| Chinese Text Project |
| 古 U+53E4 |  Seal script |  Jinwen |  Jiaguwen |  Jianbo | 𠖠 Semantic variant | 𡇣 Semantic variant |
| Radical: | 口+ 2 strokes = 5 strokes total. |
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| References: | Guangyun: p.265#39 Kangxi: p.171#08 Cihai: p.240r1c02 GSR: 49.a Hanyu: v1,p0568#03 |
| Composition: | Top: 十, bottom: 口. Compositionally related: 叶 . Component of: 𠡉 𠯛 𪞎 估 克 㕆 呄 诂 㕝 𠤳 沽 𡊜 狜 𡿵 𫐢 𢏆 𫗡 居 姑 𢪿 [More] |
| Mandarin: | gǔ ㄍㄨˇ |
| Cantonese: | gu2 |
| Tang reconstruction: | *gǒ |
| Shuowen: | 《古部》古：故也。从十、口。識前言者也。凡古之屬皆从古。 |
| Guangyun: | 《廣韻·上聲·姥·古》古：故也，又姓周太王去邠適岐稱古公其後氏焉蜀志有廣漢功曹古牧又漢複姓晏子春秋有齊勇士古冶子又虜三字姓後漢書有古口引氏。公户切。二十一。 |
| Kangxi: | 《康熙字典·口部·二》古：〔古文〕𠖠𡇣《唐韻》《集韻》公戸切《韻會》果五切《正韻》公土切，𠀤音鼓。《爾雅·釋詁》古，故也。《說文》从十，口。識前言者也。《徐鉉曰》十口所傳，是前言也。《玉篇》久也，始也。《書·堯典》曰若稽古帝堯。《詩·邶風》逝不古處。《前漢·藝文志》世歷三古。《孟康曰》伏羲上古，文王中古，孔子下古。又《禮·祭義》以祀天地、山川、社稷、先古。《註》先古，謂先祖也。又《周禮·冬官考工記》輪已庳，則於馬終古登阤也。《註》終古，猶言常也。又賁古，縣名。《前漢·地理志》益州郡賁古縣。又姓。《廣韻》周太王從邠適岐，稱古公，其後氏焉。漢有古初，蜀志有廣漢功曹古牧，北魏有古弼。又草名。《爾雅·釋草》紅蘢古。《註》俗呼紅草爲蘢鼓，語轉耳。又《集韻》古暮切，音顧。亦作故，義同。《劉向·九歎》興離騷之微文兮，兾靈修之壹悟。還余車于南郢兮，復姓軌于初古。又《字彙補》溪姑切，音枯。古成氏，複姓。漢廣漢太守古成雲。後秦古成詵，以文章參樞密。 |
| Fanqie: | 公户 (《廣韻·上聲·姥·古》) |
| Unihan definition: | old, classic, ancient |
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[Show proper names]Example usage
| 《論語·八佾》: | 子曰：「射不主皮，為力不同科，古之道也。」 |
| The Master said, "In archery it is not going through the leather which is the principal thing - because people's strength is not equal. This was the old way." | |
| 《孟子·盡心上》: | 孟子曰：「古之賢王好善而忘勢，古之賢士何獨不然？」 |
| Mencius said, 'The able and virtuous monarchs of antiquity loved virtue and forgot their power. And shall an exception be made of the able and virtuous scholars of antiquity, that they did not do the same?' | |
| 《禮記·深衣》: | 古者深衣，蓋有制度，以應規、矩、繩、權、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. | |
| 《揚子法言》: | 或問：「太古塗民耳目，惟其見也聞也，見則難蔽，聞則難塞。」 |
| Someone asked: In primordial past rulers covered the people's eyes and ears, yet the people still saw and heard. Because they saw, their eyes were difficult to cover. Because they heard, their ears were difficult to block up. | |
| 《莊子·逍遙遊》: | 上古有大椿者，以八千歲為春，八千歲為秋。 |
| In high antiquity there was that called Da-chun, whose spring was 8000 years, and its autumn the same. | |
| 《道德經》: | 執古之道，以御今之有。 |
| When we can lay hold of the Dao of old to direct the things of the present day. | |
| 《商君書·更法》: | 臣聞法古無過，循禮無邪。 |
| I have heard it said that in taking antiquity as an example, one makes no mistakes, and in following established rites one commits no offence. | |
| 《孫子兵法·軍形》: | 古之善戰者，勝于易勝者。 |
| What the ancients called a clever fighter is one who not only wins, but excels in winning with ease. | |
| 《荀子·大略》: | 古之賢人，賤為布衣，貧為匹夫，食則饘粥不足，衣則豎褐不完。 |
| 《說苑·脩文》: | 古者有菑者謂之厲，君一時素服，使有司弔死問疾，憂以巫醫，匍匐以救之，湯粥以方之。 |
| 《春秋繁露·玉杯》: | 其居參錯，非襲古也。 |
| 《韓詩外傳·卷一》: | 古者、天子左五鐘，將出，則撞黃鐘，而右五鐘皆應之，馬鳴中律，駕者有文，御者有數，立則磬折，拱則抱鼓，行步中規，折旋中矩，然後太師奏升車之樂，告出也。 |
| 《大戴禮記》: | 孔子對曰：「生乎今之世，志古之道。」 |
| 《白虎通德論·爵》: | 故《傳》曰：「古今辯然否，謂之士。」 |
| 《新書·脩政語下》: | 諸侯聽獄斷刑，仁於治，陳於行，其由此守而不存，攻而不得，戰而不勝者，自古而至于，今自天地之辟也，未之嘗聞也。 |
| 《新序·善謀下》: | 至十二年，上從破黥布軍歸，疾益甚，愈欲易太子，留侯陳不聽，因疾不視事，太傅叔孫通稱說引古，以死爭太子，上佯許之，猶欲易之。 |
| 《中論·脩本》: | 故古語曰：「至德之貴，何往不遂？」 |
| 《孔子家語·相魯》: | 古者諸侯竝出疆，必具官以從，請具左右司馬。 |
| 《潛夫論·遏利》: | 自古于今，上以天子，下止庶人，蔑有好利而不亡者，好義而不彰者也。 |
| 《論衡·命祿》: | 案古人君希有不學於人臣，知博希有不為父師，然而人君猶以無能處主位，人臣猶以鴻才為厮役。 |
| 《太玄經·更》: | 次五，童牛角馬，不今不古。 |
| 《風俗通義·皇霸》: | 非有典藝之文，堅基可據，推當今以覽太古，自昭昭而本冥冥，乃欲審其事而建其論，董其是非而綜其詳矣，言也實為難哉！ |
| 《孔叢子·廣服》: | 弁髦，大古布冠，冠而敝之者也。 |
| 《申鑒·政體》: | 故古之聖王，其於仁義也，申重而已。 |
| 《忠經·廣至理章》: | 古者聖人以天下之耳目為視聽。 |
| 《素書·正道章》: | 德足以懷遠，信足以一異，義足以得眾，才足以鑒古，明足以照下，此人之俊也。 |
| 《新語·術事》: | 善言古者合之於今，能術遠者考之於近。 |
| 《獨斷·卷上》: | 上古天子庖犧氏、神農氏稱皇。 |
| 《蔡中郎集·獨斷》: | 珠冕、爵冔收、通天冠、進賢冠、長冠、緇布冠、委貌冠、皮弁、惠文冠，古者天子冠所加者，其次在漢禮。 |
| 《墨子·經下》: | 堯之義也，生於今而處於古。 |
| 《列子·天瑞》: | 晏子曰：『善哉，古之有死也！』 |
| 《鶡冠子·近迭》: | 鶡冠子曰：「欲知來者察往，欲知古者察今。」 |
| 《文子·道原》: | 古者三皇，得道之統，立於中央，神與化遊，以撫四方。 |
| 《文始真經·三極》: | 知古今之大同，故或先古，或先今。 |
| 《列仙傳·務光》: | 湯既克桀，以天下讓於光，曰：「智者謀之，武者遂之，仁者居之，古之道也。」 |
| 《老子河上公章句》: | 三十輻共一轂，古者車三十輻，法月數也。 |
| 《韓非子·難言》: | 時稱詩書，道法往古，則見以為誦。 |
| 《慎子·威德》: | 古者工不兼事，士不兼官。 |
| 《管子·山至數》: | 桓公問管子曰：「梁聚謂寡人曰：『古者輕賦稅而肥籍斂，取下無順於此者矣，梁聚之言何如？』」 |
| 《公孫龍子·名實論》: | 古之明王。 |
| 《吳子·圖國》: | 起對曰：「古之明王，必謹君臣之禮，飾上下之儀，安集吏民，順俗而教，簡募良材，以備不虞。」 |
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