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| Simplified Chinese version |
| 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。从辵辟声。 |
| Guangyun: | 《广韵·去声·置·避》避：违也，回也。毗义切，一。 |
| Kangxi: | 《康熙字典·辵部·十三》避：〔古文〕𨓶𢕾《唐韵》《集韵》《韵会》《正韵》𠀤毗义切，音鼻。《玉篇》回避也。《史记·蔺相如传》望见廉颇，引车避匿。《前汉·王吉传》叙：避而入商雒深山。《后汉·郅恽传》避地敎授。《注》隐遁也。又《正韵》通作辟。《论语》辟世、辟地、辟言、辟色，俱作辟。 |
| Fanqie: | 毗义 (《广韵·去声·置·避》) |
| Unihan definition: | avoid; turn aside; escape; hide |
Example usage
| 《孟子·万章上》: | 三年之丧毕，禹避舜之子于阳城。 |
| 'When the three years' mourning was expired, Yu withdrew from the son of Shun to Yang Cheng. | |
| 《孝经·开宗明义》: | 曾子避席曰：“参不敏，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?" | |
| 《扬子法言》: | 命不可避也。 |
| Fate is what cannot be avoided. | |
| 《墨子·尚贤上》: | 近者闻之，亦退而谋曰：‘始我所恃者近也，今上举义不避远，然则我不可不为义。’ |
| 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." | |
| 《庄子·逍遥游》: | 东西跳梁，不避高下。 |
| East and west it leaps about, avoiding neither what is high nor what is low. | |
| 《商君书·农战》: | 今境内之民，皆曰：“农战可避，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. | |
| 《孙子兵法·始计》: | 利而诱之，乱而取之，实而备之，强而避之，怒而挠之，卑而骄之，佚而劳之，亲而离之。 |
| 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. | |
| 《史记·五帝本纪》: | 瞽叟爱后妻子，常欲杀舜，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，移而从所仕。 |
| 《说苑·辨物》: | 晏子曰：“君诚避宫殿暴露，与灵山河伯共忧。” |
| 《春秋繁露·竹林》: | 夫去位而避兄弟者，君子之所甚贵。 |
| 《韩诗外传·卷二》: | 庄王旦朝，以樊姬之言告沈令尹，令尹避席而进孙叔敖 |
| 《大戴礼记》: | 孔子蹴然避席而对曰：“仁人不过乎物，孝子不过乎物，是仁人之事亲也如事天，事天如事亲，是故孝子成身。” |
| 《白虎通德论·号》: | 钻木燧取火，教民熟食，养人利性，避臭去毒，谓之燧人也。 |
| 《新书·劝学》: | 既遇老聃，噩若慈父，雁行避景，夔立蛇进，而后敢问。 |
| 《新序·善谋下》: | 四人前对，各言其姓名，上乃惊曰：“吾求公数岁，公避逃我，今公何自从吾儿游乎？” |
| 《中论·智行》: | 是故圣人贵才智之特能，立功立事益于世矣，如愆过多、才智少，作乱有馀，而立功不足，仲尼所以避阳货而诛少正卯也。 |
| 《孔子家语·相鲁》: | 齐侯心怍，麾而避之 |
| 《潜夫论·述赦》: | 正真之士之为吏也，不避强御，不辞上官。 |
| 《论衡·命禄》: | 而天命当然，虽逃避之，终不得离，故夫不求自得之贵欤？ |
| 《太玄经·羡》: | 测曰，“羡其足”、避凶事也。 |
| 《风俗通义·五帝》: | 黄帝始制冠冕，垂衣裳，上栋下宇，以避风雨，礼文法度，兴事创业。 |
| 《孔丛子·公仪》: | 若臣之修善而人莫知，莫知则必毁臣，是臣之为善而受毁也，此臣所不愿而不可避者也。 |
| 《申鉴·时事》: | 七曰避雠有科。 |
| 《素书·求人之志章》: | 避嫌远疑，所以不悞。 |
| 《新语·道基》: | 于是黄帝乃伐木构材，筑作宫室，上栋下宇，以避风雨。 |
| 《独断·卷上》: | 孝元皇后父大司马阳平侯名禁，当时避之，故曰省中。 |
| 《蔡中郎集·独断》: | 后避武帝讳改曰通侯。 |
| 《列子·黄帝》: | 郑人见之，皆避而走。 |
| 《鶡冠子·近迭》: | 鶡冠子曰：“天高而难知，有福不可请，有祸不可避，法天则戾。” |
| 《文子·符言》: | 道不可以劝就利者，而可以安神避害，故尝无祸不尝有福，尝无罪不尝有功。 |
| 《列仙传·吕尚》: | 避纣之乱，隐于辽东四十年。 |
| 《鬻子》: | 夫国者、卿相世贤者有之，有国无国智者治之，智者非一日之志，治者非一日之谋，而知所避。 |
| 《老子河上公章句》: | 言人所为，功成事立，名迹称遂，不退身避位，则遇于害，此乃天之常道也。 |
| 《韩非子·难言》: | 此十数人者，皆世之仁贤忠良有道术之士也，不幸而遇悖乱暗惑之主而死，然则虽贤圣不能逃死亡避戮辱者何也？ |
| 《管子·轻重甲》: | 令曰：‘能游者赐千金’，未能用金千，齐民之游水，不避吴越。 |
| 《吴子·料敌》: | 击此之道，触而迫之，陵而远之，驰而后之，则上疑而下惧，谨我车骑必避之路，其将可虏。 |
| 《六韬·立将》: | 太公曰：“凡国有难，君避正殿，召将而诏之曰：‘社稷安危，一在将军。’” |
| 《司马法·严位》: | 凡战：击其微静，避其强静。 |
| 《尉缭子·制谈》: | 一贼仗剑击于市，万人无不避之者，臣谓：‘非一人之独勇，万人皆不肖也’。 |
| 《淮南子·齐俗训》: | 是故入其国者从其俗，入其家者避其讳，不犯禁而入，不忤逆而进，虽之夷狄徒倮之国，结轨乎远方之外，而无所困矣。 |
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