| Chinese Text Project |
| 敏 U+654F |  Seal script |  Jinwen |  Jiaguwen | 勄 Semantic variant Semantic variant |
| Radical: | 攴+ 7 strokes = 11 strokes total. |
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| References: | Guangyun: p.276#50 Kangxi: p.471#04 Cihai: p.604r2c01 GSR: 1251.q Hanyu: v2,p1463#01 |
| Composition: | Left: 每, right: 攵. Compositionally related: 敏 . Component of: 𭄼 𭒘 𭔍 𭛿 𭲅 𪤓 慜 𤛎 𪱃 繁 繁 𬥧 鳘 𪪉 瀪 鰵 䲄 𪄴 |
| Mandarin: | mǐn ㄇㄧㄣˇ |
| Cantonese: | man5 |
| Shuowen: | 《攴部》敏：疾也。从攴每聲。 |
| Guangyun: | 《廣韻·上聲·軫·愍》敏：疾也，敬也，聦也，達也。 |
| Kangxi: | 《康熙字典·攴部·七》敏：〔古文〕勄《唐韻》眉殞切《集韻》美殞切，𠀤音愍。《說文》疾也。《釋名》敏，閔也。進敘無否滯之言也，故汝潁言敏曰閔。《書·大禹謨》黎民敏德。又《說命》惟學遜志務時敏。《詩·大雅》殷士膚敏。又《類篇》足大指名。《詩·大雅》履帝武敏歆。《箋》敏，拇也。又《爾雅·釋樂》商謂之敏。《註》五音之別名。又《博雅》捷敏，亟也。《諡法解》速也。《廣韻》聰也，達也。《玉篇》敬也，莊也。又《韻補》叶母鄙切。《詩·小雅》農夫克敏。與止喜叶。《前漢·敘傳》宣之四子淮陽聰敏，舅氏籧篨，幾陷大理。勄字从𣫭作。 |
| Fanqie: | 眉殞 (《廣韻·上聲·軫·愍》) |
| Unihan definition: | fast, quick, clever, smart |
Example usage
| 《論語·學而》: | 子曰：「君子食無求飽，居無求安，敏於事而慎於言，就有道而正焉，可謂好學也已。」 |
| The Master said, "He who aims to be a man of complete virtue in his food does not seek to gratify his appetite, nor in his dwelling place does he seek the appliances of ease; he is earnest in what he is doing, and careful in his speech; he frequents the company of men of principle that he may be rectified - such a person may be said indeed to love to learn." | |
| 《孟子·梁惠王上》: | 我雖不敏，請嘗試之。 |
| Although I am deficient in intelligence and vigour, I will essay and try to carry your instructions into effect. | |
| 《禮記·學記》: | 《兌命》曰：「敬孫務時敏，厥修乃來。」 |
| As it is said in the Charge to Yueh, 'Maintain a reverent humility, and strive to be constantly earnest. In such a case the cultivation will surely come.' | |
| 《孝經·開宗明義》: | 曾子避席曰：「參不敏，何足以知之？」 |
| Zeng rose from his mat and said, "How should I, Shen, who am so devoid of intelligence, be able to know this?" | |
| 《墨子·公孟》: | 子墨子曰：「不然，夫應孰辭，稱議而為之，敏也。」 |
| Mozi replied: Not at all. You are only cleverly criticizing me according to traditional notions. | |
| 《莊子·天地》: | 齧缺之為人也，聰明叡知，給數以敏，其性過人，而又乃以人受天。 |
| The character of Nie Que is this - he is acute, perspicacious, shrewd and knowing, ready in reply, sharp in retort, and hasty; his natural (endowments) surpass those of other men, but by his human qualities he seeks to obtain the Heavenly gift. | |
| 《史記·五帝本紀》: | 生而神靈，弱而能言，幼而徇齊，長而敦敏，成而聰明。 |
| Born a genius he could speak when a baby, as a boy he was quick and smart, as a youth simple and earnest, and when grown up intelligent. | |
| 《詩經·甫田》: | 曾孫不怒、農夫克敏。 |
| The distant descendant has no displacency; The husbandmen are encouraged to diligence. | |
| 《尚書·大禹謨》: | 曰：「后克艱厥后，臣克艱厥臣，政乃乂，黎民敏德。」 |
| He said, 'If the sovereign can realize the difficulty of his sovereignship, and the minister the difficulty of his ministry, the government will be well ordered, and the black-haired people will sedulously seek to be virtuous.' | |
| 《荀子·賦》: | 弟子不敏，此之願陳，君子設辭，請測意之。 |
| 《說苑·雜言》: | 去爾惡心而忠與之，敏其行，脩其禮，千里之外親如兄弟。 |
| 《春秋繁露》: | 《詩》云：「殷士膚敏，裸將於京，侯服於周，天命靡常。」 |
| 《韓詩外傳·卷三》: | 康子避席再拜曰：「僕雖不敏，請承此語矣。」 |
| 《大戴禮記·五帝德》: | 生而神靈，弱而能言，幼而慧齊，長而敦敏，成而聰明。 |
| 《新序·雜事四》: | 哀公再拜曰：「寡人雖不敏，請事斯語矣。」 |
| 《中論·法象》: | 昔宋敏碎首於棊局，陳靈被禍於戲言，閻邴造逆於相詬，子公生弒於嘗黿，是故君子居身也謙，在敵也讓，臨下也莊，奉上也敬。 |
| 《孔子家語·賢君》: | 子曰：「其幼也，敏而好學。」 |
| 《潛夫論·讚學》: | 而況君子敦貞之質，察敏之才，攝之以良朋，教之以明師，文之以《禮》、《樂》，導之以《詩》、《書》，讚之以《周易》，明之以《春秋》，其有濟乎？ |
| 《論衡·感虛》: | 天以一人之不敏，使上帝鬼神傷民之命。 |
| 《風俗通義》: | 弘農太守河內吳匡伯康，少服職事，號為敏達。 |
| 《孔叢子·巡守》: | 陳子曰：「吾雖不敏，亦樂先王之道。」 |
| 《新語·本行》: | 故君子篤於義而薄於利，敏於事而慎於言，所□□□功德也。 |
| 《獨斷·卷下》: | 安帝張貴人曰恭敏后，葬北陵，順帝母也。 |
| 《蔡中郎集·獨斷》: | 安帝張貴人曰恭敏后，葬北陵，順帝母也。 |
| 《列子·湯問》: | 泰豆歎曰：「子何其敏也，得之捷乎？」 |
| 《鶡冠子·泰錄》: | 道包之，故能知度之，尊重焉，故能改動，之敏明焉，故能制斷之。 |
| 《文始真經·九藥》: | 關尹子曰：「勿以拙陋曰道之質，當樂敏捷。」 |
| 《韓非子·難言》: | 捷敏辯給，繁於文采，則見以為史。 |
| 《管子·小匡》: | 對曰：「人君唯優與不敏為不可，優則亡眾，不敏則不及事。」 |
| 《司馬法·定爵》: | 居國惠以信，在軍廣以武，刃上果以敏。 |
| 《淮南子·主術訓》: | 仁以為質，智以行之，兩者為本，而加之以勇力、辯慧、捷疾、劬錄、巧敏、遲利、聰明、審察，盡眾益也。 |
| 《呂氏春秋·順民》: | 無以一人之不敏，使上帝鬼神傷民之命。 |
| 《春秋左傳》: | 十一月，杞成公卒，書曰，子，杞，夷也，不書名，未同盟也，凡諸侯同盟，死則赴以名，禮也，赴以名，則亦書之，不然則否，辟不敏也。 |
| 《逸周書·太子晉解》: | 師曠罄然，又稱曰：「溫恭敦敏，方德不改，聞物□□，下學以起，尚登帝臣，乃參天子，自古誰？」 |
| 《國語·晉語七》: | 知羊舌職之聰敏肅給也，使佐之。 |
| 《晏子春秋》: | 公曰：「寡人不敏，聞善不行，其危如何？」 |
| 《戰國策·范睢至秦》: | 躬竊閔然不敏，敬執賓主之禮。 |
| 《鹽鐵論·刺議》: | 僕雖不敏，亦嘗傾耳下風，攝齊句指，受業徑於君子之塗矣 |
| 《列女傳·鄒孟軻母》: | 孟子曰：「不敏。」 |
| 《漢書·敘傳下》: | 宣之四子，淮陽聰敏，舅氏蘧蒢，幾陷大理。 |
| 《前漢紀》: | 然敏於政事。 |
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