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U+632B

Seal script

Semantic variant

Radical:+ 7 strokes = 10 strokes total.
References:Guangyun: p.420#16 Kangxi: p.431#22 Cihai: p.575r5c03 GSR: 12.c Hanyu: v3,p1885#03
Composition:Left: , right: .
Mandarin:cuò ㄘㄨㄛˋ
Cantonese:co3
Shuowen:手部》挫:摧也。从手𡋲聲。
Guangyun:廣韻·去聲··》挫:摧也。則臥切,三。
Kangxi:康熙字典·手部·》挫:《唐韻》則臥切《集韻》《韻會》《正韻》祖臥切,𠀤音䟶。《說文》摧也。《周禮·冬官考工記·輪人》凡揉牙,外不廉而內不挫。《註》挫,折也。《孟子》思以一毫挫於人,若撻之於市朝。《史記·酷吏傳》蜀守馮當暴挫。《註》暴虐以挫人。又《集韻》徂臥切,音座。搦也,捉也。《楚辭·招䰟》挫糟凍飮,酎淸凉些。《註》捉去其糟,但取淸醇也。又祖加切,匝平聲。亦折也。《考工記》內不挫,李軌讀。又臧戈切,䟶平聲。案也。《莊子·人閒世》挫鍼治繲。又《韻會》千臥切《正韻》寸臥切,𠀤與剉同。折傷也。《增韻》刴斫也。
Fanqie:則臥 (《廣韻·去聲··》)
Unihan definition:push down; chop down; grind

Example usage

孟子·公孫丑上》:北宮黝之養勇也,不膚撓,不目逃,思以一豪於人,若撻之於市朝。
Bei Gong You had this way of nourishing his valour: He did not flinch from any strokes at his body. He did not turn his eyes aside from any thrusts at them. He considered that the slightest push from any one was the same as if he were beaten before the crowds in the market-place.
墨子·親士》:今有五錐,此其銛,銛者必先
Among the five weapons the sharpest will be broken first.
莊子·人間世》:鍼治繲,足以餬口。
By sharpening needles and washing clothes he was able to make a living.
道德經》:其銳,解其紛,和其光,同其塵。
We should blunt our sharp points, and unravel the complications of things; we should attemper our brightness, and bring ourselves into agreement with the obscurity of others.
商君書·賞刑》:堅者破,銳者
The strong should be broken and the sharp be blunted.
孫子兵法·作戰》:其用戰也,勝久則鈍兵銳,攻城則力屈,久暴師則國用不足。
When you engage in actual fighting, if victory is long in coming, then men's weapons will grow dull and their ardor will be damped. If you lay siege to a town, you will exhaust your strength. Again, if the campaign is protracted, the resources of the State will not be equal to the strain.
禮記·玉藻》:圜殺直,天子直,公侯前後方,大夫前方後角,士前後正。
荀子·解蔽》:蚊虻之聲聞,則其精。
韓詩外傳·卷四》:喜則輕易而快,憂則而懾。
孔子家語·顏回》:好言兵討,而銳於邾,是智不足名也。
論衡·效力》:不能用之,又不察其書,兵軍破,國并於秦。
太玄經·》:初一,上其純心,厥鏩鏩。
風俗通義·六國》:且有彊兵良謀,雜襲繼踵,每輒衂,亦足以袪蔽啟蒙矣。
新語·本行》:及閔周室之衰微,禮義之不行也,厄頓仆,歷說諸侯,欲匡帝王之道,反天下之政,身無其立,而世無其主,周流天下,無所合意,大道隱而不舒,羽翼摧而不申,自□□□深授其化以厚終始,追治去事以正來世,案紀圖錄以知性命,表定《六藝》以,善惡不相干,貴賤不相侮,強弱不相凌,賢與不肖不得相踰,科第相序,為萬□□□而不絕,功傳而不衰,《詩》、《書》、《禮》、《樂》,為得其所,乃天道之所立,大義之所行也。
蔡中郎集》:鸋鴂軒翥,鸞鳳翮。
文子·下德》:非禍人不能成禍,不如其銳,解其紛,和其光,同其塵。
文始真經·九藥》:銳斯矣。
老子河上公章句》:其銳,銳,進也。
韓非子·亡徵》:出君在外而國更置,質太子未反而君易子,如是則國攜,國攜者,可亡也,辱大臣而狎其身,刑戮小民而逆其使,懷怒思恥而專習則賊生,賊生者,可亡也。
管子·制分》:妄行則群卒困,強進則銳士,故凡用兵者,攻堅則軔乘瑕則神,攻堅則瑕者堅乘瑕則堅者瑕。
尉繚子·兵教下》:日暮路遠,還有氣。
三略·上略》:橫者,之。
淮南子·時則訓》:准之以為度也,平而不險,均而不阿,廣大以容,寬裕以和,柔而不剛,銳而不,流而不滯,易而不穢,發通而有紀,周密而不泄,准平而不失,萬物皆平,民無險謀,怨惡不生,是故上帝以為物平。
呂氏春秋·離俗》:明日召其友而告之曰:「吾少好勇,年六十而無所辱。」
史記·晉世家》:是時楚莊王彊,以晉兵河上也。
逸周書·武穆解》:五遂:一道其通,以決其雍,二絕□無赦不疑,三銳無赦不危,四閑兵無用不害,五復尊離群不敵。
國語·吳語》:夫申胥、華登簡服吳國之士于甲兵,而未嘗有所也。
吳越春秋》:今吳乘諸侯之威以號令於天下,不知德薄而恩淺,道狹而怨廣,權懸而智衰,力竭而威折,兵而軍退,士散而眾解。
越絕書》:何須軍士,斷子之頸,子之骸,不亦繆乎?
戰國策》:今攻宜陽而不拔,公孫衍、樗裡疾我於內,而公中以韓窮我遇外,是無伐之日已!
鹽鐵論·結和》:先帝興義兵以誅強暴,東滅朝鮮,西定冉、駹,南擒百越,北強胡,追匈奴以廣北州,湯、武之舉,蚩尤之兵也。
漢書·王莽傳下》:莽欲以厭凶,使虎賁以斬馬劍忠,盛以竹器,傳曰「反虜出」。
前漢紀》:銳氣于險塞。
東觀漢記·杜林》:成王深知其終卒之患,故以殷氏六族分伯禽,七族分康叔,懷姓九宗分唐叔,撿押其姦宄,又遷其餘於成周,舊地雜俗,旦夕拘錄,所以其強御之力,詘其驕恣之節也。
後漢書》:時民皆保聚,鈔掠無利,而兵遂傷。
西京雜記·第二》:衡邑人有言《詩》者,衡從之,與語質疑,邑人服,倒屣而去。
周禮·冬官考工記》:凡揉牙,外不廉而內不、旁不腫,謂之用火之善。
楚辭·招䰟》:糟凍飲,酎清涼些。
焦氏易林·比之》:齬齚頓,枯槁腐蠹。
說文解字·手部》::摧也。
釋名·釋姿容》:坐,也,骨節屈也。

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