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| Simplified Chinese version |
| 規 U+898F |  Seal script | 槻 Alternate form | 规 Simplified character |
| Radical: | 见+ 4 strokes = 11 strokes total. |
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| References: | Guangyun: p.50#16 Kangxi: p.1133#11 Cihai: p.1229r3c02 GSR: 875.a Hanyu: v6,p3664#17 |
| Composition: | Left: 夫, right: 见. Component of: 嫢 摫 𡙭 𡦑 𫱟 规 槻 𤍮 瞡 窥 𧜴 闚 鬹 䲅 𪄯 |
| Mandarin: | guī kuī xù guì ㄍㄨㄟ ㄎㄨㄟ ㄒㄩˋ ㄍㄨㄟˋ |
| Cantonese: | kwai1 |
| Tang reconstruction: | giuɛ |
| Shuowen: | 《夫部》规：有法度也。从夫从见。 |
| Guangyun: | 《广韵·上平声·支·𩓸》规：圎也，字统云丈夫识用必合规矩故规从夫也。 |
| Kangxi: | 《康熙字典·见部·四》规：《唐韵》居追切《集韵》《韵会》均窥切《正韵》居爲切，𠀤音𨾚。《说文》有法度也。《玉篇》正圜之器也。《礼·经解》规矩诚设，不可欺以方圜。《前汉·律历志》衡运生规，规圜生矩。《庄子·马蹄篇》圜者中规，方者中矩。《淮南子·时则训》规者所以圜万物也。又以法正人曰规。《书·𦙍征》官师相规。《传》规，正也。《诗·衞风·淇奥序》武公能听其规谏。《疏》正圜以规使依度，犹正君以礼使人德，故谓之规谏。又规，求计也。《左传·昭二十六年》规求无度。又规避违法，以方爲圜也。《正字通》引唐书：规影徭赋。又谋度也。《礼·儒行》其规爲有如此者。《疏》但自规度所爲之事而行。《战国策》齐无天下之规。《注》规犹谋也，谓无谋齐者。后汉书凡谋皆作规。又画也。《周语》成公之生也，其母梦神规其臀以墨。又日月圆曰规。《谢灵运·游南亭诗》密林含馀淸，远峰影半规。《注》日落峰外，隐其半也。《韩愈·玩月诗》前夕虽十五，月长未满规。《文苑英华·海日初出赋》赫赫光满，规规质圆。又规田。《礼·王制·百亩之分疏》偃猪之地，九夫爲规，四规而当一井。又官名。《金史·百官志》规措官，正七品，掌灌漑民田。又鱼名。《沈括·补笔谈》浙东人呼河豚爲规鱼。又有生海中者，腹上有刺，名海规吹肚鱼。又鸟名。《埤雅》杜鹃，一名子规。或作𨾚鳺巂。又规矩，兽名。详矩字注。又姓。明规恂，弘治中敎授，夏邑人。又《韵会小补》惠圭切，音携。车轮一周爲一规。通作巂。《礼·曲礼》立视五巂。《注》巂，犹规也。谓轮转之度。《音释》巂，本又作规。又《集韵》规恚切，𨾚去声。规规，惊视自失貌。《庄子·秋水篇》规规然自失也。又《集韵》呼役切，音狊。本作瞁。惊视貌。又《音学五书》居何切，古音歌。《淮南子·主术训》若（缺一欲字）规之，乃是离之。《扬子·法言》问萧何、曹参，曰：萧也规，曹也随。《说文》从夫从见。《字统》丈夫识用必合规矩，故字从夫。《正字通》按因夫立解未详，考䂓与矩𠀤从矢也。当作䂓。古文作规。又《字汇补》䂓音吸。字辨训惊视，与规不同。《字汇总略》以规字音吸，䂓字爲规矩之规，非是。𠀤录备考。 |
| Fanqie: | 居隋 (《广韵·上平声·支·𩓸》) |
| Unihan definition: | rules, regulations, customs, law |
Example usage
| 《孟子·告子上》: | 大匠诲人，必以规矩。 |
| A master-workman, in teaching others, uses the compass and square. | |
| 《礼记·深衣》: | 古者深衣，盖有制度，以应规、矩、绳、权、衡。 |
| Anciently the long dress had definite measurements, so as to satisfy the requirements of the compass and square, the line, the balance, and the steelyard. | |
| 《扬子法言》: | 如委己而从人，虽有规矩准绳，焉得而用之。 |
| If he had given up on himself and followed others, then even though he had compass and square, level and marking line, how could he have been able to use them? | |
| 《墨子·经说上》: | 圜：规写攴也。 |
| The compasses draw it in the rough (?). | |
| 《庄子·逍遥游》: | 其大本拥肿而不中绳墨，其小枝卷曲而不中规矩，立之涂，匠者不顾。 |
| Its trunk swells out to a large size, but is not fit for a carpenter to apply his line to it; its smaller branches are knotted and crooked, so that the disk and square cannot be used on them. Though planted on the wayside, a builder would not turn his head to look at it. | |
| 《商君书·说民》: | 别而规之者，奸也。 |
| To differ from, and to spy upon, others is what the wicked do. | |
| 《史记·夏本纪》: | 左准绳，右规矩，载四时，以开九州，通九道，陂九泽，度九山。 |
| On the one hand he used the marking-line, and on the other the compass and square. Working as the seasons permitted, and with a view to open up the nine provinces, he made the roads communicable, banked up the marshes, surveyed the hills. | |
| 《尚书·胤征》: | 告于众曰：“嗟予有众，圣有谟训，明徵定保，先王克谨天戒，臣人克有常宪，百官修辅，厥后惟明明，每岁孟春，遒人以木铎徇于路，官师相规，工执艺事以谏，其或不恭，邦有常刑。” |
| He made an announcement to his hosts, saying, 'Ah! ye, all my men, there are the well-counselled instructions of the sage (founder of our dynasty), clearly verified in their power to give stability and security: "The former kings were carefully attentive to the warnings of Heaven, and their ministers observed the regular laws (of their offices). All the officers (moreover) watchfully did their duty to assist (the government), and their sovereign became entirely intelligent." Every year, in the first month of spring, the herald, with his wooden-tongued bell, goes along the roads, (proclaiming), "Ye officers able to instruct, be prepared with your admonitions. Ye workmen engaged in mechanical affairs, remonstrate on the subjects of your employments. If any of you do not attend with respect (to this requirement), the country has regular punishments for you."' | |
| 《荀子·赋》: | 有物于此，居则周静致下，动则綦高以钜，圆者中规，方者中矩，大参天地，德厚尧禹，精微乎毫毛，而盈大乎寓宙。 |
| 《说苑·君道》: | 凡处尊位者必以敬，下顺德规谏，必开不讳之门，撙节安静以藉之，谏者勿振以威，毋格其言，博采其辞，乃择可观。 |
| 《春秋繁露》: | 三起而成日，三日而成规，三旬而成月，三月而成时，三时而成功。 |
| 《韩诗外传·卷一》: | 古者、天子左五钟，将出，则撞黄钟，而右五钟皆应之，马鸣中律，驾者有文，御者有数，立则磬折，拱则抱鼓，行步中规，折旋中矩，然后太师奏升车之乐，告出也。 |
| 《大戴礼记·保傅》: | 行以采茨，趋以肆夏，步环中规，折还中矩，进则揖之，退则扬之，然后玉锵鸣也。 |
| 《白虎通德论·考黜》: | 言成章，行成规，卷龙之衣服，表显其德。 |
| 《新书·兵车之容》: | 行以采荠，趋以肆夏，步中规，折中矩。 |
| 《新序·杂事四》: | 对曰：“好学而受规谏。” |
| 《中论·法象》: | 周旋中规，折旋中矩。 |
| 《孔子家语·五仪解》: | 孔子曰：“所谓庸人者，心不存慎终之规，口不吐训格之言，不择贤以托其身，不力行以自定。” |
| 《潜夫论·赞学》: | 故圣人之制经以遗后贤也，譬犹巧倕之为规矩准绳以遗后工也。 |
| 《论衡·四讳》: | 不听规谏，三不祥也。 |
| 《太玄经·戾》: | 次六，准绳规矩，不同其施。 |
| 《风俗通义》: | 度辽将军安定皇甫规威明，连在大位，欲退避弟，数上病，不见听。 |
| 《孔丛子·记义》: | 子曰：“食其禄者必死其事，孙子知卫君之将不君，不念伏死以争，而素规去就。” |
| 《忠经·报国章》: | 猷者、国之规。 |
| 《素书·安礼章》: | 同艺相规。 |
| 《新语·道基》: | 故地封五岳，画四渎，规洿泽，通水泉，树物养类，苞殖万根，暴形养精，以立群生，不违天时，不夺物性，不藏其情，不匿其诈。 |
| 《蔡中郎集·笔赋》: | 圆和正直，规矩极也。 |
| 《列子·汤问》: | 弟子东门贾、禽滑厘，闻偃师之巧，以告二子，二子终身不敢语艺，而时执规矩。 |
| 《鶡冠子·天则》: | 明不能照者，道弗能得也，规不能包者，力弗能挈也。 |
| 《文子·符言》: | 老子曰：道至高无上，至深无下，平乎准，直乎绳，圆乎规，方乎矩，包裹天地而无表里，洞同覆盖而无所荬，是故体道者，不怒不喜，其坐无虑，寝而不梦，见物而名，事至而应。 |
| 《韩非子·有度》: | 故曰：巧匠目意中绳，然必先以规矩为度。 |
| 《申不害·佚文》: | 故曰：惟无为可以规之。韩非子外储说右上 |
| 《管子·轻重己》: | 清神生心，心生规，规生矩，矩生方，方生正，正生历，历生四时，四时生万物，圣人因而理之，道徧矣。 |
| 《司马法·用众》: | 袭其规。 |
| 《孙子算经·序》: | 立规矩，准方圆，谨法度，约尺丈，立权衡，平重轻，剖毫厘，析黍絫。 |
| 《周髀算经·卷上》: | 万物周事而圆方用焉，大匠造制而规矩设焉，或毁方而为圆，或破圆而为方。 |
| 《淮南子·齐俗训》: | 若夫规矩钩绳者，此巧之具也，而非所以巧也。 |
| 《吕氏春秋·达郁》: | 是故天子听政，使公卿列士正谏，好学博闻献诗，蒙箴师诵，庶人传语，近臣尽规，亲戚补察，而后王斟酌焉。 |
| 《邓析子·无厚》: | 诚听能闻于无声，视能见于无形，计能规于未兆，虑能防于未然，斯无他也。 |
| 《春秋左传》: | 郑人赂晋侯以师悝，师触，师蠲，广车，軘车，淳十五乘，甲兵备，凡兵车百乘，歌钟二肆，及其鎛磬，女乐二八，晋侯以乐之半赐魏绛，曰，子教寡人，和诸戎狄，以正诸华，八年之中，九合诸侯，如乐之和，无所不谐，请与子乐之，辞曰，夫和戎狄，国之福也，八年之中，九合诸侯，诸侯无慝，君之灵也，二三子之劳也，臣何力之有焉，抑臣愿君安其乐而思其终也，诗曰，乐只君子，殿天子之邦，乐只君子，福禄攸同，便蕃左右，亦是帅从，夫乐以安德，义以处之，礼以行之，信以守之，仁以厉之，而后可以殿邦国，同福禄，来远人，所谓乐也，书曰，居安思危，思则有备，有备无患，敢以此规，公曰，子之教，敢不承命，抑微子，寡人无以待戎，不能济河，夫赏，国之典也，藏在盟府，不可废也，子其受之，魏绛于是乎始有金石之乐，礼也。 |
| 《逸周书·周书序》: | 武王平商，维定保天室，规拟伊雒，作度邑。 |
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