| Chinese Text Project |
| 足 U+8DB3 |  Seal script |  Jinwen |  Jianbo | 疋 Semantic variant | 𤴕 Semantic variant |
| Radical: | 足+ 0 strokes = 7 strokes total. |
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| References: | Guangyun: p.365#55 p.463#18 Kangxi: p.1221#17 Cihai: p.1287r6c03 GSR: 1219.a Hanyu: v6,p3686#01 |
| Composition: | Top: 口, bottom: 龰. Compositionally related: 𠯬 . Component of: 𧾷 𧾸 𠈮 𧾺 𧿀 𬣹 𬻚 促 娖 捉 𮉩 浞 𡷿 𮛅 𤞥 𫷭 趸 𪧎 㹱 𧿃 [More] |
| Mandarin: | zú jù ㄗㄨˊ ㄐㄩˋ |
| Cantonese: | zeoi3 zuk1 |
| Tang reconstruction: | *tziok |
| Shuowen: | 《足部》足：人之足也。在下。从止、口。凡足之屬皆从足。 |
| Guangyun: | 《廣韻·去聲·遇·緅》足：足添物也，本音入聲。 《廣韻·入聲·燭·足》足：《爾雅》云：趾足也，又滿也，止也，從口止。即玉切，又將喻切，二。 |
| Kangxi: | 《康熙字典·足部·足部》足：〔古文〕疋𤴕《唐韻》卽玉切《集韻》《韻會》《正韻》縱玉切，𠀤音哫。《說文》人之足也。在下，从止口。《註》徐鍇曰：口象股脛之形。《釋名》足，續也，言續脛也。《易·說卦》震爲足。《疏》足能動用，故爲足也。《禮·玉藻》足容重。《註》舉欲遲也。又《廣韻》滿也，止也。《書·仲虺之誥》矧予之德，言足聽聞。《詩·小雅》旣霑旣足。《禮·學記》學然後知不足。《老子·道德經》知足不辱。又不可曰不我足。《吳語》天若棄吳，必許吾成而不吾足也。又草名。《爾雅·釋草》虃，百足。《註》音纖。又姓。《戰國策》足强。《註》韓人。又《廣韻》子句切《集韻》遵遇切《韻會》子遇切《正韻》將豫切，𠀤音沮。《論語》巧言令色足恭。《疏》足，成也。謂巧言令德以成其恭，取媚于人也。《朱傳》過也。《揚子·法言》足言足容，德之藻矣。又《管子·五行篇》春辟勿時，苗足本。《註》足，猶擁也。又《廣韻》添物也。《類篇》益也。《前漢·五行志》不待臣音，復讇而足。又《韻補》叶子悉切。《易林》欲飛無翼，鼎重折足。失其福利，包羞爲賊。 |
| Fanqie: | 將樹 (《四書章句集注·論語集注·公冶長第五》) 子句 (《廣韻·去聲·遇·緅》) 即玉 (《廣韻·入聲·燭·足》) 將喻 (《廣韻·入聲·燭·足》) |
| Unihan definition: | foot; attain, satisfy, enough |
Example usage
| 《論語·為政》: | 退而省其私，亦足以發。 |
| He has retired, and I have examined his conduct when away from me, and found him able to illustrate my teachings. | |
| 《孟子·盡心上》: | 五畝之宅，樹牆下以桑，匹婦蠶之，則老者足以衣帛矣。 |
| Around the homestead with its five mau, the space beneath the walls was planted with mulberry trees, with which the women nourished silkworms, and thus the old were able to have silk to wear. | |
| 《禮記·投壺》: | 主人曰：「枉矢哨壺，不足辭也，敢以請。」 |
| The host rejoins, 'It is not worth the while for you to decline these poor arrows and pot; let me earnestly beg you to try them.' | |
| 《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》: | 曰：「顏不孔，雖得天下，不足以為樂。」 |
| Yangzi said: If Yan did not have Confucius, even if he had got all under Heaven, it would not have been sufficient to make him happy. | |
| 《莊子·齊物論》: | 如是皆有，為臣妾乎，其臣妾不足以相治乎。 |
| Is it not the case that they all perform the part of your servants and waiting women? All of them being such, are they not incompetent to rule one another? | |
| 《道德經》: | 信不足，焉有不信焉。 |
| Thus it was that when faith (in the Dao) was deficient (in the rulers) a want of faith in them ensued (in the people). | |
| 《商君書·更法》: | 拘禮之人，不足與言事。 |
| With a man who is enslaved by rites, it is not worth while to speak about matters. | |
| 《孫子兵法·作戰》: | 其用戰也，勝久則鈍兵挫銳，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. | |
| 《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》: | 秋省斂，助不足也。 |
| 《春秋繁露·玉杯》: | 他國不討賊者，諸斗筲之民，何足數哉？ |
| 《韓詩外傳·卷一》: | 小人成群，何足禮哉 |
| 《大戴禮記·主言》: | 曾子曰：「不敢以為足也，得夫子之間也難，是以敢問。」 |
| 《白虎通德論·號》: | 古之人民，皆食禽獸肉，至於神農，人民眾多，禽獸不足。 |
| 《新書·大政下》: | 官駕百乘，而食食千人，近側者不足以問諫，而由朝假不足以考度，故政謂此國無人也。 |
| 《新序·善謀下》: | 高皇帝疑，問左右大臣，皆山東人，多勸上都雒陽，東有成皋，西有肴澠，倍河海，嚮伊洛，其固亦足恃，且周數百年，秦二世而亡，不如都周。 |
| 《中論·治學》: | 如寤寐焉，久而愈足。 |
| 《孔子家語·相魯》: | 於是斬侏儒，手足異處 |
| 《潛夫論·論榮》: | 故論士苟定于志行，勿以遭命，則雖有天下不足以為重，無所用不可以為輕，處隸圉不足以為恥，撫四海不足以為榮。 |
| 《論衡·幸偶》: | 螻蟻行於地，人舉足而涉之，足所履，螻蟻苲死。 |
| 《太玄經·少》: | 測曰，「少持滿」、何足盛也。 |
| 《風俗通義·六國》: | 且有彊兵良謀，雜襲繼踵，每輒挫衂，亦足以袪蔽啟蒙矣。 |
| 《孔叢子·廣言》: | 贍，足也。 |
| 《申鑒·政體》: | 上足以備禮，下足以備樂，夫是謂大道。 |
| 《忠經·政理章》: | 舜流四凶，足清萬國。 |
| 《素書·原始章》: | 是以其道足高，而名重於後代。 |
| 《新語·術事》: | 《春秋》上不及五帝，下不至三王，述齊桓、晉文之小善，魯之十二公，至今之為政，足以知成敗之效，何必於三王？ |
| 《獨斷·卷上》: | 三月一時已足肥矣，徙之三月，示其潔也。 |
| 《蔡中郎集·獨斷》: | 三月一時已足肥矣，徙之三月，示其潔也。 |
| 《墨子·經下》: | 知知之否之足用也誖，說在無以也。 |
| 《列子·天瑞》: | 國不足，將嫁於衛。 |
| 《鶡冠子·天則》: | 知足以滑正，略足以恬禍，此危國之不可安，亡國之不可存也。 |
| 《文子·道原》: | 不足者無名，無名者任下也。 |
| 《文始真經·一宇》: | 關尹子曰：「觀道者如觀水，以觀沼為未足，則之河，之江，之海，曰：『水至也。』」 |
| 《列仙傳·偓佺》: | 足躡鸞鳳，走超騰驤。 |
| 《老子河上公章句》: | 如享太牢，如飢思太牢之具，意無足時也。 |
| 《韓非子·初見秦》: | 聞戰，頓足徒裼，犯白刃，蹈鑪炭，斷死於前者皆是也。 |
| 《申不害·大體》: | 示人有餘者人奪之，示人不足者人與之。 |
| 《慎子·威德》: | 走背跋䠯窮穀野走十裏，藥也，走背辭藥則足廢。 |
| 《諫逐客書》: | 今乃棄黔首以資敵國，卻賓客以業諸侯，使天下之士退而不敢西向，裹足不入秦，此所謂「藉寇兵而齎盜糧」者也。 |
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