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U+69C1

Seal script

Jiaguwen

Radical:+ 10 strokes = 14 strokes total.
References:Guangyun: p.303#46 Kangxi: p.545#17 Cihai: p.713r1c02 GSR: 1129.j Hanyu: v2,p1267#08
Composition:Left: , right: . Compositionally related: . Component of: 𡂀
Mandarin:gǎo kào gāo ㄍㄠˇ ㄎㄠˋ ㄍㄠ
Cantonese:gou2
Tang reconstruction:gɑ̌u
Guangyun:广韵·上声··》槁:古文。
Kangxi:康熙字典·木部·》槁:《正字通》同槀。
Fanqie:苦浩 (《广韵·上声··》)
Unihan definition:wither; withered, rotten, dead

Example usage

孟子·滕文公下》:夫蚓,上食壤,下饮黄泉。
Now, an earthworm eats the dry mould above, and drinks the yellow spring below.
礼记·曲礼下》:凡祭宗庙之礼:牛曰一元大武,豕曰刚鬣,豚曰腯肥,羊曰柔毛,鸡曰翰音,犬曰羹献,雉曰疏趾,兔曰明视,脯曰尹祭,鱼曰商祭,鲜鱼曰脡祭,水曰清涤,酒曰清酌,黍曰芗合,粱曰芗萁,稷曰明粢,稻曰嘉蔬,韭曰丰本,盐曰咸鹾,玉曰嘉玉,币曰量币。
According to the rules for all sacrifices in the ancestral temple, the ox is called 'the creature with the large foot;' the pig, 'the hard bristles;' a sucking-pig, 'the fatling;' a sheep, 'the soft hair;' a cock, 'the loud voice;' a dog, 'the soup offering;' a pheasant, 'the wide toes;' a hare, 'the clear seer;' the stalks of dried flesh, 'the exactly cut oblations;' dried fish, 'the well-considered oblation;' fresh fish, 'the straight oblation.' Water is called 'the pure cleanser;' spirits, 'the clear cup;' millet, 'the fragrant mass;' the large-grained millet, 'the fragrant (grain);' the sacrificial millet, 'the bright grain;' paddy, 'the admirable vegetable;' scallions, 'the rich roots;' salt, 'the saline, briny substance;' jade, 'the admirable jade;' and silks, 'the exact silks.'
墨子·明鬼下》:祩子举揖而之,殪之坛上。
Thereupon the wizard lifted his cane and struck him, prostrating him on the altar.
庄子·齐物论》:形固可使如木,而心固可使如死灰乎?
Can the body be made to become thus like a withered tree, and the mind to become like slaked lime?
道德经》:万物草木之生也柔脆,其死也枯
(So it is with) all things. Trees and plants, in their early growth, are soft and brittle; at their death, dry and withered.
商君书·弱民》:秦师至鄢郢,举若振,唐蔑死于垂沙,庄蹻发于内,楚分为五,地非不大也,兵非不众也,甲兵财用非不多也,战不胜,守不固,此无法之所生也。
Yet when the army of Qin marched on Yen and Ying, it took those cities as easily as if it had been merely the shaking of a dead tree. Tang Mie met his death at Chui-sha, Zhuang Qiao rose in the interior, and Chu was divided into five parts. This was not because its territory was not large or that the population was not numerous, or that the armour and weapons and resources were not many, but the reason, that in fighting it did not win and in defending it was unable to hold its own, was due to the fact that it did not have law.
周易·说卦》:其于木也,为科上
Referred to trees, it suggests one which is hollow and rotten above.
荀子·大略》:兰茞本,渐于蜜醴,一佩易之。
说苑·谈丛》:本伤者枝,根深者末厚。
春秋繁露》:咎及于木,则茂木枯,工匠之轮多伤败。
韩诗外传·卷一》:于是弃其蔬而立于洛水之上
大戴礼记·朝事》:师役,则令禬之。
新书·谕诚》:文王昼卧,梦人登城而呼己曰:“我东北陬之骨也,速以王礼葬我。”
新序·节士》:乃弃其蔬而立,死于洛水之上
潜夫论·梦列》:诸臭污腐烂,枯绝雾,倾倚徵邪,劓刖不安,闭塞幽昧,解落坠下向衰之象皆为,计谋不从,举事不成。
论衡·刺孟》:夫蚓、上食壤,下饮黄泉。
新语·资质》:故事闭之则绝,次之则通,抑之则沉,兴之则扬,处地楩梓,贱于枯杨,德美非不相绝也,才力非不相悬也,彼则枯而远弃,此则为宗庙之器者,通与不通。
列子·黄帝》:吾处也,若橛株驹,吾执臂若木之枝。
文子·上仁》:是以群生遂长,万物蕃殖,春伐枯,夏收百果,秋蓄蔬食,冬取薪杪,以为民资,生无乏用,死无传口。
老子河上公章句》:其死也枯
韩非子·说疑》:此十二人者,或伏死于窟穴,或死于草木,或饥饿于山谷,或沉溺于水泉。
管子·地员》:五臭畴生,莲与蘪芜,本白芷。
淮南子·道应训》:被衣行歌而去,曰:“形若骸,心如死灰。”
吕氏春秋·音律》:蕤宾之月,阳气在上,安壮养侠,本朝不静,草木早
史记·礼书》:然而秦师至鄢郢,举若振
逸周书·大聚解》:若有不言,乃政其凶,陂沟道路,丛苴邱坟,不可树谷者,树以材木,春发枯,夏发叶荣,秋发实蔬,冬发薪烝,以匡穷困。
国语·晋语二》:夫坚树在始,始不固本,终必落。
晏子春秋》:对曰:“夫君子则有以,如我者侪小人,吾将左手拥格,右手捆心,立饿枯而死,以告四方之士曰:‘于何不能葬其母者也。’”
吴越春秋》:于是袁公即拔箖箊竹,竹枝上枯,未折堕地,女即捷末
越绝书·内经九术》:三曰贵籴粟,以空其邦。
战国策》:羸滕履蹻,负书担橐,形容枯,面目犁黑,状有归色。
盐铁论·大论》:大夫曰:“呻吟简,诵死人之语,则有司不以文学。”
汉书·王莽传下》:乃身短衣小袖,乘牝马柴车,藉,瓦器,又以历遗公卿
前汉纪》:荣茂。
后汉书·党锢列传》:至王莽专伪,终于篡国,忠义之流,耻见缨绋,遂乃荣华丘壑,甘足枯
周礼·地官司徒》:人:奄八人,女每奄二人,奚五人。
楚辞·悲回风》:薠蘅而节离兮,芳以歇而不比。
焦氏易林·乾之》:饥饿枯,莫人莫怜。
释名·释丧制》:亦言也,于义为成,凡五材胶漆陶冶皮革,乾乃成也。
黄帝内经·根结》:阴气盛而阳气衰,故茎叶枯,湿雨下归,阴阳相移,何写何补。
难经·经脉诊候》:所以然者,譬如人之有尺,树之有根,枝叶虽枯,根本将自生。

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