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U+5914

Seal script
𣦞
Semantic variant

Radical:+ 19 strokes = 22 strokes total.
References:Guangyun: p.56#27 Kangxi: p.245#28 Cihai: p.342r3c01 GSR: 1237.s Hanyu: v2,p0872#03
Composition:Top: , bottom: . Component of: 𪭆 𧅄 𢆃 𥜶
Mandarin:kuí ㄎㄨㄟˊ
Cantonese:kwai4
Tang reconstruction:ghyui
Shuowen:夊部》夔:神魖也。如龙,一足,从夊;象有角、手、人面之形。
Guangyun:广韵·上平声··》夔:夔龙亦州名春秋时鱼国汉爲鱼复县梁隋皆爲巴东郡唐初改爲信州又改爲夔州取夔国名之又兽名似牛一足无角其音如雷皮可以冒鼓。
Fanqie:渠追 (《广韵·上平声··》)
Unihan definition:one-legged monster; walrus

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Example usage

孟子·万章上》:》曰:‘祗载见瞽瞍,齐栗,瞽瞍亦允若。’
It is said in the Book of History, "Reverently performing his duties, he waited on Gu Sou, and was full of veneration and awe. Gu Sou also believed him and conformed to virtue."
礼记·乐记》:昔者,舜作五弦之琴以歌南风,始制乐以赏诸侯。
Anciently, Shun made the lute with five strings, and used it in singing the Nan Feng. Kui was the first who composed (the pieces of) music to be employed by the feudal lords as an expression of (the royal) approbation of them.
扬子法言》:曰:“譬诸琴瑟郑、卫调,俾因之,亦不可以致萧韶矣。”
Yangzi said: It can be compared to the zither and the harp. If you took Zheng and Wei's melodies and made music master Kui accord with them, he surely never would have produced the Xiaoshao music.
庄子·秋水》:怜蚿,蚿怜蛇,蛇怜风,风怜目,目怜心。
The kui desires to be like the millipede; the millipede to be like the serpent; the serpent like the wind; the wind to be like the eye; and the eye to be like the mind.
史记·五帝本纪》:而禹、皋陶、契、后稷、伯夷、、龙、倕、益、彭祖自尧时而皆举用,未有分职。
Now Yu, Gaoyao, Xie, Houji, Boyi, Kui, Long, Chui Yi, and Pengzu were all from the time of Yao promoted to office, but had not separate appointments.
尚书·大禹谟》:祗载见瞽瞍,斋栗,瞽亦允若。
(At the same time) with respectful service he appeared before Gu-sou, looking grave and awe-struck, till Gu also became transformed by his example.
荀子·成相》:为乐正鸟兽服。
说苑·君道》:当尧之时,舜为司徒,契为司马,禹为司空,后稷为田畴,为乐正,倕为工师,伯夷为秩宗,皋陶为大理,益掌驱禽,尧体力便巧不能为一焉,尧为君而九子为臣,其何故也?
大戴礼记·五帝德》:伯夷主礼,龙、教舞,举舜、彭祖而任之,四时先民治之。
新书·劝学》:既遇老聃,噩若慈父,雁行避景,立蛇进,而后敢问。
孔子家语·辩物》:丘闻之,木石之怪蝄蜽,水之怪龙罔象,土之怪羵羊也。
潜夫论·志氏姓》:紃嗣为刑子,或封于,或封于越。
论衡·书虚》:此则一足、宋丁公凿井得一人之语也。
风俗通义·正失》:是故乐正后有一足之论,晋师己亥渡河,有三豕之文。
孔丛子·论书》:鲁哀公问:“《书》称曰:‘于!’”
列子·黄帝》:尧使典乐,击石拊石,百兽率舞。
韩非子》:鲁哀公问于孔子曰:“吾闻古者有一足,其果信有一足乎?”
淮南子·泰族训》:之初作乐也,皆合六律而调五音,以通八风。
吕氏春秋·察传》:鲁哀公问于孔子曰:“乐正一足,信乎?”
春秋左传》:秋,楚人灭子归。
国语·郑语》:芈姓越不足命也。
吴越春秋》:与益、共谋,行到名山大泽,召其神而问之山川脉理、金玉所有、鸟兽昆虫之类,及八方之民俗、殊国异域、土地里数:使益疏而记之,故名之曰“山海经”。
列女传·晋羊叔姬》:乐正娶之,生伯封。
春秋谷梁传》:秋,楚人灭,以子归。
汉书·扬雄传上》:阴阳清浊穆羽相和兮,若、牙之调琴。
前汉纪》:作典乐和神人。
东观汉记·丁鸿》:浮卒,子嗣。
后汉书》:度辽将军耿与幽州刺史庞参发广阳、渔阳、涿郡甲卒,分为两道救之。
山海经·中山经》:其上多金玉,其下多白珉,其木多梅棠,其兽多犀象,多牛,其鸟多翰鷩。
说文解字·夊部》::神魖也。
世说新语·言语》:管弦繁奏,锺、先听其音。
文心雕龙·乐府》:暨后汉郊庙,惟杂雅章,辞虽典文,而律非旷。
抱朴子·释滞》:复问俗人曰:“夫乘云茧产之国,肝心不朽之民,巢居穴处,独目三首,马闲狗蹄,修臂交股,黄池无男,穿胸旁口,廪君起石而泛土船,沙壹触木而生群龙,女娲地出,杜宇天堕,甓飞犬言,山徙社移,三军之衆,一朝尽化,君子为鹤,小人成沙,女丑倚枯,贰负抱桎,寄居之虫,委甲步肉,二首之蛇,弦之为弓,不灰之木,不热之火,昌蜀之禽,无目之兽,无身之头,无首之体,精卫填海,交让递生,火浣之布,切玉之刀,炎昧吐烈,磨泥漉水,枯灌化形,山前跟,石修九首,毕方人面,少千之劾伯率,圣卿之役肃霜,西羌以虎景兴,鲜卑以乘鳖强,林邑以神录王,庸蜀以流尸帝,盐神婴来而虫飞,纵目世变于荆岫,五丁引蛇以倾峻,肉甚振翅于三海。”
金楼子·兴王》:既陟帝位,以土承火,都平阳,命禹为司空,弃为后稷,契为司徒,咎繇为士,垂为共工,益为朕虞,伯夷为秩宗,为典乐,龙为纳言。
水经注·沮水》:后汉封骑都尉耿为侯国。
三国志·武帝纪》:故豫州刺史阴及陈琳乞降,公不许,为围益急。
群书治要·尚书》:曰:于,予击石拊石,百兽率儛,庶尹允谐,尹,正也。
艺文类聚·》:《淮南子》曰:合六律,调五音,通八风。
通典·时傩》:魖与罔象,殪野仲而歼游光。
四书章句集注》:书曰:‘祗载见瞽瞍,齐栗,瞽瞍亦允若。’
论语注疏·卫灵公》:○正义曰:案《舜典》命禹宅百揆,弃、后稷、契作司徒,皐陶作士,垂、共工、益作朕虞,伯夷作秩宗,典乐教胄子,龙作纳言,并四岳十二牧,凡二十二人,皆得其人,故舜无为而治也。

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