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| 曾 U+66FE |  Seal script |  Jinwen |  Jiaguwen | 曽 Alternate form |
| Radical: | 曰+ 8 strokes = 12 strokes total. |
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| References: | Guangyun: p.201#21 p.201#35 Kangxi: p.503#03 Cihai: p.653r1c01 GSR: 884.a Hanyu: v2,p1521#03 |
| Composition: | Component of: 𠟂 𬤤 僧 𭂡 僧 噌 𫘯 𭨟 增 嶒 鄫 憎 𡡑 潧 𡪠 𡼳 层 𢅋 𢎒 層 [More] |
| Mandarin: | céng zēng ㄘㄥˊ ㄗㄥ |
| Cantonese: | cang4 zang1 |
| Tang reconstruction: | *dzhəng *tzəng |
| Shuowen: | 《八部》曾：词之舒也。从八从曰，𡆧声。 |
| Guangyun: | 《广韵·下平声·登·增》曾：则也，亦姓曾参之后汉有尚书曾伟古作曾。又音层。 《广韵·下平声·登·层》曾：经也。又作滕切。 |
| Kangxi: | 《康熙字典·曰部·八》曾：《唐韵》昨棱切《集韵》《韵会》徂棱切，𠀤音层。《说文》词之舒也。从八从曰𡆧声。《九经字样》曾从𡆧。𡆧，古文窻字。下从曰，上从八，象气之分散也。经典相承，隷省作曾。《诗·大雅》曾莫惠我师。《论语》曾是以爲孝乎。《孟子》尔何曾比予于是。又《广韵》经也。《增韵》尝也。《韵会》乃也，则也。又与层通。《后汉·张衡传》登阆风之曾城兮。《文选》作层城。又《广韵》作滕切《集韵》《韵会》咨腾切，𠀤音增。《书·武成》惟有道曾孙周王发。《尔雅·释亲》王父之考爲曾祖，孙之子爲曾孙。《注》曾，犹重也。又《左传·襄十八年》曾臣彪将率诸侯以讨焉。《注》曾臣，犹末臣。《疏》曾祖曾孙者，曾爲重义。诸侯之于天子，无所可重。曾臣犹末臣，谦𤰞之意耳。又《楚辞·九歌》翾飞兮翠曾。《注》曾，举也。又与橧同。《礼·礼运》夏则居橧巢。《释文》橧，本又作曾。又与增同。《孟子》曾益其所不能。《孙奭·音义》曾当读作增。又姓。《姓氏急就篇》曾氏出于鄫，姒姓，莒灭鄫，子孙在鲁者别爲曾氏。《孙奕·示儿编》曾字除人姓及曾孙外，今学者皆作层字音读。然经史𠀤无音，止当音增。《韵会》今详曾字有音者，合从本音。馀无音者从层音，亦通。 |
| Fanqie: | 作滕 (《广韵·下平声·登·增》) 昨棱 (《广韵·下平声·登·层》) 作滕 (《广韵·下平声·登·层》) |
| Unihan definition: | already; sign of past |
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| 《论语·学而》: | 曾子曰：“吾日三省吾身：为人谋而不忠乎？” |
| The philosopher Zeng said, "I daily examine myself on three points: whether, in transacting business for others, I may have been not faithful." | |
| 《孟子·告子下》: | 故天将降大任于是人也，必先苦其心志，劳其筋骨，饿其体肤，空乏其身，行拂乱其所为，所以动心忍性，曾益其所不能。 |
| Thus, when Heaven is about to confer a great office on any man, it first exercises his mind with suffering, and his sinews and bones with toil. It exposes his body to hunger, and subjects him to extreme poverty. It confounds his undertakings. By all these methods it stimulates his mind, hardens his nature, and supplies his incompetencies. | |
| 《礼记·曲礼下》: | 临祭祀，内事曰孝子某侯某，外事曰曾孙某侯某。 |
| If he be taking part at a sacrifice in his ancestral temple, 'the filial son, the prince of such-and-such a state, the prince so-and-so.' If it be another sacrifice elsewhere, the style is, 'so-and-so, prince of such-and-such a state, the distant descendant.' | |
| 《孝经·谏诤》: | 曾子曰：“若夫慈爱、恭敬、安亲、扬名，则闻命矣。” |
| The disciple Zeng said, "I have heard your instructions on the affection of love, on respect and reverence, on giving repose to (the minds of) our parents, and on making our names famous." | |
| 《扬子法言》: | 何不能居世也，曾范、蔡之不若！ |
| Why could he not occupy an official position in his time? Even Fan Ju and Cai Ze were not like that! | |
| 《墨子·亲士》: | 非贤无急，非士无与虑国，缓贤忘士而能以其国存者，未曾有也。 |
| Enthusiasm is to be shown only to the virtuous, and plans for the country are only to be shared with the learned. Few are those, who, neglecting the virtuous and slighting the learned, could still maintain the existence of their countries. | |
| 《庄子·应帝王》: | 且鸟高飞以避矰弋之害，鼷鼠深穴乎神丘之下，以避熏凿之患，而曾二虫之无知！ |
| Think of the bird which flies high, to avoid being hurt by the dart on the string of the archer, and the little mouse which makes its hole deep under Shen-qiu to avoid the danger of being smoked or dug out; are (rulers) less knowing than these two little creatures? | |
| 《史记·五帝本纪》: | 帝喾高辛者，黄帝之曾孙也。 |
| Emperor Ku, or Gaoxin was Huangdi's great grandson. | |
| 《诗经·河广》: | 谁谓河广、曾不容刀。 |
| Who says that the He is wide? It will not admit a little boat. | |
| 《荀子·大略》: | 曾子食鱼，有馀，曰：“泔之。” |
| 《说苑·修文》: | 公孟不知以告曾子，曾子愀然逡巡曰：“大哉言乎！” |
| 《春秋繁露·竹林》: | 曾子曰：“辱若可避，避之而已。” |
| 《韩诗外传·卷一》: | 曾子仕于莒，得粟三秉，方是之时，曾子重其禄而轻其身。 |
| 《大戴礼记·主言》: | 孔子闲居，曾子侍。 |
| 《白虎通德论·谥》: | 故《曾子问》：“孔子曰：天子崩，臣下之南郊，告谥之。” |
| 《新书·六术》: | 六亲始曰父，父有二子，二子为昆弟，昆弟又有子，子从父而昆弟，故为从父昆弟，从父昆弟又有子，子从祖而昆弟，故为从祖昆弟，从祖昆弟又有子，子从曾祖而昆弟，故为从曾祖昆弟，曾祖昆弟又有子，子为族兄弟。 |
| 《新序·善谋》: | 《诗》云：“曾是莫听，大命以倾。” |
| 《中论·修本》: | 曾子曰：“士任重而道远，仁以为己任，不亦重乎？” |
| 《孔子家语·王言解》: | 孔子闲居，曾参侍。 |
| 《潜夫论·贤难》: | 夫二子之于君也，可谓见知深而宠爱殊矣，然京房冤死而上曾不知，晁错既斩而帝乃悔。 |
| 《论衡·累害》: | 已用也，蒙三害，虽孔丘、墨翟不能自免，颜回、曾参不能全身也。 |
| 《太玄经·太玄数》: | 神灵之神灵之曜曾越卓。 |
| 《风俗通义》: | 贺早失母，不复继室，云：“曾子失妻而不娶，曰：‘吾不及用吉甫，子不如伯奇。’” |
| 《孔丛子·记义》: | 闵子自外闻之，以告曾子曰：“向也夫子之音清澈以和，沦入至道。” |
| 《新语·道基》: | 故虐行则怨积，德布则功兴，百姓以德附，骨肉以仁亲，夫妇以义合，朋友以义信，君臣以义序，百官以义承，曾、闵以仁成大孝，伯姬以义建至贞，守国者以仁坚固，佐君者以义不倾，君以仁治，臣以义平，乡党以仁恂恂，朝廷以义便便，美女以贞显其行，烈士以义彰其名，阳气以仁生，阴节以义降，《鹿鸣》以仁求其群，《关雎》以义鸣其雄，《春秋》以仁义贬绝，《诗》以仁义存亡，《乾》、《坤》以仁和合，《八卦》以义相承，《书》以仁叙九族，君臣以义制忠，《礼》以仁尽节，乐以礼升降。 |
| 《独断·卷下》: | 世祖父南顿君曰皇考，祖钜鹿都尉曰皇祖，曾祖郁林太守曰皇曾祖。 |
| 《蔡中郎集·独断》: | 世祖父南顿君曰皇考，祖钜鹿都尉曰皇祖，曾祖郁林太守曰皇曾祖。 |
| 《列子·天瑞》: | 逆之壠端，面之而叹曰：“先生曾不悔乎，而行歌拾穗？” |
| 《鶡冠子·天则》: | 符节亡此，曷曾可合也，为而无害，成而不败，一人唱而万人和，如体之从心，此政之期也。 |
| 《列仙传·昌容》: | 殷女忘荣，曾无遗恋。 |
| 《韩非子·初见秦》: | 夫以大王之明，秦兵之强，弃霸王之业，地曾不可得，乃取欺于亡国，是谋臣之拙也。 |
| 《管子·轻重戊》: | 有虞之王，烧曾薮，斩群害，以为民利，封土为社，置木为闾，民始知礼也。 |
| 《淮南子·齐俗训》: | 故孔丘、曾参无所施其善。 |
| 《吕氏春秋·必己》: | 亲莫不欲其子之孝，而孝未必爱，故孝己疑，曾子悲。 |
| 《春秋左传》: | 秋，齐侯伐我北鄙，中行献子将伐齐，梦与厉公讼，弗胜，公以戈击之，首队于前，跪而戴之，奉之以走，见梗阳之巫皋，他日见诸道，与之言同，巫曰，今兹主必死，若有事于东方，则可以逞，献子许诺，晋侯伐齐，将济河，献子以朱丝系玉二榖而祷曰，齐环怙恃其险，负其众庶，弃好背盟，陵虐神主，曾臣彪将率诸侯以讨焉，其官臣偃实先后之，苟捷有功，无作神羞，官臣偃无敢复济，唯尔有神裁之，沈玉而济。 |
| 《逸周书·朱右曾序》: | 朱右曾曰：周书偁逸昉说文系之汲冢自随书经籍志随志之失先儒辨之不逸而逸无以别于逸尚书故宜复汉志之旧题也其书存者五十九篇并序为六十篇较汉志篇数亡其十有一焉注之者晋五经博士孔晁每篇题云某某解弟几此晁所目也。 |
| 《国语·吴语》: | 吴王曰：“大夫奚隆于越，越曾足以为大虞乎？” |
| 《晏子春秋》: | 犒鲁国化而为一心，曾无与二，其何暇有三？ |
| 《吴越春秋》: | 吴王曰：“寡人有疾三月，曾不闻相国一言，是相国之不慈也。” |
| 《越绝书·外传计倪》: | 桓称仲父，文称太公，计此二人，曾无跬步之劳、大呼之功，乃忘弓矢之怨，授以上卿。 |
| 《战国策》: | 昔者曾子处费，费人有与曾子同名族者而杀人，人告曾子母曰：“曾参杀人。” |
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