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《淮南子》曰：管子文锦也，虽丑登庙；相桓公以霸功成事，衣文锦之服，大书在明堂，故曰虽丑登庙也。子产绢染也，美而不尊。子产相郑，以乘车济朝涉者，孟子曰：惠而不知为政。绢染者，以子产喻母人。《月瘤路曰：命妇宫染绢，温暖其民。如人之母也。

Character	Composition	Variants	Reading	Meaning	Hanyu	Kangxi	Cihai
淮	水+8		huái ㄏㄨㄞˊ	river in Anhui province	v3,p1652#05	p.631#14	p.805r5c03
南	十+7	𡴖𡴟	nán nā ㄋㄢˊ ㄋㄚ	south; southern part; southward	v1,p0065#02	p.157#05	p.217r3c01
子	子+0	㜽𢀈𢀉𡐫𣕓只	zǐ ㄗˇ	Child, heir. Refers to both sons and daughters. / Love, charity. / Respectful term for a man. / People in general. / Fourth of the five levels of nobility. / First of the twelve earthly branches of the zodiac.	v2,p1006#06	p.277#01	p.395r1c01
曰	曰+0		yuē ㄩㄝ	Say, speak. / Call, name. / Particle.	v2,p1482#02	p.502#01	p.648r3c03
管	竹+8	管	guǎn ㄍㄨㄢˇ	pipe, tube, duct; woodwind music	v5,p2986#05	p.889#06	p.1016r3c02
文	文+0	㒚稳	wén ㄨㄣˊ	Mixture of colours. / Decorative design. / Portray in words or pictures. / Adornment, embellishment. / External appearance. / Characters, words. / Books, works. / Confucian doctrine. / Civilian, non-military. / Drum (musical instrument). / Measure word for money.	v3,p2169#01	p.477#01	p.608r4c02
			wèn ㄨㄣˋ	Adorn, embellish. / Conceal, gloss over.
锦	金+8	锦	jǐn ㄐㄧㄣˇ	brocade, tapestry; embroidered	v6,p4222#02	p.1311#11	p.1385r1c02
也	乙+2	𠃟匜	yě ㄧㄝˇ	Modal particle used at the end of a sentence, expressing assertion and affirmation. / Modal particle used at the end of a question for emphasis. / Modal particle used at the end of a cause-effect sentence to express explanation. / Modal particle used in the middle of a sentence to express a pause.	v1,p0050#05	p.84#04	p.55r1c01
虽	隹+9	𨾡虽	suī ㄙㄨㄟ	Type of insect. / Even, though, even if. / Only.	v6,p4103#05	p.1368#22	p.1440r6c01
丑	一+3	丑	chǒu ㄔㄡˇ	clown, comedian; 2nd terrestrial branch	v1,p0012#07	p.77#04	p.34r5c04
登	癶+7	𤼪𤼷豋	dēng dé ㄉㄥㄉㄜˊ	rise, mount, board, climb	v4,p2760#11	p.784#07	p.924r5c05
庙	广+12	庙庿	miào ㄇㄧㄠˋ	temple, shrine; imperial court	v2,p0901#02	p.350#28	p.492r6c02
相	目+4		xiāng ㄒㄧㄤ	Mutual. / In succession. / Together.	v4,p2470#13	p.800#18	p.945r1c01
			xiàng ㄒㄧㄤˋ	Watch. / Appearance. / Fortune-telling by appearance. / Help, assist. / Guide for the blind. / Prime minister, most senior minister. / Ceremonial officer.
桓	木+6		huán ㄏㄨㄢˊ	variety of tree; surname	v2,p1195#06	p.526#05	p.696r3c01
公	八+2	㒶	gōng ㄍㄨㄥ	fair, equitable; public; duke	v1,p0242#01	p.126#28	p.151r3c01
以	人+3	㠯	yǐ ㄧˇ	Use. / Believe. / Command. / Lead. / Connect, implicate. / Have. / Cause, reason. / Preposition: because. / Preposition: from, in. / Preposition: at [some time]. / Preposition: using. / Preposition: in accordance with. / Preposition: relying upon. / Preposition: in the capacity of. / Preposition: with, together with. / Connective: indicates the following action is the objective of the preceding one. / Connective: used between adverbial clause and verb to express modification. / Connective: and. / Connective: but. / Connective: and so, thus. / Particle: used together with some words expressing direction and time. / Modal particle. / Same as “已(1)” yǐ ㄧˇ: Stop, discontinue. / Same as “已(7.2)” yǐ ㄧˇ: Adverb: already. / Same as “已(7.3)” yǐ ㄧˇ: Adverb: extremely.	v1,p0105#07	p.94#01	p.87r6c01
霸	雨+13	覇𧟳魄𣍸	bà pò ㄅㄚˋ ㄆㄛˋ	rule by might rather than right	v6,p4077#19	p.1379#13	p.1457r4c06
功	力+3		gōng ㄍㄨㄥ	achievement, merit, good result	v1,p0365#08	p.146#11	p.192r3c03
成	戈+2	𢦩	chéng ㄔㄥˊ	completed, finished, fixed	v2,p1399#01	p.411#11
事	亅+7	亊叓𠭏	shì ㄕˋ	Office, duty. / Job, career. / Things, affairs. / Accident, incident. / Engage (in), pursue. / Serve.	v1,p0023#03	p.85#24	p.58r3c02
衣	衣+0	衤	yī yì ㄧㄧˋ	clothes, clothing; cover, skin	v5,p3074#01	p.1111#01	p.1208r5c01
之	丿+3	㞢	zhī ㄓ	Towards; go to. / Demonstrative pronoun: this, these. / Third person pronoun: him, her, it. / Auxiliary word: of. / Auxiliary word: used between subject and predicate, cancels independence of a clause. / Auxiliary word: used in a sentence for aesthetic purpose only, no meaning.	v1,p0043#01	p.82#04	p.47r2c02
服	月+4	𣍞𦨈	fú fù bì ㄈㄨˊ ㄈㄨˋ ㄅㄧˋ	clothes; wear, dress	v3,p2053#07	p.505#02
大	大+0	𠘲	dà ㄉㄚˋ	Large, great. / Exceed, be greater than. / Venerate, treat as being great. / Many. / Thick, coarse. / Elder. / Respectful term of address. / Adverb expressing high level or broad range.	v1,p0520#01	p.248#01	p.342r3c03
			tài ㄊㄞˋ	Most (superlative). / Too much. / Peaceful, tranquil.
书	曰+6	书	shū ㄕㄨ	book, letter, document; writings	v2,p1509#09	p.502#12	p.650r3c02
在	土+3		zài ㄗㄞˋ	Exist, be alive. / Be in a certain place. / Inquire after, pay one's respects to. / Preposition: due to, being that. / Preposition: specifies location or time of an action - in, at.	v1,p0418#07	p.223#10	p.312r2c07
明	日+4	朙	míng ㄇㄧㄥˊ	Bright, brilliant. / Daytime. / Clear, obvious. / Clarify, make clear. / Understand. / Straightforwardly, clearly. / Clear, clean. / Wise. / Make wise. / Spirit, god. / Respect. / Eyesight. / Good eyesight. / See clearly. / The following (day, month, year, etc.).	v2,p1491#08	p.491#12	p.631r3c01
堂	土+8	坣㙶	táng ㄊㄤˊ	hall; government office	v1,p0452#14	p.231#23	p.322r6c01
故	攴+5		gù ㄍㄨˋ	Cause. / State of affairs. / Event, incident. / Plot. / Old. / Past, original. / Death. / On purpose. / Originally. / Hence, thus.	v2,p1453#05	p.469#25	p.601r5c01
产	生+6	产	chǎn ㄔㄢˇ	give birth, bring forth, produce	v4,p2577#15	p.755#09	p.908r4c02
绢	糸+7	绢	juàn xuàn ㄐㄩㄢˋ ㄒㄩㄢˋ	kind of thick stiff silk	v5,p3404#07	p.924#21	p.1045r1c01
染	木+5		rǎn ㄖㄢˇ	dye; be contagious; infect	v2,p1188#07	p.519#04	p.686r2c02
美	羊+3	羙	měi ㄇㄟˇ	beautiful, pretty; pleasing	v5,p3126#05	p.951#10	p.1069r5c01
而	而+0		ér ㄦˊ	Whiskers. / Like, similar to. / Pronoun: you. / Pronoun: this, like this. / Connective: and, with. / Connective: and, then. / Connective: if, supposing. / Connective: yet, however. / Connective: therefore, hence. / Connective: expresses method or state. / Particle: of. / Expressive particle.	v4,p2810#01	p.961#18	p.1080r2c03
			néng ㄋㄥˊ	Same as “能(3)” néng ㄋㄥˊ: Able to, competent. / Same as “能(2.1)” néng ㄋㄥˊ: Ability, talent.
不	一+3	不𠀚𠙐	bù ㄅㄨˋ	Not have. / To not be. / Negational adverb, used before verbs, adjectives, etc. to indicate negation. / Negational adverb expressing prohibition: do not. / Negational adverb expressing rhetorical question: is not...?	v1,p0011#06	p.76#15	p.30r1c01
			fǒu ㄈㄡˇ	Same as “否(1.2)” fǒu ㄈㄡˇ: Adverb used together with an affirmative word, expressing its negative or opposite. / Same as “否(1.3)” fǒu ㄈㄡˇ: Adverb used at the end of a question to form a yes-no question.
			fū ㄈㄨ	Sepal of a flower.
			pī ㄆㄧ	Same as “丕(1)” pī ㄆㄧ: Large.
			bǐ ㄅㄧˇ	Show disdain for.
尊	寸+9		zūn ㄗㄨㄣ	respect, revere, venerate; honor	v1,p0509#06	p.295#10	p.435r4c01
郑	邑+12	郑	zhèng ㄓㄥˋ	state in today's Henan; surname	v6,p3798#01	p.1277#30	p.1346r5c03
乘	丿+9	乗𠅞𠓸𨍱	chéng ㄔㄥˊ	Drive. / Ride. / Rule, govern. / Wear, put on. / Ascend, go up. / Defend. / Adjust to, take advantage of. / Depend on, rely on. / Trample. / Bully and humiliate. / Conquer, overcome in battle. / Launch an attack on, chase. / Inherit, carry on the wishes of. / Calculate. / Multiply (arithmetic).	v1,p0040#01	p.83#09	p.47r5c01
			shèng ㄕㄥˋ	Chariot, fighting vehicle with four horses. / Chariot-riding soldiers. / Chariot horse. / Measure word, used for counting vehicles, horses, boats, etc. / Measure word. Unit of area equal to four qiu. / Four. / Pair up. / Name of a book of the state of Jin.
车	车+0	𠦴车	chē jū ㄔㄜㄐㄩ	cart, vehicle; carry in cart	v5,p3511#01	p.1239#01	p.1296r2c04
济	水+14	泲㴉济	jì jǐ qí ㄐㄧˋ ㄐㄧˇ ㄑㄧˊ	to help, aid, relieve; to ferry, cross	v3,p1771#12	p.656#01	p.836r1c01
朝	月+8	晁	zhāo ㄓㄠ	Morning. / Beginning.	v3,p2084#08	p.506#03	p.661r1c01
			cháo ㄔㄠˊ	Meet in court. / Call the ministers to court. / Court, place where ministers meet with the ruler. / Visit, go to see. / Meet together, gather.
涉	水+7	渉𣥿㴇	shè dié ㄕㄜˋ ㄉㄧㄝˊ	ford stream, wade across	v3,p1621#02	p.626#13	p.801r2c01
者	老+4		zhě ㄓㄜˇ	Pronoun used after verbs, adjectives, etc. in place of a person or thing. / Pronoun used after numbers in place of a thing. / Pronoun used after time or negation to express "when" or "if". / Expressive particle used in a declarative sentence after the subject. / Expressive particle used in a sentence after the subject to express cause or explanation.	v4,p2780#05	p.961#01	p.1080r1c01
			zhuó ㄓㄨㄛˊ	In, located in.
孟	子+5		mèng ㄇㄥˋ	first in series; great, eminent	v2,p1013#03	p.278#16	p.399r3c02
惠	心+8	恵𦻇𢡘𢞯 ① 僡	huì ㄏㄨㄟˋ	favor, benefit, confer kindness	v4,p2309#10	p.391#19	p.535r1c01
知	矢+3	𢇻𥎿	zhī ㄓ	Know, understand. / Perception. / Recognize. / Knowledge. / Know about, make sense of. / Be friendly with. / Control, get on top of.	v4,p2581#02	p.824#01	p.955r5c02
			zhì ㄓˋ	Wisdom.
为	火+5	爲为	wéi ㄨㄟˊ	Create, make. / Build, construct. / Do. / Plant, grow. / Govern. / Research, study. / Serve as. / Change into, become. / As, in the role of. / Count as, be considered as. / Called, named. / Expresses judgement: is. / Make, cause (to). / Have. / Take part in. / Write, author. / Connective: if. / Particle used in the middle of a sentence to move forward the object. / Modal particle used at the end of a sentence to express a rhetorical question.	v3,p2198#11	p.669#10	p.844r4c03
			wèi ㄨㄟˋ	Help, assist. / Preposition: for, on behalf of. / Preposition: by (passive). / Preposition: because of, due to. / Preposition: with, together with. / Connective: because. / Say. / False, fake.
政	攴+4		zhèng zhēng ㄓㄥˋ ㄓㄥ	government, political affairs	v2,p1453#03	p.469#06	p.601r2c01
喻	口+9	喩	yù yú ㄩˋ ㄩˊ	metaphor, analogy; example; like	v1,p0657#08	p.201#12
母	毋+1		mǔ mú wǔ wú ㄇㄨˇ ㄇㄨˊ ㄨˇ ㄨˊ	mother; female elders; female	v4,p2380#03	p.588#25	p.745r1c03
人	人+0	𠔽亻	rén ㄖㄣˊ	Man, person. / Others, other people. / The people, ordinary men. / Talent, material. / [A man's] character. / Affairs of men, world of man. / Benevolence.	v1,p0101#10	p.91#01	p.80r2c01
月	月+0		yuè ㄩㄝˋ	moon; month; KangXi radical 74	v3,p2041#01	p.504#19	p.655r4c05
瘤	疒+10	癅	liú ㄌㄧㄡˊ	tumor, lump, goiter	v4,p2690#08	p.778#18
路	足+6	路	lù luò ㄌㄨˋ ㄌㄨㄛˋ	road, path, street; journey	v6,p3704#06	p.1225#22	p.1289r6c04
命	口+5		mìng ㄇㄧㄥˋ	Order, command. / Written order, commandment. / Send (on a mission), dispatch. / A (diplomatic) mission. / Force, make do. / Instruct, tell. / Gift given by a ruler to his ministers by rank. / Will of heaven. / Fate. / Life, lifespan. / Call, name, assign a name to. / Know for certain.	v1,p0604#11	p.183#18	p.266r6c01
妇	女+8	𢽰媍妇	fù ㄈㄨˋ	married women; woman; wife	v2,p1062#06	p.265#14
宫	宀+7	宫	gōng ㄍㄨㄥ	palace, temple, dwelling, enclose	v2,p0936#04	p.285#16	p.418r5c04
温	水+10	温	wēn ㄨㄣ	lukewarm, warm; tepid, mild	v3,p1699#08	p.640#23	p.817r5c01
暖	日+9	暖娠	nuǎn xuān ㄋㄨㄢˇ ㄒㄩㄢ	warm, genial	v2,p1525#01	p.498#26	p.645r6c06
其	八+6	丌亓	qí ㄑㄧˊ	Third-person possessive pronoun: his, her, its, their. / Demonstrative pronoun: that, those. / Adverb expressing estimation or guess. / Adverb expressing imperative. / Adverb expressing rhetorical question. / Adverb expressing future tense. / Connective expressing hypothesis: if, supposing. / Connective expressing choice: or. / Connective expressing concession: even if. / Particle used after an adjective. / Particle: of. / Particle used for emphasis after single-character adjectives or onomatopoeia. / Particle used in the middle of a sentence to alter the tempo.	v1,p0245#01	p.127#18	p.162r5c01
			jì ㄐㄧˋ	Particle used after bi and he.
			jī ㄐㄧ	Modal particle expressing interrogative tone. / A year.
民	氏+1	𠘽	mín ㄇㄧㄣˊ	people, subjects, citizens	v3,p2131#01	p.598#01	p.750r3c01
如	女+3		rú ㄖㄨˊ	Go to. / According to, in accordance with. / Like, similar to. / As good as, comparable to. / Should. / Or, alternatively. / If, should it be the case. / As for, as regards. / Adjectival suffix.	v2,p1025#09	p.255#21	p.378r5c02

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