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U+51F6

Seal script

Jianbo

Semantic variant

Alternate form
𣧑
Semantic variant

Radical:+ 2 strokes = 4 strokes total.
References:Guangyun: p.35#41 Kangxi: p.135#02 Cihai: p.171r3c05 GSR: 1183.a Hanyu: v1,p0306#19
Composition:Component of: 𭑄 𡉰 𭗾 𢗮 𦙞 𠂳 𣧑 𦙄 𧘮 𤵅 𥾜 𧿖 [More]
Mandarin:xiōng ㄒㄩㄥ
Cantonese:hung1
Tang reconstruction:xiong
Shuowen:凶部》凶:惡也。象地穿交陷其中也。凡凶之屬皆从凶。
Guangyun:廣韻·上平聲··》凶:凶禍。
Kangxi:康熙字典·凵部·》凶:〔古文〕𣧑《唐韻》《正韻》許容切《集韻》《韻會》虛容切,𠀤音胷。《說文》象地穿交陷其中。《徐曰》惡不可居。象地之塹也,惡可陷人也。《爾雅·釋詁》咎也。《疏》謂咎惡也。又《玉篇》短折也。又與忷通。《集韻》憂懼。《晉語》敵入而凶。《註》凶猶凶凶,恐懼。亦作兇。《說文》擾恐也。又叶虛王切,貺平聲。《東方朔·七諫》業失之而不救兮,尚何論乎禍凶。彼離畔而朋黨兮,獨行之士其何望。
Fanqie:許容 (《廣韻·上平聲··》)
Unihan definition:culprit; murder; bad, sad

Example usage

論語·鄉黨》:服者式之。
To any person in mourning he bowed forward to the crossbar of his carriage; he bowed in the same way to any one bearing the tables of population.
孟子·告子上》:歲,子弟多暴,非天之降才爾殊也,其所以陷溺其心者然也。
While in bad years the most of them abandon themselves to evil. It is not owing to any difference of their natural powers conferred by Heaven that they are thus different. The abandonment is owing to the circumstances through which they allow their minds to be ensnared and drowned in evil.
禮記·緇衣》:恒其德偵,婦人吉,夫子
(in the position indicated in the Hexagram.) When one does maintain his virtue continuously (in the other position indicated), this will be fortunate in a wife, but in a husband evil.
孝經·聖治》:不在於善,而皆在於德,雖得之,君子不貴也。
He has nothing to do with what is good, but entirely and only with what is injurious to virtue. Though he may get (his will, and be above others), the superior man does not give him his approval.
揚子法言》:吉人其吉,人吉其
Fortunate people treat their good fortune as bad fortune. Unfortunate people treat their bad fortune as good fortune.
莊子·人間世》:二者器,非所以盡行也。
Both these things are instruments of evil, and should not be allowed to have free course in one's conduct.
道德經》:不知常,妄作
Not to know it leads to wild movements and evil issues.
孫子兵法·火攻》:夫戰勝攻取,而不修其攻者,命曰費留。
Unhappy is the fate of one who tries to win his battles and succeed in his attacks without cultivating the spirit of enterprise; for the result is waste of time and general stagnation.
史記·五帝本紀》:,不用。
He is unscrupulous and wicked; I cannot employ him.
荀子·》:以盲為明,以聾為聰,以危為安,以吉為
說苑·脩文》:曰,禮不豫事,死而後治服,衣衰飾,修棺槨,作穿窆宅兆,然後喪文成,外親畢至,葬墳集,孝子忠臣之恩厚備盡矣。
春秋繁露·竹林》:是其惡戰伐之且《春秋》之法,年不修舊,意在無苦民爾。
韓詩外傳·卷三》:故豐膏不獨樂,磽确不獨苦,雖遭年飢歲,禹湯之水旱,而民無凍餓之色。
大戴禮記》:師尚父西面道書之言曰:「敬勝怠者吉,怠勝敬者滅,義勝欲者從,欲勝義者,凡事,不強則枉,弗敬則不正,枉者滅廢,敬者萬世。」
白虎通德論·禮樂》:禮者,盛不足節有餘,使豐年不奢,年不儉,貧富不相懸也。
新書·道德說》:易者,察人之精德之理與弗循,而占其吉,故曰「易者,此之占者也。」
新序·雜事五》:兵者,國之器也,而荊王喜之,所以屈於田贊,而危其國也。
中論·法象》:君子感德之如彼,見吉德之如此。
孔子家語·五帝德》:伯夷典禮,龍夔典樂,舜時而仕,趨視四時,務先民始之,流四而天下服。
潛夫論·遏利》:故人有無德而富貴,是民之竊官位、盜府庫者也,終必覺,覺必誅矣。
論衡·命義》:《月令》曰:「是月也,雷將發聲,有不戒其容者,生子不備,必有大。」
太玄經·》:次三,出我入我,吉之魁。
風俗通義》:而伯況被發,則得就業,卿佐雖云暴,何緣侵己?
孔叢子·陳士義》:故四在朝,鯀任無功。
申鑒·時事》:曰:「《無妄》之災,《大過》,其象矣。」
忠經·天地神明章》:覆載之間,人倫之要,履之則吉,違之則,無有大於忠者。
素書·遵義章》:慢其所敬者
新語·術事》:故聖賢與道合,愚者與禍同,懷德者應以福,挾惡者報以,德薄者位危,去道者身亡,萬世不易法,古今同紀綱。
獨斷·卷上》:神荼與鬱壘二神居其門,主閱領諸鬼,其惡害之鬼,執以葦索食虎,故十二月歲竟,常以先臘之夜逐除之也,乃畫荼壘并懸葦索于門戶以禦也。
蔡中郎集·獨斷》:神荼與鬱壘二神居其門,主閱領諸鬼,其惡害之鬼,執以葦索食虎,故十二月歲竟,常以先臘之夜逐除之也,乃畫荼壘并懸葦索于門戶以禦也。
墨子·大取》:二子事親,或遇孰,或遇,其親也相若,非彼其行益也,非加也。
魯勝墨辯注敘》:同異生是非,是非生吉,取辯於一物,而原極天下之汙隆,名之至也。
列子·楊朱》:十年亦死,百年亦死,仁聖亦死愚亦死。
鶡冠子·環流》:故氣相加而為時,約相加而為期,期相加而為功,功相加而為得失,得失相加而為吉,萬物相加而為勝敗。
文子·精誠》:天道無私就也,無私去也,能者有餘,詘者不足,順之者利,逆之者
文始真經·二柱》:兆龜,數蓍,破瓦,文石,皆能告吉
列仙傳·玄俗》:日月運行,四時分治,五星受制於太微,監無道之國,吉預見,以戒王者動靜言語,應效相通,有自來矣。
老子河上公章句》:不知常,妄作
韓非子·存韓》:故曰:「兵者,器也,」不可不審用也。
管子·輕重乙》:非歲而民飢也,辟之以號令,引之以徐疾,施平,其歸我若流水。
六韜·兵道》:故聖王號兵為器,不得已而用之。

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