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劍 U+528D | Seal script | 剑 Simplified character | 劒 Semantic variant |
Radical: | 刀+ 13 strokes = 15 strokes total. |
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References: | Kangxi: p.144#45 Cihai: p.190r4c03 GSR: 613.i Hanyu: v1,p0358#10 |
Composition: | Left: 僉, right: 刂. Component of: 𠐘 𡃍 𤢾 𧁴 𣋽 𤑯 |
Mandarin: | jiàn ㄐㄧㄢˋ |
Cantonese: | gim3 |
Tang reconstruction: | *gi(u)æ̀m |
Kangxi: | 《康熙字典·刀部·十三》劍:《唐韻》《集韻》《韻會》𠀤居欠切,檢去聲。《玉篇》籀文劒。《說文》人所帶兵也。《釋名》劒,檢也,所以防檢非常。《管子·地數篇》葛盧之山,發而出金,蚩尤受而制之,以爲劒鎧矛戟。又操劒殺人亦曰劒。《潘岳·汧督馬敦誄序》漢明帝時有司馬叔持者,白日于市,手劒父讎。 |
Unihan definition: | sword, dagger, saber |
Example usage
《孟子·滕文公上》: | 謂然友曰:「吾他日未嘗學問,好馳馬試劍。」 |
The prince said again to Ran You, 'Hitherto, I have not given myself to the pursuit of learning, but have found my pleasure in horsemanship and sword-exercise.' | |
《禮記·曲禮上》: | 負劍辟咡詔之,則掩口而對。 |
When the elder has shifted his sword to his back and is speaking to him with the side of his face bent, down, he should cover his mouth with his hand in answering. | |
《揚子法言》: | 《劍客論》曰:「劍可以愛身。」 |
The other said: The Swordsman's Treatise says: "The sword can be used to protect the body." | |
《莊子·說劍》: | 昔趙文王喜劍,劍士夾門而客三千餘人,日夜相擊於前,死傷者歲百餘人,好之不厭。 |
Formerly, King Wen of Zhao delighted in the sword-fight. More than three thousand men, masters of the weapon, appeared as his guests, lining the way on either side of his gate, and fighting together before him day and night. Over a hundred of them would die or be (severely) wounded in the course of a year, but he was never weary of looking on (at their engagements), so fond was he of them. | |
《道德經》: | 服文綵,帶利劍,厭飲食,財貨有餘。 |
They shall wear elegant and ornamented robes, carry a sharp sword at their girdle, pamper themselves in eating and drinking, and have a superabundance of property and wealth. | |
《荀子·性惡》: | 桓公之蔥,太公之闕,文王之錄,莊君之曶,闔閭之干將、莫邪、鉅闕、辟閭,此皆古之良劍也。 |
《說苑·指武》: | 回願得明王聖主而相之,使城郭不脩,溝池不越,鍛劍戟以為農器,使天下千歲無戰鬥之患,如此則由何憤憤而擊,賜又何僊僊而使乎? |
《春秋繁露·服制像》: | 劍之在左,青龍之象也。 |
《韓詩外傳·卷二》: | 崔杼弒莊公,合士大夫盟,盟者皆脫劍而入,言不疾,措血至者死,所殺者十餘人,次及晏子,奉杯血,仰天而嘆曰:「惡乎!」 |
《大戴禮記》: | 王聞書之言,惕若恐懼,退而為戒書,於席之四端為銘焉,於機為銘焉,於鑑為銘焉,於盥盤為銘焉,於楹為銘焉,於杖為銘焉,於帶為銘焉,於履屨為銘焉,於觴豆為銘焉,於戶為銘焉,於牖為銘焉,於劍為銘焉,於弓為銘焉,於矛為銘焉。 |
《新書·坐車之容》: | 立乘以經立之容,右持綏而左臂詘,存劍之緯,欲無顧,顧不過轂。 |
《新序·義勇》: | 芊尹文拔劍齊諸軾而斷之,貳車抽弓於韔,援矢於筩,引而未發也。 |
《孔子家語·致思》: | 使民城郭不脩,溝池不越,鑄劍戟以為農器,放牛馬於原藪,室家無離曠之思,千歲無戰鬭之患,則由無所施其勇,而賜無所用其辯矣。 |
《潛夫論·考績》: | 夫劍不試則利鈍闇,弓不試則勁撓誣,鷹不試則巧拙惑,馬不試則良駑疑。 |
《論衡·命義》: | 晏子所遭,可謂大矣,直兵指胸,白刃加頸,蹈死亡之地,當劍戟之鋒,執死得生還。 |
《風俗通義·東方朔》: | 年十三學書,十四擊劍,十六誦《詩》,十九習孫、吳兵法。 |
《孔叢子·儒服》: | 且曹子為魯三與齊戰,三敗失地,然後以勇敢之節,奮三尺之劍,要桓公、管仲於盟壇,卒收其所喪。 |
《新語·術事》: | 故良馬非獨騏驥,利劍非唯干將,美女非獨西施,忠臣非獨呂望。 |
《蔡中郎集》: | 孝成綏和二年八月,男子王襃衣小冠,帶劍,入北司馬殿東門,上殿入室,解帷組佩之,招前殿署王業等曰:『天帝命我居此,業收縛考問。』 |
《墨子·經說上》: | 劍尤甲1,死生也。 |
《列子·湯問》: | 恥假力於人,誓手劍以屠黑卵。 |
《鶡冠子·世兵》: | 夫死人之事者,不能續人之壽,故退與魯君計,桓公合諸侯,曹子以一劍之任劫桓公墠位之上,顏色不變,辭氣不悖三戰之所亡,一旦而反,天下震動,四鄰驚駭,名傳後世。 |
《文始真經·一宇》: | 關尹子曰:「吾道如劍:以刀割物,即利。」 |
《列仙傳·黃帝》: | 至於卒,還葬橋山,山崩,柩空無屍,唯劍舄在焉。 |
《老子河上公章句》: | 帶利劍,尚剛強,武且奢。 |
《韓非子·八姦》: | 為人臣者,聚帶劍之客、養必死之士以彰其威,明為己者必利,不為己者必死,以恐其群臣百姓而行其私,此之謂威強。 |
《申不害·大體》: | 今使烏獲、彭祖負千鈞之重,而懷琬琰之美,令孟賁、成荊帶干將之劍衛之,行乎幽道,則盜猶偷之矣。 |
《諫逐客書》: | 今陛下致昆山之玉,有隨、和之寶,垂明月之珠,服太阿之劍,乘纖離之馬,建翠鳳之旗,樹靈鼉之鼓。 |
《管子·輕重己》: | 張耜當弩,銚耨當劍戟。 |
《六韜·軍用》: | 三軍拒守,木螳蜋劍刃扶胥,廣二丈,百二十具,一名行馬。 |
《尉繚子·制談》: | 一賊仗劍擊於市,萬人無不避之者,臣謂:『非一人之獨勇,萬人皆不肖也』。 |
《淮南子·齊俗訓》: | 淳均之劍不可愛也,而歐冶之巧可貴也。 |
《呂氏春秋·壹行》: | 今行者見大樹,必解衣縣冠倚劍而寢其下。 |
《史記·周本紀》: | 武王自射之,三發而後下車,以輕劍擊之,以黃鉞斬紂頭,縣大白之旗。 |
《春秋左傳》: | 初,虞叔有玉,虞公求旃,弗獻,既而悔之曰,周諺有之,匹夫無罪,懷璧其罪,吾焉用此,其以賈害也,乃獻,又求其寶劍,叔曰,是無厭也,無厭將及我,遂伐虞公,故虞公出奔共池。 |
《逸周書·王會解》: | 伊尹受命,於是為四方令曰:「臣請正東符婁、仇州、伊慮、漚深、九夷、十蠻、越漚、鬋髮文身,請令以魚皮之鞞、𩶭鰂之醬、鮫瞂、利劍為獻。」 |
《國語·吳語》: | 吾先君闔廬不貰不忍,被甲帶劍,挺鈹搢鐸,以與楚昭王毒逐于中原柏舉。 |
《晏子春秋》: | 抽劍而起 |
《吳越春秋》: | 越王乃被唐夷之甲,帶步光之劍,杖屈盧之矛,出死士,以三百人為陣關下。 |
《越絕書》: | 子胥即解其劍,以與漁者,曰:「吾先人之劍,直百金,請以與子也。」 |
《戰國策》: | 函冶氏為齊太公買良劍,公不知善,歸其劍而責之金。 |
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