| Chinese Text Project | |
| Simplified Chinese version |
| 溼 U+6EBC |  Seal script |  Jinwen | 濕 Alternate form Semantic variant |
| Radical: | 水+ 10 strokes = 13 strokes total. |
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| References: | Guangyun: p.532#12 Kangxi: p.641#14 Cihai: p.820r2c01 GSR: 693.a Hanyu: v3,p1697#06 |
| Composition: | Left: 氵, right: 𡌥. |
| Mandarin: | shī qì ㄕ ㄑㄧˋ |
| Cantonese: | sap1 |
| Tang reconstruction: | *ship |
| Shuowen: | 《水部》湿：幽湿也。从水；一，所以覆也，覆而有土，故湿也。㬎省声。 |
| Guangyun: | 《广韵·入声·缉·湿》湿：水沾也。失入切，三。 |
| Kangxi: | 《康熙字典·水部·十》湿：《唐韵》《集韵》《韵会》𠀤失入切，音䏉。《说文》幽湿也。从水，一所以覆也。覆土而有水，故湿也。《尔雅·释地》下者曰湿。《易·乾卦》水流湿。又吏治太急曰束湿。《前汉·酷吏传》急如束湿。《注》言其急之甚也。湿物则易束。又湿湿，水光开合之貌。《木华·海赋》瀼瀼湿湿。又《扬子·方言》湿，忧也。宋衞谓之愼，或曰𥌳。陈楚或曰湿，或曰济。自关而西，秦晋之闲，凡志而不得，欲而不获，高而有坠，得而中亡，谓之湿。或谓之惄。《注》湿者，失意潜沮之名。俗作湿。《徐铉曰》今人不知，以湿爲此字。湿乃水名，非此也。《毛氏曰》湿，本合韵，托合切，水名。后误以爲乾湿字。 考证：〔《说文》幽湿也。从水，一所以覆也。覆而有土，故湿也。〕谨照系传原文，覆而有土改覆土而有水。〔《尔雅·释地》陂下者曰湿。〕谨照原文省陂字。 |
| Fanqie: | 失入 (《广韵·入声·缉·湿》) |
| Unihan definition: | damp, moist; dampness, moisture |
Example usage
| 《孟子·公孙丑上》: | 今恶辱而居不仁，是犹恶湿而居下也。 |
| For the princes of the present day to hate disgrace and yet to live complacently doing what is not benevolent, is like hating moisture and yet living in a low situation. | |
| 《墨子·节用中》: | 圣王虑之，以为堀穴曰：‘冬可以辟风寒’，逮夏，下润湿，上熏烝，恐伤民之气，于是作为宫室而利。 |
| The sage-kings felt quite concerned, thinking that the caves might keep off the wind and cold in winter, but that in summer it would be wet below and steaming above which might hurt the health of the people. So palaces and houses were built and found useful. | |
| 《庄子·齐物论》: | 且吾尝试问乎女：民湿寝则腰疾偏死，鰌然乎哉？ |
| And let me ask you some questions: 'If a man sleep in a damp place, he will have a pain in his loins, and half his body will be as if it were dead; but will it be so with an eel?' | |
| 《商君书·画策》: | 圣人见本然之政，知必然之理，故其制民也，如以高下制水，如以燥湿制火。 |
| A sage views the fundamental elements of government, and knows the principle which must be followed; therefore, his way of directing the people is like directing water from a high to a low place, or like directing fire towards dry things and away from wet ones. | |
| 《史记·夏本纪》: | 令益予众庶稻，可种卑湿。 |
| Told Yi and his band that paddy should be planted in low damp places. | |
| 《荀子·富国》: | 为之宫室、台榭，使足以避燥湿、养德、辨轻重而已，不求其外。 |
| 《蔡中郎集》: | 不为燥湿轻重，不为穷达易节。 |
| 《韩非子·扬权》: | 故曰道不同于万物，德不同于阴阳，衡不同于轻重，绳不同于出入，和不同于燥湿，君不同于群臣。 |
| 《管子·七臣七主》: | 夫凶岁雷旱，非无雨露也，其燥湿非其时也。 |
| 《吕氏春秋·爱类》: | 民寒则欲火，暑则欲冰，燥则欲湿，湿则欲燥。 |
| 《逸周书·文传解》: | 土可犯，材可蓄，润湿不谷，树之竹苇莞蒲，砾石不可谷，树之葛木，以为絺綌，以为材用。 |
| 《晏子春秋》: | 其不为窟穴者，以避湿也。 |
| 《汉书·西域传上》: | 国临西海，暑湿，田稻。 |
| 《前汉纪》: | 湿肉为脍。 |
| 《东观汉记·李忠》: | 病湿痹，免。 |
| 《后汉书·西域传》: | 张骞但著地多暑湿，乘象而战，班勇虽列其奉浮图，不杀伐，而精文善法导达之功靡所传述。 |
| 《说文解字·草部》: | 䕬：御湿之菜也。 |
| 《尔雅·释地》: | 下湿曰隰，大野曰平，广平曰原，高平曰陆，大陆曰阜，大阜曰陵，大陵曰阿，可食者曰原。 |
| 《释名·释地》: | 蛰，湿意也。 |
| 《方言·第一》: | 慎、济、䁮、惄、湿，桓，忧也。 |
| 《黄帝内经·刺法论》: | 丑未之岁，天数有馀，故太阴不退位也，湿行于上，雨化布天，当刺足太阴之所入。 |
| 《颜氏家训·风操》: | 灵床上屏风，平生旧物，屋漏沾湿，出曝晒之，女子一见，伏床流涕。 |
| 《水经注·渠》: | 秦灭魏以为县，汉文帝封孝王于梁，孝王以土地下湿，东都睢阳，又改曰梁，自是置县。 |
| 《三国志·齐王纪》: | 宣王以南方暑湿，不宜持乆，使轻骑挑之，然不敢动。 |
| 《高士传·王倪》: | 且吾尝试问乎汝：民湿寝则腰疾偏死，鰌然乎哉？ |
| 《通典·漕运》: | 其江淮义仓，多为下湿，不堪久贮，若无船运，三两年色变，即给贷费散，公私无益。 |
| 《四书章句集注》: | 今恶辱而居不仁，是犹恶湿而居下也。 |
| 《三国演义》: | 若粪久在蜜中，则内外皆湿。 |
| 《广韵·湿》: | 湿：水沾也。 |
| 《墨子闲诂·经说上》: | 卢云：“《方言》‘自关而西，秦晋之间，凡志而不得，欲而不获，高而有坠，得而中亡，谓之湿’，杨倞注荀子引作‘湿’。” |
| 《康熙字典·五》: | 《杜甫·寓同谷歌》四山多风溪水急，寒雨飒飒枯树湿。 |
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