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沴
U+6CB4
Seal script

Radical:水+ 5 strokes = 8 strokes total.
References:Guangyun: p.374#37 Kangxi: p.613#10 Cihai: p.776r1c01 GSR: 1241.s Hanyu: v3,p1589#05
Composition:Left: 氵, right: 㐱.
Mandarin:lì ㄌㄧˋ
Cantonese:leoi6
Shuowen:《水部》沴：水不利也。从水㐱声。《五行传》曰：“若其沴作。”
Guangyun:《广韵·去声·霁·丽》沴：妖气。《说文》曰：水不利也。
Kangxi:《康熙字典·水部·五》沴：《唐韵》《集韵》《韵会》郞计切《正韵》力霁切，𠀤音丽。《说文》水不利也。《前汉·五行志》惟金沴木。又气相伤谓之沴，沴犹临莅不和意也。《注》服虔曰：沴，害也。如淳曰：沴音拂戾之戾。又妖气也。《前汉·孔光传》六沴之作。《注》沴，恶气也。又水渚也。《扬雄·河东赋》秦神下讋，跖魂负沴。《注》沴，河岸之坻也。又《集韵》《韵会》《正韵》𠀤徒典切，音殄。陵乱也。《庄子·大宗师》隂阳之气有沴。又《集韵》乃结切，音涅。义同。
Fanqie:郎计 (《广韵·去声·霁·丽》)
Unihan definition:foul and poisonous in confusion; out of harmony

Example usage

《庄子·大宗师》:阴阳之气有沴，其心闲而无事，跰足而鉴于井，曰：“嗟乎！”
His breath came and went in gasps: yet he was easy in his mind, and made no trouble of his condition. He limped to a well, looked at himself in it, and said, 'Alas that the Creator should have made me the deformed object that I am!'
《申鉴·时事》:《洪范传》云：六沴作见。
《蔡中郎集》:《洪范传》曰：‘六沴作见，若时共御，帝用不羞，神则不怒。’
《尹文子·大道上》:故俗苟沴，必为治以矫之。
《汉书·扬雄传上》:秦神下讋，跖魂负沴。
《前汉纪》:惟金沴木。
《后汉书》:如是，则景云降集，眚沴息矣
《西京杂记·第五》:风发屋，雨溢河，雪至牛目，雹杀驴马，此皆阴阳相荡，而为祲沴之妖也。
《说文解字·水部》:沴：水不利也。
《抱朴子·吴失》:飞龙翔而不集，渊虬蟠而不跃，驺虞翳于冥昧，朱华牙而未秀，阴阳相沴，寒燠缪节，七政告凶，陵谷易所，殷雷车訇磕。
《水经注·渭水》:水尽赤，以火沴水也。
《三国志·先主传》:献帝春秋曰：陈登等遣使诣袁绍曰：“天降灾沴，祸臻鄙州，州将殂殒，生民无主，恐惧奸雄一旦承隙，以贻盟主日昃之忧，辄共奉故平原相刘备府君以为宗主，永使百姓知有依归。”
《艺文类聚·星》:【赞】《晋郭璞星图赞》曰：茫茫地理，粲烂天文，四灵垂象，万类群分，眇观六沴，咎徵惟君。
《通典·轻重》:在昔尧汤，水旱作沴，而人无捐瘠，以国有储蓄。
《封神演义》:沴气已随馀焰尽，和风方向太阳来。
《广韵·丽》:沴：妖气。
《太平御览·雪》:盈尺则呈瑞于丰年，袤丈则表沴于阴德。
《太平广记·李甲》:上天降鉴，亦幸无横沴尔。
《朱子语类·祭》:若此村或有水旱灾沴，则人皆归咎于中王，以不善为中王之所致。
《墨子闲诂·尚同中》:毕云：“戾，沴字之假音”，亦通。
《全唐诗》:一挥氛沴静，再举鲸鲵灭。
《康熙字典·九》:郑云：卽沴字。

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