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| Simplified Chinese version |
| 壯 U+58EF |  Seal script |  Jinwen |  Jianbo | 壮 Simplified character |
| Radical: | 士+ 4 strokes = 7 strokes total. |
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| References: | Guangyun: p.426#4 Kangxi: p.243#02 Cihai: p.333r5c01 GSR: 727.n Hanyu: v1,p0428#07 |
| Composition: | Left: 爿, right: 士. Component of: 匨 𢈜 𢙳 𣴣 𤞛 奘 娤 弉 𪭿 𡝂 𬨋 焋 梉 𠨡 𤶜 𤽸 𧚌 䊋 𦀜 庄 [More] |
| Mandarin: | zhuàng ㄓㄨㄤˋ |
| Cantonese: | zong3 |
| Tang reconstruction: | *jriɑ̀ng |
| Shuowen: | 《士部》壮：大也。从士爿声。 |
| Guangyun: | 《广韵·去声·漾·壮》壮：大也。侧亮切，三。 |
| Kangxi: | 《康熙字典·士部·四》壮：《广韵》《集韵》《韵会》侧亮切《正韵》侧况切，𠀤庄去声。《说文》大也。又强也，盛也。《尔雅·释天》八月爲壮。《易·卦名》震上乾下，大壮。《礼·曲礼》三十曰壮。《月令》仲冬之月，冰始壮。又《史记·赵后传》额上有壮发。《师古曰》俗呼圭头是也。又《前汉·食货志》贝有五种，一曰壮贝。又伤也。《郭璞曰》淮南呼壮爲伤。又医用艾灸，一灼谓之壮。又侧羊切，音庄。亦姓。《晋语》赵𥳑子问贤人，得壮驰兹。又《伏滔·望涛赋》宏涛于是郁起，重流于是电骧。起沙渟而迅迈，触横门而克壮。俗从土作壮，省作壮，𠀤非。 |
| Fanqie: | 侧亮 (《广韵·去声·漾·壮》) |
| Unihan definition: | big, large; robust; name of tribe |
Example usage
| 《论语·季氏》: | 及其壮也，血气方刚，戒之在鬭。 |
| When he is strong and the physical powers are full of vigor, he guards against quarrelsomeness. | |
| 《孟子·万章下》: | 尝为乘田矣，曰‘牛羊茁壮，长而已矣’。 |
| He was once in charge of the public fields, and he then said, "The oxen and sheep must be fat and strong, and superior. That is all I have to care about." | |
| 《礼记·曲礼上》: | 三十曰壮，有室。 |
| When he is thirty, we say, 'He is at his maturity;' he has a wife. | |
| 《扬子法言》: | 俄而曰：“壮夫不为也。” |
| After a moment he said: Adults do not do this. | |
| 《墨子·修身》: | 故君子力事日强，愿欲日逾，设壮日盛。 |
| Therefore the superior men are daily more energetic in performing their duty, but weaker in their desires, and more stately in their appearance. | |
| 《庄子·人间世》: | 曰：“回闻卫君，其年壮，其行独，轻用其国，而不见其过，轻用民死，死者以国量乎泽，若蕉，民其无如矣。” |
| I have heard that the ruler of Wei is in the vigour of his years, and consults none but himself as to his course. He deals with his state as if it were a light matter, and has no perception of his errors. He thinks lightly of his people's dying; the dead are lying all over the country as if no smaller space could contain them; on the plains and about the marshes, they are as thick as heaps of fuel. The people know not where to turn to. | |
| 《道德经》: | 物壮则老，是谓不道，不道早已。 |
| When things have attained their strong maturity they become old. This may be said to be not in accordance with the Dao: and what is not in accordance with it soon comes to an end. | |
| 《商君书·垦令》: | 下不非上，中不苦官，则壮民疾农不变。 |
| If so, then the able-bodied will be strenuous in agriculture, without changing. | |
| 《荀子·大略》: | 少不讽诵，壮不论议，虽可，未成也。 |
| 《说苑·辨物》: | 阳溢而壮，阴源必塞，国必亡。 |
| 《春秋繁露·求雨》: | 壮者七人，皆齐三日，服赤衣而舞之。 |
| 《韩诗外传·卷二》: | 四壮骄兮！ |
| 《大戴礼记》: | 其少不讽诵，其壮不论议，其老不教诲，亦可谓无业之人矣。 |
| 《白虎通德论·五行》: | 壮盛于午，午物满长，律中蕤宾。 |
| 《新书·淮难》: | 今淮南子，少壮闻父辱状，是立咫泣洽衿，卧咫泣交项，肠至腰肘，如缪维耳，岂能须臾忘哉？ |
| 《新序·善谋》: | 使之，辞曰：“臣之壮也，犹不如人，今老矣，无能为也。” |
| 《孔子家语·致思》: | 对曰：“邑多壮士，又难治也。” |
| 《潜夫论·实贡》: | 是故选贤贡士，必考核其清素，据实而言，其有小疵，勿强衣饰，以壮虚声。 |
| 《论衡·吉验》: | 及壮，使兵，数有功，单于乃复以其父之民予昆莫，命令长守于西城。 |
| 《太玄经·格》: | 阳气内壮，能格乎群阴，攘而郄之。 |
| 《风俗通义·六国》: | 吾见儿在帝侧，属我翟犬，曰：‘及汝子之壮也，以赐之。’ |
| 《新语·至德》: | 是以君子之为治也，块然若无事，寂然若无声，官府若无吏，亭落若无民，闾里不讼于巷，老幼不愁于庭，近者无所议，远者无所听，邮驿无夜行之吏，乡闾无夜名之征，犬不夜吠，乌不夜鸣，老者息于堂，丁壮者耕耘于田，在朝者忠于君，在家者孝于亲。 |
| 《独断·卷下》: | 元帝额有壮发，不欲使人见，始进帻服之，群臣皆随焉，然尚无巾。 |
| 《蔡中郎集·独断》: | 元帝额有壮发，不欲使人见，始进帻服之，群臣皆随焉，然尚无巾。 |
| 《列子·天瑞》: | 人自生至终，大化有四：婴孩也，少壮也，老耄也，死亡也。 |
| 《文子·守弱》: | 夫精神志气者，静而日充以壮，躁而日耗以老，是故圣人持养其神，和弱其气，平夷其形，而与道浮沉，如此则万物之化无不偶也，百事之变无不应也。 |
| 《文始真经·七釜》: | 人之壮也，当达乎朋友之箴。 |
| 《列仙传·仇生》: | 当殷汤时，为木正三十馀年，而更壮。 |
| 《老子河上公章句》: | 物壮则老，草木壮极则枯落，人壮极则衰老也。 |
| 《韩非子·解老》: | 所谓光者，官爵尊贵，衣裘壮丽也。 |
| 《管子·轻重戊》: | 众鸟居其上，刃壮者胡丸操弹居其下，终日不归。 |
| 《六韬·练士》: | 有锐气壮勇强暴者，聚为一卒，名曰陷陈之士。 |
| 《司马法·仁本》: | 虽遇壮者，不校勿敌。 |
| 《尉缭子·战威》: | 器用不便则力不壮。 |
| 《淮南子·齐俗训》: | 故神农之法曰：“丈夫丁壮而不耕，天下有受其饥者。” |
| 《吕氏春秋·达郁》: | 壮而怠则失时，老而解则无名。 |
| 《邓析子·转辞》: | 富必给贫，壮必给老。 |
| 《史记·秦本纪》: | 丹、犁臣，蜀相壮杀蜀侯来降。 |
| 《春秋左传》: | 先轸曰，子与之，定人之谓礼，楚一言而定三国，我一言而亡之，我则无礼，何以战乎，不许楚言，是弃宋也，救而弃之，谓诸侯何，楚有三施，我有三怨，怨雠已多，将何以战，不如私许复曹卫以携之，执宛春以怒楚，既战而后图之，公说，乃拘宛春于卫，且私许复曹卫，曹卫告绝于楚，子玉怒，从晋师，晋师退，军吏曰，以君辟臣，辱也，且楚师老矣，何故退，子犯曰，师直为壮，曲为老，岂在久乎，微楚之惠不及此，退三舍辟之，所以报也，背惠食言，以亢其雠，我曲楚直，其众素饱，不可谓老，我退而楚还，我将何求，若其不还，君退臣犯，曲在彼矣，退三舍，楚众欲止，子玉不可，夏，四月，戊辰，晋侯，宋公，齐国归父，崔夭，秦小子憖，次于城濮，楚师背酅而舍，晋侯患之，听舆人之诵，曰，原田每每，舍其旧而新是谋，公疑焉，子犯曰，战也，战而捷，必得诸侯，若其不捷，表里山河，必无害也，公曰，若楚惠何，栾贞子曰，汉阳诸姬，楚实尽之，思小惠而忘大耻，不如战也，晋侯梦与楚子搏，楚子伏己而盬其脑，是以惧，子犯曰，吉，我得天，楚伏其罪，吾且柔之矣，子玉使斗勃请战，曰，请与君之士戏，君冯轼而观之，得臣与寓目焉晋侯使栾枝对曰，寡君闻命矣，楚君之惠，未之敢忘，是以在此，为大夫退，其敢当君乎，既不获命矣，敢烦大夫，谓二三子。 |
| 《逸周书·祭公解》: | 公曰：“天子，谋父疾维不瘳，敢告天子，皇天改大殷之命，维文王受之，惟武王大克之，咸茂厥功，维天贞文王之董用威，亦尚宽壮厥心，康受乂之，式用休，亦生王茂绥厥心，敬恭承之，维武王申大命，戡厥敌。” |
| 《国语·越语上》: | 令壮者无取老妇，令老者无取壮妻 |
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