过理》: | 沮麛见之，不忍贼，曰：“不忘恭敬，民之主也。” |
| 《史记·周本纪》: | 民欲以我故战，杀人父子而君之，予不忍为。 |
| 《春秋左传》: | 对曰，臣闻以德和民，不闻以乱，以乱，犹治丝而棼之也，夫州吁阻兵而安忍，阻兵无众，安忍无亲，众叛亲离，难以济矣。 |
| 《逸周书·祭公解》: | 汝无泯泯芬芬，厚颜忍丑，时维大不吊哉！ |
| 《国语·越语下》: | 王弗忍，欲许之 |
| 《晏子春秋》: | 有一恶，婴不忍为也，其宗庙之养鲜也。 |
| 《吴越春秋》: | 夫耻辱之心，不可以大，流汗之愧，不可以忍。 |
| 《越绝书·外传本事》: | 子胥怀忠，不忍君沈惑于谗，社稷之倾。 |
| 《战国策》: | 靖郭君泣而曰：‘不可，吾不忍也。’ |
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