| Chinese Text Project |
| 避 U+907F |  Seal script | 辟 Alternate form | 𢕾 Semantic variant | 𨓶 Semantic variant |
| Radical: | 辵+ 13 strokes = 17 strokes total. |
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| References: | Guangyun: p.346#15 Kangxi: p.1266#09 Cihai: p.1333r6c05 GSR: 853.u Hanyu: v6,p3891#05 |
| Composition: | Bottom-left: 辶, top-right: 辟. |
| Mandarin: | bì ㄅㄧˋ |
| Cantonese: | bei6 |
| Tang reconstruction: | *bhiɛ̀ |
| Shuowen: | 《辵部》避：回也。从辵辟聲。 |
| Guangyun: | 《廣韻·去聲·寘·避》避：違也，迴也。毗義切，一。 |
| Kangxi: | 《康熙字典·辵部·十三》避：〔古文〕𨓶𢕾《唐韻》《集韻》《韻會》《正韻》𠀤毗義切，音鼻。《玉篇》迴避也。《史記·藺相如傳》望見廉頗，引車避匿。《前漢·王吉傳》敘：避而入商雒深山。《後漢·郅惲傳》避地敎授。《註》隱遁也。又《正韻》通作辟。《論語》辟世、辟地、辟言、辟色，俱作辟。 |
| Fanqie: | 毗義 (《廣韻·去聲·寘·避》) |
| Unihan definition: | avoid; turn aside; escape; hide |
Example usage
| 《孟子·萬章上》: | 三年之喪畢，禹避舜之子於陽城。 |
| 'When the three years' mourning was expired, Yu withdrew from the son of Shun to Yang Cheng. | |
| 《孝經·開宗明義》: | 曾子避席曰：「參不敏，何足以知之？」 |
| Zeng rose from his mat and said, "How should I, Shen, who am so devoid of intelligence, be able to know this?" | |
| 《揚子法言》: | 命不可避也。 |
| Fate is what cannot be avoided. | |
| 《墨子·尚賢上》: | 近者聞之，亦退而謀曰：『始我所恃者近也，今上舉義不避遠，然則我不可不為義。』 |
| Upon hearing this, those placed near began to deliberate, saying: "What I have been depending on was intimacy. Now the Lord promotes the righteous without discrimination against the distant. Hence I may not do unrighteousness." | |
| 《莊子·逍遙遊》: | 東西跳梁，不避高下。 |
| East and west it leaps about, avoiding neither what is high nor what is low. | |
| 《商君書·農戰》: | 今境內之民，皆曰：「農戰可避，而官爵可得也。」 |
| But now the people within the territory all say that by avoiding agriculture and war, office and rank may be acquired. | |
| 《孫子兵法·始計》: | 利而誘之，亂而取之，實而備之，強而避之，怒而撓之，卑而驕之，佚而勞之，親而離之。 |
| Hold out baits to entice the enemy. Feign disorder, and crush him. If he is secure at all points, be prepared for him. If he is in superior strength, evade him. If your opponent is of choleric temper, seek to irritate him. Pretend to be weak, that he may grow arrogant. If he is taking his ease, give him no rest. If his forces are united, separate them. | |
| 《史記·五帝本紀》: | 瞽叟愛後妻子，常欲殺舜，舜避逃。 |
| Gusou loved his second wife, and frequently tried to kill Shun, who avoided him. | |
| 《荀子·大略》: | 故塞而避所短，移而從所仕。 |
| 《說苑·辨物》: | 晏子曰：「君誠避宮殿暴露，與靈山河伯共憂。」 |
| 《春秋繁露·竹林》: | 夫去位而避兄弟者，君子之所甚貴。 |
| 《韓詩外傳·卷二》: | 莊王旦朝，以樊姬之言告沈令尹，令尹避席而進孫叔敖 |
| 《大戴禮記》: | 孔子蹴然避席而對曰：「仁人不過乎物，孝子不過乎物，是仁人之事親也如事天，事天如事親，是故孝子成身。」 |
| 《白虎通德論·號》: | 鑽木燧取火，教民熟食，養人利性，避臭去毒，謂之燧人也。 |
| 《新書·勸學》: | 既遇老聃，噩若慈父，鴈行避景，夔立蛇進，而后敢問。 |
| 《新序·善謀下》: | 四人前對，各言其姓名，上乃驚曰：「吾求公數歲，公避逃我，今公何自從吾兒游乎？」 |
| 《中論·智行》: | 是故聖人貴才智之特能，立功立事益於世矣，如愆過多、才智少，作亂有餘，而立功不足，仲尼所以避陽貨而誅少正卯也。 |
| 《孔子家語·相魯》: | 齊侯心怍，麾而避之 |
| 《潛夫論·述赦》: | 正真之士之為吏也，不避彊禦，不辭上官。 |
| 《論衡·命祿》: | 而天命當然，雖逃避之，終不得離，故夫不求自得之貴歟？ |
| 《太玄經·羡》: | 測曰，「羡其足」、避凶事也。 |
| 《風俗通義·五帝》: | 黃帝始制冠冕，垂衣裳，上棟下宇，以避風雨，禮文法度，興事創業。 |
| 《孔叢子·公儀》: | 若臣之修善而人莫知，莫知則必毀臣，是臣之為善而受毀也，此臣所不願而不可避者也。 |
| 《申鑒·時事》: | 七曰避讎有科。 |
| 《素書·求人之志章》: | 避嫌遠疑，所以不悞。 |
| 《新語·道基》: | 於是黃帝乃伐木構材，築作宮室，上棟下宇，以避風雨。 |
| 《獨斷·卷上》: | 孝元皇后父大司馬陽平侯名禁，當時避之，故曰省中。 |
| 《蔡中郎集·獨斷》: | 後避武帝諱改曰通侯。 |
| 《列子·黃帝》: | 鄭人見之，皆避而走。 |
| 《鶡冠子·近迭》: | 鶡冠子曰：「天高而難知，有福不可請，有禍不可避，法天則戾。」 |
| 《文子·符言》: | 道不可以勸就利者，而可以安神避害，故嘗無禍不嘗有福，嘗無罪不嘗有功。 |
| 《列仙傳·呂尚》: | 避紂之亂，隱於遼東四十年。 |
| 《鬻子》: | 夫國者、卿相世賢者有之，有國無國智者治之，智者非一日之志，治者非一日之謀，而知所避。 |
| 《老子河上公章句》: | 言人所為，功成事立，名跡稱遂，不退身避位，則遇於害，此乃天之常道也。 |
| 《韓非子·難言》: | 此十數人者，皆世之仁賢忠良有道術之士也，不幸而遇悖亂闇惑之主而死，然則雖賢聖不能逃死亡避戮辱者何也？ |
| 《管子·輕重甲》: | 令曰：『能游者賜千金』，未能用金千，齊民之游水，不避吳越。 |
| 《吳子·料敵》: | 擊此之道，觸而迫之，陵而遠之，馳而後之，則上疑而下懼，謹我車騎必避之路，其將可虜。 |
| 《六韜·立將》: | 太公曰：「凡國有難，君避正殿，召將而詔之曰：『社稷安危，一在將軍。』」 |
| 《司馬法·嚴位》: | 凡戰：擊其微靜，避其強靜。 |
| 《尉繚子·制談》: | 一賊仗劍擊於市，萬人無不避之者，臣謂：『非一人之獨勇，萬人皆不肖也』。 |
| 《淮南子·齊俗訓》: | 是故入其國者從其俗，入其家者避其諱，不犯禁而入，不忤逆而進，雖之夷狄徒倮之國，結軌乎遠方之外，而無所困矣。 |
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