| Chinese Text Project |
| 更 U+66F4 |  Seal script |  Jinwen |  Jiaguwen | 㪅 Semantic variant | 更 Alternate form |
| Radical: | 曰+ 3 strokes = 7 strokes total. |
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| References: | Guangyun: p.184#1 p.429#12 Kangxi: p.502#06 Cihai: p.649r5c02 GSR: 745.a Hanyu: v1,p0020#02 |
| Composition: | Component of: 𫨨 便 便 𠡣 𢙾 绠 𫵼 郠 哽 𭙜 埂 峺 挭 㛐 浭 㹴 𣆳 𥙴 𦛟 梗 [More] |
| Mandarin: | gèng gēng ㄍㄥˋ ㄍㄥ |
| Cantonese: | ang1 gaang1 gang1 gang3 |
| Tang reconstruction: | *gæng gæ̀ng |
| Shuowen: | 《攴部》更：改也。从攴丙聲。 |
| Guangyun: | 《廣韻·下平聲·庚·庚》更：代也，償也，改也。又古孟切。 《廣韻·去聲·映·更》更：易也，改也。《說文》作㪅。古孟切，又古衡切，一。 |
| Kangxi: | 《康熙字典·曰部·三》更：《玉篇》㪅今作更。《集韻》隷作更。○按更字，諸韻書𠀤作㪅字重文。《正字通》云俗字，非。 |
| Fanqie: | 古行 (《廣韻·下平聲·庚·庚》) 古孟 (《廣韻·下平聲·庚·庚》) 古孟 (《廣韻·去聲·映·更》) 古衡 (《廣韻·去聲·映·更》) |
| Unihan definition: | more, still further, much more |
Example usage
| 《論語·子張》: | 更也，人皆仰之。 |
| He changes again, and all men look up to him. | |
| 《孟子·盡心上》: | 公都子曰：「滕更之在門也，若在所禮。」 |
| The disciple Gong Du said, 'When Geng of Tang made his appearance in your school, it seemed proper that a polite consideration should be paid to him.' | |
| 《禮記·三年問》: | 曰：天地則已易矣，四時則已變矣，其在天地之中者，莫不更始焉，以是象之也。 |
| The answer is - The interaction of heaven and earth has run its round; and the four seasons have gone through their changes. All things between heaven and earth begin their processes anew. The rules of mourning are intended to resemble this. | |
| 《墨子·辭過》: | 凡回於天地之間，包於四海之內，天壤之情，陰陽之和，莫不有也，雖至聖不能更也。 |
| Every creature living between Heaven and earth and within the four seas partakes of the nature of Heaven and earth and the harmony of the Yin and the Yang. Even the greatest sages cannot alter this. | |
| 《莊子·養生主》: | 良庖歲更刀，割也。 |
| A good cook changes his knife every year; (it may have been injured) in cutting | |
| 《商君書·更法》: | 今吾欲變法以治，更禮以教百姓，恐天下之議我也。 |
| I intend, now, to alter the laws, so as to obtain orderly government, and to reform the rites, so as to teach the people; but I am afraid the empire will criticize me. | |
| 《孫子兵法·作戰》: | 故車戰，得車十乘以上，賞其先得者，而更其旌旗，車雜而乘之，卒善而養之，是謂勝敵而益強。 |
| Therefore in chariot fighting, when ten or more chariots have been taken, those should be rewarded who took the first. Our own flags should be substituted for those of the enemy, and the chariots mingled and used in conjunction with ours. The captured soldiers should be kindly treated and kept. This is called, using the conquered foe to augment one's own strength. | |
| 《史記·五帝本紀》: | 舜父瞽叟盲，而舜母死，瞽叟更娶妻而生象，象傲。 |
| Shun's father, Gusou, was blind, and his mother having died, Gusou married again and had a son, Xiang, who was arrogant. | |
| 《荀子·大略》: | 三王既以定法度，制禮樂而傳之，有不用而改自作，何以異於變易牙之和，更師曠之律？ |
| 《說苑·脩文》: | 乃飭射更席以為上客，終日問禮 |
| 《春秋繁露·王道》: | 臣弒其君，子弒其父，孽殺其宗，不能統理，更相伐銼以廣地。 |
| 《韓詩外傳·卷三》: | 乃脩武勒兵於甯，更名邢丘曰懷，甯曰脩武，行克紂于牧之野 |
| 《大戴禮記·四代》: | 見才色脩聲不視聞，怪物恪命不改志，舌不更氣。 |
| 《白虎通德論·禮樂》: | 以為且用先王之禮樂，天下太平，乃更制作焉。 |
| 《新書·六術》: | 各以其次，上下更居，三廟以別，親疏有制。 |
| 《新序·善謀》: | 卒起兵伐蜀，十月取之，遂定蜀，蜀王更號為諸侯，而使陳叔相蜀，蜀既屬秦，秦日益強富厚而制諸侯，司馬錯之謀也 |
| 《中論·貴驗》: | 誠發乎中心，形乎容貌，其愛之也深，其更之也速。 |
| 《孔子家語·儒行解》: | 見利不虧其義，見死不更其守。 |
| 《潛夫論·賢難》: | 雖自有知也，猶不能取，必更待群司之所舉，則亦懼失麟鹿而獲艾猳。 |
| 《論衡·命義》: | 譬猶水火相更也，水盛勝火，火盛勝水。 |
| 《太玄經·差》: | 測曰，「過其枯城」、改過更生也。 |
| 《風俗通義·三王》: | 雖復更制，不知名著，故因名焉。 |
| 《孔叢子·廣詁》: | 爰、換、變、貿、交、更，易也。 |
| 《獨斷·卷上》: | 兄事五更者，訓于五品也。 |
| 《蔡中郎集·獨斷》: | 後嗣遵承，遂常奉祀光武舉天下以再受命復漢祚，更起廟稱世祖。 |
| 《列子·黃帝》: | 出行經坰外，宿於田更商丘開之舍。 |
| 《鶡冠子·著希》: | 道與德館，而無以命也，義不當格，而無以更也。 |
| 《文子·微明》: | 故隨時而不成，無更其刑，順時而不成，無更其理，時將復起，是謂道紀。 |
| 《列仙傳·偓佺》: | 偓佺者，槐山採藥父也，好食松實，形體生毛，長數寸，兩目更方，能飛行逐走馬。 |
| 《老子河上公章句》: | 各復歸其根，言萬物無不枯落，各復反其根而更生也。 |
| 《韓非子·主道》: | 知其言以往，勿變勿更，以參合閱焉。 |
| 《管子·揆度》: | 管子對曰：「若四時之更舉，無所終。」 |
| 《六韜·林戰》: | 更戰更息，各按其部，是謂林戰之紀。 |
| 《尉繚子·戰威》: | 故令之之法，小過無更，小疑無申。 |
| 《海島算經》: | 更從句端望谷底，入上股八尺五寸。 |
| 《九章算術·衰分》: | 不更出一十錢、一百三十七分錢之一百三十。 |
| 《孫子算經·卷上》: | 又更退下位一等，即上位更置九，即以上九呼下九，九九八十一，即除中位八十一。 |
| 《周髀算經·卷上》: | 衡復更終冬至。 |
| 《淮南子·覽冥訓》: | 《周書》曰：「掩雉不得，更順其風。」 |
| 《呂氏春秋·直諫》: | 王曰：「不穀免衣繈褓而齒於諸侯，願請變更而無笞。」 |
| 《鬼谷子·揣篇》: | 感動而不知其變者，乃且錯其人勿與語，而更問其所親，知其所安。 |
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