| Chinese Text Project |
| 損 U+640D |  Seal script | 扻 Semantic variant | 损 Simplified character |
| Radical: | 手+ 10 strokes = 13 strokes total. |
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| References: | Guangyun: p.282#27 Kangxi: p.446#06 Cihai: p.587r1c02 GSR: 435.a Hanyu: v3,p1931#10 |
| Composition: | Left: 扌, right: 員. Component of: 𨆥 |
| Mandarin: | sǔn ㄙㄨㄣˇ |
| Cantonese: | syun2 |
| Shuowen: | 《手部》損：減也。从手員聲。 |
| Guangyun: | 《廣韻·上聲·混·損》損：減也，傷也。蘇本切，四。 |
| Kangxi: | 《康熙字典·手部·十》損：〔古文〕扻《唐韻》《正韻》蘇本切《集韻》《韻會》鎖本切，𠀤孫上聲。《說文》減也。又卦名。《易·損卦》損下益上，其道大行。《疏》下自減損，以奉於上也。又傷也，貶也，失也。 |
| Fanqie: | 蘇本 (《廣韻·上聲·混·損》) |
| Unihan definition: | diminish; impair; injure |
Example usage
| 《論語·為政》: | 子曰：「殷因於夏禮，所損益，可知也。」 |
| Confucius said, "The Yin dynasty followed the regulations of the Xia; wherein it took from or added to them may be known." | |
| 《孟子·盡心上》: | 君子所性，雖大行不加焉，雖窮居不損焉，分定故也。 |
| What belongs by his nature to the superior man cannot be increased by the largeness of his sphere of action, nor diminished by his dwelling in poverty and retirement - for this reason that it is determinately apportioned to him by Heaven. | |
| 《禮記·三年問》: | 曰：稱情而立文，因以飾群，別親疏貴踐之節，而不可損益也。 |
| The different rules for the mourning rites were established in harmony with (men's) feelings. By means of them the differences in the social relations are set forth, and the distinctions shown of kindred as nearer or more distant, and of ranks as more noble or less. They do not admit of being diminished or added to. | |
| 《揚子法言》: | 曰：「新則襲之，敝則益損之。」 |
| Yangzi said: If it is new, then wear it. If it is worn out, then either improve it or get rid of it. | |
| 《墨子·經上》: | 任，士損己而益所為也。 |
| Ren (bearing the weight of a responsibility) is an officer working to his own loss but to the advantage of those on whose behalf he acts. | |
| 《莊子·齊物論》: | 如求得其情與不得，無益損乎其真。 |
| Whether by searching you can find out His character or not, there is neither advantage nor hurt, so far as the truth of His operation is concerned. | |
| 《道德經》: | 故物或損之而益，或益之而損。 |
| So it is that some things are increased by being diminished, and others are diminished by being increased. | |
| 《商君書·說民》: | 富者損之以賞，則貧。 |
| And the rich should be injured by punishments, so that they become poor. | |
| 《荀子·大略》: | 君子進則益上之譽，而損下之憂。 |
| 《說苑·辨物》: | 晏子曰：「為之無益，不為無損也。」 |
| 《春秋繁露·精華》: | 其後矜功，振而自足，而不修德，故楚人滅弦而誌弗憂，江黃伐陳而不往救，損人之國而執其大夫，不救陳之患而責陳不納，不複安鄭，而必欲迫之以兵，功未良成而誌已滿矣。 |
| 《韓詩外傳·卷一》: | 故祿過其功者削，名過其實者損，情行合名，禍福不虛至矣。 |
| 《大戴禮記·主言》: | 慢怛以補不足，禮節以損有餘。 |
| 《白虎通德論·禮樂》: | 所以尊人自損也，不爭。 |
| 《新書·脩政語上》: | 故上緣黃帝之道而行之，學黃帝之道而賞之，加而弗損，天下亦平也。 |
| 《新序·雜事五》: | 哀公聞之，慨然太息，為之避寢三月，抽損上服，曰：「不慎其前，而悔其後，何可復得？」 |
| 《中論·貴驗》: | 言之未有益也，不言未有損也。 |
| 《孔子家語·相魯》: | 今三家過制，請皆損之。 |
| 《潛夫論·務本》: | 此三者，外雖有勤力富家之私名，然內有損民貧國之公實。 |
| 《論衡·累害》: | 以方心偶俗之累，求益反損，蓋孔子所以憂心，孟軻所以惆悵也。 |
| 《太玄經·增》: | 測曰，「增高」「刃峭」、與損皆行也。 |
| 《風俗通義·孝文帝》: | 由是北邊置屯待戰，設備備胡，兵連不解，轉輸駱驛，費損虛耗。 |
| 《孔叢子·廣言》: | 虧，損也。 |
| 《申鑒·政體》: | 物損禮闕，非謙約也：其數云爾。 |
| 《素書·求人之志章》: | 抑非損惡，所以讓過。 |
| 《新語·辨惑》: | 蓋損上而歸之於下，則忤於耳而不合於意，遂逆而不用也 |
| 《獨斷·卷下》: | 帝謚：違拂不成曰隱，靖民則法曰黃，翼善傳聖曰堯，仁聖盛明曰舜，殘人多壘曰桀，殘義損善曰紂，慈惠愛親曰孝，愛民好與曰惠，聖善同文曰宣，聲聞宣遠曰昭，克定禍亂曰武，聰明睿智曰獻，溫柔聖善曰懿，布德執義曰穆，仁義說民曰元，安仁立政曰神，布綱治紀曰平，亂而不損曰靈，保民耆艾曰明，辟土有德曰襄，貞心大度曰匡，大慮慈民曰定，知過能改曰恭，不生其國曰聲，一德不懈曰簡，夙興夜寐曰敬，清白自守曰貞，柔德好眾曰靖，安樂治民曰康，小心畏忌曰僖，中身早折曰悼，慈仁和民曰順，好勇致力曰莊，恭人短折曰哀，在國逢難曰愍，名實過爽曰繆，壅遏不通曰幽，暴虐無親曰厲，致志大圖曰景，辟土兼國曰桓，經緯天地曰文，執義揚善曰懷，短折不成曰殤，去禮遠眾曰煬，怠政外交曰攜，治典不敷曰祈。 |
| 《蔡中郎集·獨斷》: | 帝謚：違拂不成曰隱，靖民則法曰黃，翼善傳聖曰堯，仁聖盛明曰舜，殘人多壘曰桀，殘義損善曰紂，慈惠愛親曰孝，愛民好與曰惠，聖善同文曰宣，聲聞宣遠曰昭，克定禍亂曰武，聰明睿智曰獻，溫柔聖善曰懿，布德執義曰穆，仁義說民曰元，安仁立政曰神，布綱治紀曰平，亂而不損曰靈，保民耆艾曰明，辟土有德曰襄，貞心大度曰匡，大慮慈民曰定，知過能改曰恭，不生其國曰聲，一德不懈曰簡，夙興夜寐曰敬，清白自守曰貞，柔德好眾曰靖，安樂治民曰康，小心畏忌曰僖，中身早折曰悼，慈仁和民曰順，好勇致力曰莊，恭人短折曰哀，在國逢難曰愍，名實過爽曰繆，壅遏不通曰幽，暴虐無親曰厲，致志大圖曰景，辟土兼國曰桓，經緯天地曰文，執義揚善曰懷，短折不成曰殤，去禮遠眾曰煬，怠政外交曰攜，治典不敷曰祈。 |
| 《列子·天瑞》: | 故物損於彼者盈於此，成於此者虧於彼。 |
| 《鶡冠子·泰鴻》: | 夫物之始也傾傾，至其有也錄錄，至其成形端端王王，勿損勿益，幼少隨足，以從師俗，毋易天生，毋散天樸，自若則清，動之則濁。 |
| 《文子·道原》: | 是故疾而不搖，遠而不勞，四支不動，聰明不損，而照明天下者，執道之要，觀無窮之地。 |
| 《老子河上公章句》: | 故物或損之而益，引之不得，推之必還。 |
| 《韓非子·和氏》: | 不如使封君之子孫三世而收爵祿，絕滅百吏之祿秩，損不急之枝官，以奉選練之士。 |
| 《諫逐客書》: | 今逐客以資敵國，損民以益讎，內自虛而外樹怨於諸侯，求國無危，不可得也。 |
| 《管子·輕重乙》: | 君案囷窌之數令之曰：『國貧而用不足，請以平價取之，子皆案囷窌而不能挹損焉。』 |
| 《尉繚子·制談》: | 損敵一人，而損我百人，此資敵而傷甚焉，世將不能禁。 |
| 《三略·上略》: | 滿者，損之。 |
| 《九章算術·方田》: | 約分術曰：可半者半之，不可半者，副置分母子之數，以少減多，更相減損，求其等也。 |
| 《周髀算經·卷上》: | 法曰：「周髀長八尺，句之損益寸千里。」 |
| 《淮南子·繆稱訓》: | 是故祿過其功者損，名過其實者蔽。 |
| 《呂氏春秋·去宥》: | 所言苟善，雖奮於取少主，何損？ |
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