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| Simplified Chinese version |
| 昔 U+6614 |  Seal script |  Jinwen |  Jiaguwen |  Jianbo |
| Radical: | 日+ 4 strokes = 8 strokes total. |
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| References: | Guangyun: p.516#14 Kangxi: p.492#05 Cihai: p.634r5c01 GSR: 798.a Hanyu: v2,p1488#11 |
| Composition: | Top: 龷, bottom: 日. Component of: 𬣾 𨛳 厝 𠝖 借 剒 徣 惜 措 猎 庴 𢃟 𪣤 㛭 㝜 㟙 唶 㳻 𦝙 斮 [More] |
| Mandarin: | xī cuò xí ㄒㄧ ㄘㄨㄛˋ ㄒㄧˊ |
| Cantonese: | sik1 |
| Tang reconstruction: | *siɛk |
| Shuowen: | 《日部》昔：乾肉也。从残肉，日以晞之。与俎同意。 |
| Guangyun: | 《广韵·入声·昔·昔》昔：往也，始也，爲一昔之期明日也。《说文》作㫺乾肉也，又姓汉有乌伤令昔登。思积切，十四。 |
| Kangxi: | 《康熙字典·日部·四》昔：《唐韵》《集韵》《韵会》《正韵》𠀤思积切，音惜。《说文》作㫺。乾肉也。从残肉，日以晞之。与俎同意。《类篇》隷作昔。《五经文字》后人以爲古昔字。《易·说卦》昔者，圣人之作《易》也。《疏》据今而称上世，谓之昔者也。《诗·商颂》自古在昔，先民有作。《礼·曲礼》必则古昔称先王。又《诗·陈风》谁昔然矣。《传》昔，久也。《疏》昔是久远之事。又《礼·檀弓》予畴昔之夜。《注》犹前也。又《博雅》昔，夜也。《左传·哀四年》爲一昔之期。《庄子·天运篇》则通昔不寐矣。又姓。《广韵》汉有乌伤令昔登。又《集韵》仓各切，音错。觕也。《周礼·冬官考工记·弓人》老牛之角紾而昔。《注》昔读爲交错之错，谓牛角觕理错也。又《韵补》叶息约切。《左思·咏史诗》当其未遇时，忧在塡沟壑。英雄有迍邅，由来自古昔。 考证：〔《左思·咏史诗》当其未遇时，忧其塡沟壑。〕谨照原诗忧其改忧在。（㫺）《说文》昔本字。籀文加肉作腊。《字汇》以爲古文昔字，非。 |
| Fanqie: | 思积 (《广韵·入声·昔·昔》) |
| Unihan definition: | formerly; ancient; in beginning |
Example usage
| 《论语·泰伯》: | 有若无，实若虚，犯而不校，昔者吾友尝从事于斯矣。 |
| Having, as though he had not; full, and yet counting himself as empty; offended against, and yet entering into no altercation; formerly I had a friend who pursued this style of conduct. | |
| 《孟子·告子下》: | 曰：“昔者王豹处于淇，而河西善讴。” |
| Kun urged again, 'Formerly, when Wang Bao dwelt on the Qi, the people on the west of the Yellow River all became skilful at singing in his abrupt manner.' | |
| 《礼记·缁衣》: | 《君奭》曰：‘昔在上帝，周田观文王之德，其集大命于厥躬。’ |
| It is said to the Prince Shi (Shu, V, xvi, 11), "Aforetime, when God beheld the virtue of king Wen in the fields of Zhou, he made the great decree light on his person." | |
| 《孝经·感应》: | 子曰：“昔者明王事父孝，故事天明。” |
| The Master said, "Anciently, the intelligent kings served their fathers with filial piety, and therefore they served Heaven with intelligence." | |
| 《扬子法言·序》: | 芒芒天道，昔在圣考，过则失中，不及则不至，不可奸罔，撰《问道》。 |
| Vast! Vast is Tian's Dao! In the past the sages completed it. If one goes too far, he loses the mean. If one doesn't go all the way, he doesn't reach the Dao. It cannot be defiled or maligned. Thus, I have written "Asking About the Dao." | |
| 《庄子·齐物论》: | 今之隐几者，非昔之隐几者也。 |
| His appearance as he leans forward on the stool to-day is such as I never saw him have before in the same position. | |
| 《道德经》: | 昔之得一者：天得一以清。 |
| The things which from of old have got the One (the Dao) are Heaven which by it is bright and pure. | |
| 《商君书·赏刑》: | 昔汤封于赞茅，文王封于岐周，方百里。 |
| In days of old, Tang was invested with Zan-mao, Wen-wang was invested with Qi-Zhou, a district of a hundred square li. | |
| 《孙子兵法·军形》: | 孙子曰：昔之善战者，先为不可胜，以待敌之可胜，不可胜在己，可胜在敌。 |
| Sunzi said: The good fighters of old first put themselves beyond the possibility of defeat, and then waited for an opportunity of defeating the enemy. To secure ourselves against defeat lies in our own hands, but the opportunity of defeating the enemy is provided by the enemy himself. | |
| 《史记·五帝本纪》: | 昔高阳氏有才子八人，世得其利，谓之“八恺”。 |
| In former days the Emperor Gaoyang had eight talented sons; the world benefited by them, and they were called the eight benevolent ones. | |
| 《荀子·解蔽》: | 昔者舜之治天下也，不以事诏而万物成。 |
| 《说苑·君道》: | 伊尹对曰：“昔者尧见人而知，舜任人然后知，禹以成功举之。” |
| 《春秋繁露·仁义法》: | 昔者晋灵公杀膳宰以淑饮食，弹大夫以娱其意，非不厚自爱也，然而不得为淑人者，不爱人也。 |
| 《韩诗外传·卷一》: | 对曰：“昔、是子也，吾使之事仲尼，仲尼去鲁，送之，不出鲁郊，赠之，不与家珍。” |
| 《大戴礼记·主言》: | 是故昔者明主内修七教，外行三至。 |
| 《白虎通德论·号》: | 昔三王之道衰，而五霸存其政，率诸侯朝天子，正天下之化，兴复中国，攘除夷狄，故谓之霸也。 |
| 《新书·修政语下》: | 曰：“昔者先王与帝修道而道修，寡人之望也，亦愿以教。” |
| 《新序·善谋下》: | 曰：“昔汤伐桀，而封其后于杞者，斯能制桀之死命也。” |
| 《中论·治学》: | 昔之君子成德立行，身没而名不朽，其故何哉？ |
| 《孔子家语·王言解》: | 是故，昔者明王内修七教，外行三至。 |
| 《潜夫论·赞学》: | 昔倕之巧，目茂圆方，心定平直，又造规绳矩墨以诲后人。 |
| 《论衡·逢遇》: | 昔周人有仕数不遇，年老白首，泣涕于涂者。 |
| 《太玄经·太玄棿》: | 是以昔者群圣人之作事也，上拟诸天，下拟诸地，中拟诸人。 |
| 《风俗通义》: | 昔仲尼没而微言阙，七十子丧而大义乖。 |
| 《孔丛子·嘉言》: | 既而见夫子，问曰：“昔周作灵台，亦戮人乎？” |
| 《申鉴·时事》: | 仲尼邈而靡质，昔先师没而无间，将谁使折之者。 |
| 《忠经·天地神明章》: | 昔在至理，上下一德，以徵天休，忠之道也。 |
| 《新语·无为》: | 昔虞舜治天下，弹五弦之琴，歌《南风》之诗，寂若无治国之意，漠若无忧民之心，然天下治。 |
| 《蔡中郎集·青衣赋》: | 感昔郑季，平阳是私。 |
| 《墨子·大取》: | 昔者之虑也，非今日之虑也。 |
| 《列子·天瑞》: | 子列子曰：“昔者圣人因阴阳以统天地。” |
| 《鶡冠子·天则》: | 昔者有道之取政，非于耳目也。 |
| 《文子·精诚》: | 老子曰：昔黄帝之治天下，理日月之行，治阴阳之气，节四时之度，正律历之数，别男女，明上下，使强不掩弱，众不暴寡，民保命而不夭，岁时熟而不凶，百官正而无私，上下调而无尤，法令明而不暗，辅佐公而不阿，田者让畔，道不拾遗，市不预贾，故于此时，日月星辰不失其行，风雨时节，五谷丰昌，凤皇翔于庭，麒麟游于郊。 |
| 《文始真经·五鉴》: | 譬犹昔游再到，记忆宛然。 |
| 《列仙传·容成公》: | 得一在昔，含光独游。 |
| 《鬻子》: | 政曰：昔者文王问于鬻子，敢问人有大忘乎？ |
| 《老子河上公章句》: | 昔之得一者：昔，往也。 |
| 《韩非子·初见秦》: | 昔者纣为天子，将率天下甲兵百万，左饮于淇溪，右饮于洹溪，淇水竭而洹水不流，以与周武王为难。 |
| 《申不害·大体》: | 昔者尧之治天下也以名。 |
| 《慎子·逸文》: | 昔者，天子手能衣而宰夫设服，足能行而相者导进，口能言而行人称辞，故无失言失礼也。 |
| 《谏逐客书》: | 昔缪公求士，西取由余于戎，东得百里奚于宛，迎蹇叔于宋，来丕豹、公孙支于晋。 |
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