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| 長 U+9577 |  Seal script |  Jinwen |  Jiaguwen |  Jianbo | 镸 Semantic variant | 长 Simplified character | 𠑷 Semantic variant | 𠑻 Semantic variant | 𠑿 Semantic variant | 𠔊 Semantic variant | 𠤐 Semantic variant | 𡕣 Semantic variant | 𨱗 Semantic variant |
| Radical: | 長+ 0 strokes = 8 strokes total. |
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| References: | Guangyun: p.174#14 p.313#16 p.425#37 Kangxi: p.1328#07 Cihai: p.1399r3c04 GSR: 721.a Hanyu: v6,p4050#01 |
| Composition: | Component of: 镸 𪠍 倀 𤟔 𪥽 帳 㙊 張 悵 掁 𨱥 涱 𫪛 𬪆 𡘷 镺 棖 𪯹 㷃 𪺑 [More] |
| Mandarin: | cháng zhǎng zhàng ㄔㄤˊ ㄓㄤˇ ㄓㄤˋ |
| Cantonese: | coeng4 zoeng2 |
| Tang reconstruction: | *djhiɑng djhiɑ̀ng djhiɑ̌ng |
| Shuowen: | 《長部》長：久遠也。从兀从匕。兀者，高遠意也。久則變化。亾聲。●者，倒亾也。凡長之屬皆从長。 |
| Guangyun: | 《廣韻·下平聲·陽·長》長：久也，逺也，常也，永也，直良切又直向丁。丈二切，八。 《廣韻·上聲·養·長》長：大也，又漢複姓晉有長兒魯少事智伯智伯絕之三年其後死智伯之難。知丈切，又直張切，一。 《廣韻·去聲·漾·仗》長：多也。又直良切。 |
| Kangxi: | 《康熙字典·長部·長部》長：〔古文〕镸𨱗𠤐𠑷𠔊𠑻𠑿𡕣《唐韻》《集韻》直良切《正韻》仲良切，𠀤音場。《增韻》短之對也。《孟子》今交九尺四寸以長。《前漢·田橫傳》尺有所短，寸有所長。又久也。《詩·商頌》濬哲維商，長發其祥。《箋》長，猶久也。《老子·道德經》天地所以能長且久者，以其不自生，故能長生。又遠也。《詩·魯頌》順彼長道，屈此羣醜。《箋》長，遠也。《古詩》道路阻且長。又常也。《陶潛·歸去來辭》門雖設而長關。《李商隱詩》風雲長爲護儲胥。又大也。《世說新語補》願乗長風，破萬里浪。又善也。《晉書·樂廣傳》論人必先稱其所長。《唐書·韓琬傳》文藝優長。又《博雅》長，挾也。又《吳語》孤敢不順從君命，長弟許諾。《註》長弟，猶云先後也。又星名。《博雅》太白謂之長庚。《詩·小雅》東有啓明，西有長庚。《傳》日旦出，謂明星爲啓明。日旣入，謂明星爲長庚。又宮名。《班固·西都賦》北彌明光而亙長樂。《謝朓·怨情詩》掖庭聘絕國，長門失歡宴。《註》長門，漢𨻰皇后所居。又地名。《玉海》長安，本關中地，西漢建都于此，後因謂天子所都爲長安。又山名。《說林》公見東陽長山，曰：何其坦迤。《金史·禮志》有司言，長白山在興王之地，禮合尊崇。又國名。《山海經》有鹽長之國。又獸名。《山海經》有獸焉，其狀如禺，而四耳，其名長右。又草名。《爾雅·釋草》長楚，銚芅。《疏》長楚，一名銚芅。又姓。《左傳·僖二十八年》甯子先長牂守門。《註》長牂，衞大夫。又仲長，複姓。又長乗，神名。《山海經·郭璞贊》九德之氣，是生長乗。人狀犳尾，其神則凝。妙物自潛，世無得稱。又《韻會》《正韻》𠀤展兩切，音掌。孟也。《易·乾卦》元者，善之長也。《疏》元爲施生之宗，故言元者善之長也。《戰國策》君長齊奚以薛爲。《註》長，雄長之長。又齒高也。《書·伊訓》立愛惟親，立敬惟長。《禮·曲禮》年長以倍，則父事之。十年以長，則兄事之。五年以長，則肩隨之。又位高也。《書·益稷》外薄四海，咸建五長。《傳》言至海諸侯五國，立賢者一人爲方伯，謂之五長，以相統治。《釋文》五長，衆官之長。又《周禮·天官·大宰》乃施則于都鄙，而建其長。《註》長謂公卿大夫，王子弟之食采邑者。又進也。《易·泰卦》君子道長，小人道消也。又生長也。《孟子》苟得其養，無物不長。又長養之也。《前漢·董仲舒傳》陽常居大夏，而以生育養長爲事。又《詩·大雅》克明克類，克長克君。《箋》敎誨不倦曰長。又官名。《左傳·襄十一年》秦庶長鮑庶長武帥師伐晉，以救鄭。《註》庶長，秦爵也。又縣名。《左傳·襄十八年》夏，晉人執衞行人石買于長子。《註》長子縣，屬上黨郡。又《集韻》《韻會》《正韻》𠀤直亮切，音仗。《集韻》度長短曰長。又《集韻》餘也。《正韻》多也，宂也，剩也。《論語》長一身有半。《世說新語》平生無長物。《陸機·文賦》故無取乎宂長。又《正韻》知亮切，音障。增盛也。《韓愈詩》得時方長王。 考證：〔《杜甫詩》風雲長爲護儲胥。〕謹按籌筆驛詩爲李商隱作。杜甫改李商隱。〔《周禮·大冢宰》乃施則于都鄙，而建其長。〕謹照原書大冢宰改大宰。 |
| Fanqie: | 丈二 (《廣韻·下平聲·陽·長》) 知丈 (《廣韻·上聲·養·長》) 直張 (《廣韻·上聲·養·長》) 直亮 (《廣韻·去聲·漾·仗》) 直良 (《廣韻·去聲·漾·仗》) |
| Unihan definition: | long; length; excel in; leader |
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| 《論語·里仁》: | 子曰：「不仁者不可以久處約，不可以長處樂。」 |
| The Master said, "Those who are without virtue cannot abide long either in a condition of poverty and hardship, or in a condition of enjoyment." | |
| 《孟子·盡心上》: | 孟子曰：「挾貴而問，挾賢而問，挾長而問，挾有勳勞而問，挾故而問，皆所不答也。」 |
| Mencius replied, 'I do not answer him who questions me presuming on his nobility, nor him who presumes on his talents, nor him who presumes on his age, nor him who presumes on services performed to me, nor him who presumes on old acquaintance.' | |
| 《禮記·緇衣》: | 子曰：「上人疑則百姓惑，下難知則君長勞。」 |
| The Master said, "when the highest among men has doubts and perplexities, the common people go astray. When (the ministers) below him are difficult to be understood, the toil of the ruler is prolonged." | |
| 《孝經·感應》: | 長幼順，故上下治。 |
| They pursued the right course with reference to their (own) seniors and juniors, and therefore they secured the regulation of the relations between superiors and inferiors (throughout the kingdom). | |
| 《揚子法言》: | 或問：「司馬子長有言，曰五經不如《老子》之約也，當年不能極其變，終身不能究其業。」 |
| Someone said: Sima Qian said that the Five Classics are not as concise as the Laozi. In one's whole life one could not exhaust their variations, and until one's death, one could not fully examine their content. | |
| 《墨子·經上》: | 同長，以正1相盡也。 |
| Tong chang (of the same length) is each when laid straight exhausting the other. | |
| 《莊子·齊物論》: | 瞿鵲子問乎長梧子曰：「吾聞諸夫子，聖人不從事於務，不就利，不違害，不喜求，不緣道，无謂有謂，有謂无謂，而遊乎塵垢之外。」 |
| Qu Quezi asked Chang Wuzi, saying, 'I heard the Master (speaking of such language as the following): "The sagely man does not occupy himself with worldly affairs. He does not put himself in the way of what is profitable, nor try to avoid what is hurtful; he has no pleasure in seeking (for anything from any one); he does not care to be found in (any established) Way; he speaks without speaking; he does not speak when he speaks; thus finding his enjoyment outside the dust and dirt (of the world)."' | |
| 《道德經》: | 故有無相生，難易相成，長短相較，高下相傾，音聲相和，前後相隨。 |
| So it is that existence and non-existence give birth the one to (the idea of) the other; that difficulty and ease produce the one (the idea of) the other; that length and shortness fashion out the one the figure of the other; that (the ideas of) height and lowness arise from the contrast of the one with the other; that the musical notes and tones become harmonious through the relation of one with another; and that being before and behind give the idea of one following another. | |
| 《商君書·更法》: | 錯法務明主長，臣之行也。 |
| To shape the laws and to see to it that an intelligent ruler reigns, are the tasks of a minister. | |
| 《孫子兵法·虛實》: | 故五行無常勝，四時無常位，日有短長，月有死生。 |
| The five elements (water, fire, wood, metal, earth) are not always equally predominant; the four seasons make way for each other in turn. There are short days and long; the moon has its periods of waning and waxing. | |
| 《荀子·大略》: | 劫迫於暴國而無所辟之，則崇其善，揚其美，言其所長，而不稱其所短也。 |
| 《說苑·脩文》: | 此所以祭先王之廟也，此所以獻酢酳之酬也，所以官序貴賤各得其宜也，此可以示後世有尊卑長幼之序也。 |
| 《春秋繁露·玉杯》: | 六學皆大，而各有所長。 |
| 《韓詩外傳·卷一》: | 故不肖者、精化始具，而生氣感動，觸情縱欲，反施化，是以年壽亟夭，而性不長也。 |
| 《大戴禮記》: | 非禮無以節事天地之神明也，非禮無以辨君臣上下長幼之位也，非禮無以別男女父子兄弟之親、昏姻、疏數之交也，君子以此之為尊敬然。 |
| 《白虎通德論·號》: | 堯猶嶢嶢也，至高之貌，清妙高遠，優遊博衍，眾聖之主，百王之長也。 |
| 《新書·脩政語下》: | 位敬而常之，行信而長之，則興國之道也。 |
| 《新序·善謀下》: | 乃洗沐往見張耳、陳餘，遣行見燕王，燕王問之，對曰：「賤人希見長者，願請一卮酒。」 |
| 《中論·治學》: | 子貢聞一以知二，斯皆觸類而長之，篤思而聞之者也。 |
| 《孔子家語·相魯》: | 長幼異食，強弱異任，男女別塗。 |
| 《潛夫論·務本》: | 今賦頌之徒，苟為饒辯屈蹇之辭，競陳誣罔無然之事，以索見怪於世，愚夫戇士，從而奇之，此悖孩童之思，而長不誠之言者也。 |
| 《論衡·命義》: | 歷陽之都，長平之坑，其中必有命善祿盛之人，一宿同填而死，遭逢之禍大，命善祿盛不能郤也。 |
| 《太玄經·𤕠》: | 測曰，「卉炎」「丘陵」、短臨長也。 |
| 《風俗通義·三王》: | 言其攘除不軌，改亳為啇，成就王道，天下熾盛，文、武皆以其所長。 |
| 《孔叢子·廣言》: | 脩、杼，長也。 |
| 《申鑒·俗嫌》: | 終始，運也，短長，數也。 |
| 《忠經·天地神明章》: | 社稷安，其祚長也。 |
| 《素書·本德宗道章》: | 夫志心篤行之術：長莫長於博謀。 |
| 《新語·道基》: | 故曰：張日月，列星辰，序四時，調陰陽，布氣治性，次置五行，春生夏長，秋收冬藏，陽生雷電，陰成雪霜，養育群生，一茂一亡，潤之以風雨，曝之以日光，溫之以節氣，降之以殞霜，位之以眾星，制之以斗衡，苞之以六合，羅之以紀綱，改之以災變，告之以禎祥，動之以生殺，悟之以文章。 |
| 《獨斷·卷上》: | 在京師曰奏長安宮，在泰山則曰奏奉高宮。 |
| 《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。 |
| 《列子·天瑞》: | 然則天有所短，地有所長，聖有所否，物有所通。 |
| 《鶡冠子·道端》: | 富者觀其所予，足以知仁，貴者觀其所舉，足以知忠，觀其大𥘽，長不讓少，貴不讓賤，足以知禮達，觀其所不行，足以知義，受官任治，觀其去就，足以知智，迫之不懼，足以知勇，口利辭巧，足以知辯，使之不隱，足以知信，貧者觀其所不取，足以知廉，賤者觀其所不為，足以知賢，測深觀天，足以知聖。 |
| 《文子·道原》: | 是以聖人執道，虛靜微妙以成其德，故有道即有德，有德即有功，有功即有名，有名即復於道，功名長久，終身無咎，王公有功名，孤寡無功名，故曰聖人自謂孤寡，歸其根本。 |
| 《文始真經·三極》: | 短之，長之，直之，方之，是為物易也。 |
| 《列仙傳·赤松子》: | 縱身長風，俄翼玄圃。 |
| 《鬻子》: | 君王欲緣五帝之道而不失，則可以長久。 |
| 《老子河上公章句》: | 非自然生長之道也。 |
| 《韓非子·初見秦》: | 今秦地折長補短，方數千里，名師數十百萬。 |
| 《慎子·威德》: | 立官長以為官，非立官以為長也。 |
| 《管子·輕重戊》: | 今吾沐涂樹之枝，日中無尺寸之陰，出入者長時，行者疾走，父老歸而治生，刃壯者歸而薄業，彼臣歸其三不歸，此以鄉不資也。 |
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