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U+5978

Seal script

Traditional character

Radical:+ 3 strokes = 6 strokes total.
References:Guangyun: p.122#42 Kangxi: p.255#04 Cihai: p.378r1c01 GSR: 139.c Hanyu: v2,p1025#01
Composition:Left: , right: . Component of: 𡋖 𪥻 𫰸 𫱅 𫱸
Mandarin:jiān ㄐㄧㄢ
Cantonese:gaan1
Shuowen:女部》奸:犯婬也。从女从干,干亦声。
Guangyun:广韵·上平声··》奸:以婬犯也。
Kangxi:康熙字典·女部·》奸:《唐韵》古寒切《集韵》《韵会》居寒切,𠀤音干。《说文》犯也。《增韵》犯非礼也。《玉篇》乱也。《左传·成十三年》奸绝我好。《前汉·沟洫志》使神人各得其所,而不相奸。又《集韵》居颜切,音菅。私也,僞也。又与干通。《庄子·天运篇》以奸者七十二君。《史记·齐世家》尚以渔钓奸周。又读若坚。《史记·龟厕传》寒气不和,贼气相奸。同岁异节,其时使然。
Fanqie:古寒 (《广韵·上平声··》)
Unihan definition:crafty, villainous, false

Example usage

礼记·曲礼下》:凡视:上于面则敖,下于带则忧,倾则
In all cases looks directed above to the face denote pride, and below the girdle grief; directed askance, they denote villainy.
扬子法言》:曰:“谓其不,不诈诈也。”
Yangzi said: I am referring to its not being crooked in order to deal with the crooked, and not being crafty in order to deal with the crafty.
庄子·天运》:孔子谓老聃曰:“丘治《》、《》、《礼》、《乐》、《》、《春秋》六经,自以为久矣,孰知其故矣,以者七十二君,论先王之道而明周、召之迹,一君无所钩用。”
Confucius said to Lao Dan, 'I have occupied myself with the Shi, the Shu, the Li, the Yue, the Yi, and the Chun Qiu, those six Books, for what I myself consider a long time, and am thoroughly acquainted with their contents. With seventy-two rulers, all offenders against the right, I have discoursed about the ways of the former kings, and set forth the examples (of the dukes of Zhou and Shao); and not one of them has adopted (my views) and put them in practice:'
商君书·靳令》:故法立而不革,则显民变计,计止,贵齐殊使,百官之尊爵,厚禄以自伐。
Therefore, if the law is fixed and not altered, then...
史记·殷本纪》:阿衡欲汤而无由,乃为有莘氏媵臣,负鼎俎,以滋味说汤,致于王道。
A-Heng wanted to meet Tang, but had no opportunity of doing so; he therefore became cook to the prince of Xin, and while bringing Tang dishes to taste urged him to perfect himself in the way of the ancient kings.
尚书·微子》:殷罔不小大好草窃宄。
(The people of) Yin, small and great, are given to highway robberies, villainies, and treachery.
黄帝阴符经》:火生于木,祸发必克,生于国,时动必溃。
When fire arises in wood, the evil, having once begun, is sure to go on to the destruction of the wood. When calamity arises in a state, if thereafter movement ensue, it is sure to go to ruin.
春秋繁露·竹林》:晋鲁惧怒,内悉其众,外得党与曹卫,四国相辅,大困之,获齐顷公,逄丑父。
韩诗外传·卷四》:此不恭之语也,虽不可不审也,非比为劫杀死亡之主者也,夫人主年少而放,无术法以知,即大臣以专断图私,以禁诛于己也,故舍贤长而立幼弱,废正直而用不善
中论·务本》:大国之明禁,凌虐小国,利人之难,而不知其私,公室四分,民食其他。
论衡·书虚》:《春秋》何尤于襄公,而书其
孔丛子·广言》:,犯也。
申鉴·政体》:一曰不知,二曰不进,三曰不任,四曰不终,五曰以小怨弃大德,六曰以小过黜大功,七曰以小失掩大美,八曰以讦伤忠正,九曰以邪说乱正度,十曰以谗嫉废贤能。
忠经·守宰章》:独明则虽察于务,贿难任。
新语·道基》:于是皋陶乃立狱制罪,悬赏设罚,异是非,明好恶,检邪,消佚乱。
蔡中郎集》:先陈便宜,列表猾,群匿情状,辞意激切,感物悟灵,精兵虎臣,承持卓势,奋击丑类,漏刻之间,靡有孑遗。
鶡冠子·天则》:故邪弗能,祸不能中。
管子·重令》:毋功虚取,邪得行。
三略·上略》:贪财,则不禁。
淮南子·齐俗训》:衣食饶溢,邪不生,安乐无事,而天下均平。
春秋左传》:二十年,春,郑伯和王室不克,执燕仲父,夏,郑伯遂以王归,王处于栎,秋,王及郑伯入于邬,遂入成周,取其宝器而还,冬,王子颓享五大夫,乐及遍舞,郑伯闻之,见虢叔,曰,寡人闻之,哀乐失时,殃咎必至,今王子颓歌舞不倦,乐祸也,夫司寇行戮,君为之不举,而况敢乐祸乎,王之位,祸孰大焉,临祸忘忧,忧必及之,盍纳王乎,虢公曰,寡人之愿也。
逸周书·时训解》:风不解冻,号令不行,蛰虫不振,阴气阳,鱼不上冰,甲胄私藏。
国语·楚语下》:吾闻国家将败,必用人,而嗜其疾味,其子之谓乎?
吴越春秋》:乐师扈子非荆王信谗佞,杀伍奢、白州犁而寇不绝于境,至乃掘平王墓,戮尸喜,以辱楚君臣。
战国策·范睢至秦》:足下上畏太后之严,下惑臣之态。
盐铁论·错币》:山东猾,咸聚吴国,秦、雍、汉、蜀因邓氏。
列女传·梁夫人嫕》:今遭陛下神圣之德,揽统万机,宪兄弟恶伏诛,海内旷然,各得其所。
春秋公羊传》:大搜于昌
汉书·叙传上》:故虽遭罹厄会,窃其权柄,勇如信、布,强如梁、籍,成如王莽,然卒润镬伏质,亨醢分裂,又况幺鲸,尚不及数子,而欲暗天位者宓!
东观汉记·王阜》:阜疑有诈,以状上。
焦氏易林·坤之》:大有:延恶人,使德不通。
说文解字·女部》::犯婬也。
释名·释言语》:奸,也,言正法也。
道德真经注》:邪心既动,复以巧术防民之伪,民知其术,防随而避之,思惟密巧,伪益滋,故曰,以智治国,国之贼也。
抱朴子·论仙》:又栾太所知,实自浅薄,饥渴荣贵,冒乾货贿,衒虚妄于苟且,忘祸患于无为,区区小子之僞,岂足以证天下之无仙哉?
水经注·河水》:又南历苗北马头山,亦曰白水原,西南迳垣县故城北。
神仙传·九灵子》:其经曰:“此术可以辟五兵,却虎狼,安全己身,营护家门,保子宜孙,内外和睦,人见则喜,不见则思,即宜从军,又利远客,他人谋己,消灭不成,千殃万祸,伏而不起,杜邪之路,塞妖怪之门,呪咀之者,其灾不成,厌蛊之者,其祸不行。”
群书治要·尚书》:君子在野,小人在位,废仁贤,任佞。
艺文类聚·符命》:必当执法未处其罪,司命已除其藉,自古明哲,虑远防微,位尊而心愈下,禄厚而志弥约,纳宠思之以惧,道高守之以恭,克念于此,则回不至,谦光满覆,义在知几,吉凶由人,妖不自作,夙沙则主虽愚蔽,民尽知归,有苗则始为跋扈,终而大服,汉南诸国,见一面以从殷,河西将军,率五郡而臣汉,故能招信顺之助,保太山之安也。
通典·乡党》:吏贪其赂,人肆其弥深而却弥多,赂逾厚而答逾缓。
西游记》:猴王道:“这个金星老儿乃诈之徒,既请老孙,如何教人动刀动枪,阻塞门路?”

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