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U+77ED

Seal script

Radical:+ 7 strokes = 12 strokes total.
References:Guangyun: p.285#19 Kangxi: p.824#33 Cihai: p.956r4c04 GSR: 169.a Hanyu: v4,p2584#03
Composition:Left: , right: . Component of: 𢵦 𬑵 𥐆 𬑶 𥐇 𥐋 𥐉 𫏰 𥐍 𥐏 𧸒 𪿏 𬑸 𥐒 𥐐 𥐔
Mandarin:duǎn ㄉㄨㄢˇ
Cantonese:dyun2
Tang reconstruction:*duɑ̌n
Shuowen:矢部》短:有所长短,以矢为正。从矢豆声。
Guangyun:广韵·上声··》短:促也,不长也。都管切,四。
Kangxi:康熙字典·矢部·》短:《唐韵》《正韵》都管切《集韵》《韵会》覩缓切,𠀤端上声。《说文》有所长短,以矢爲正。《徐曰》若以弓爲度也。《广韵》促也,不长也。《·尧典》日短星昴,以正仲冬。《礼·月令》度有长短。又长短术。《史记·六国年表》谋诈用,而纵横长短之说起。《注》长短术兴于六国时,行长入短,其语隐谬,用相激怒。又短功。《唐书·百官志》凡工匠,十月至正月爲短功。又短人。《史记·孔子世家》僬侥三尺,短之至也。《荀子·非相篇》帝尧长,帝舜短。文王长,周公短。仲尼长,子弓短。《张华·博物志》伊尹黑而短。又凡指人过失曰短。《史记·屈原传》上官大夫短屈原于顷襄王。《前汉·萧望之传》郑朋数称述望之,短车骑将军。《师古注》短谓毁其短恶也。又叶多卷切,音近亶。《陆机·思亲赋》天步悠长,人道短矣。异途同归,无早晚矣。又叶都眷切,音近玷。《苏辙·夷中诗》江流日益深,民语渐已变。峰峦古崖石,草木条干短。《集韵》或作𢭃。
Fanqie:都管 (《广韵·上声··》)
Unihan definition:short; brief; deficient, lacking

Example usage

论语·雍也》:不幸命死矣!
Unfortunately, his appointed time was short and he died.
孟子·尽心上》:齐宣王欲丧。
The king Xuan of Qi wanted to shorten the period of mourning.
礼记·深衣》:毋见肤,长毋被土。
It was not made so short as to show any of the skin, nor so long as to touch the ground.
庄子·骈拇》:长者不为有馀,者不为不足。
What is long should not be considered too long, nor what is short too short.
道德经》:故有无相生,难易相成,长相较,高下相倾,音声相和,前后相随。
So it is that existence and non-existence give birth the one to (the idea of) the other; that difficulty and ease produce the one (the idea of) the other; that length and shortness fashion out the one the figure of the other; that (the ideas of) height and lowness arise from the contrast of the one with the other; that the musical notes and tones become harmonious through the relation of one with another; and that being before and behind give the idea of one following another.
商君书·壹言》:夫开而不塞则长,长而不攻则有奸。
If one only opens the way without barring the gate, the short will grow long; when it has grown, and one does not attack, there will be villainy.
孙子兵法·兵势》:是故善战者,其势险,其节,势如张弩,节如机发。
Therefore the good fighter will be terrible in his onset, and prompt in his decision.
史记·五帝本纪》:,星昴,以正中冬。
And the day being at its shortest, and the culminating star Mao (ε in Pleiades) to determine midwinter.
荀子·大略》:劫迫于暴国而无所辟之,则崇其善,扬其美,言其所长,而不称其所也。
说苑·修文》:大圣至治之世,天地之气,合以生风,日至则日行其风以生十二律,故仲冬至则生黄钟,季冬生大吕,孟春生太簇,仲春生夹钟,季春生姑洗,孟夏生仲吕,仲夏生蕤宾,季夏生林钟,孟秋生夷则,仲秋生南吕,季秋生无射,孟冬生应钟。
春秋繁露·离合根》:为人臣常竭情悉力而见其长,使主上得而器使之,而犹地之竭竟其情也,故其形宜可得而财也。
韩诗外传·卷三》:传曰:太平之时,无喑、𤼃、跛、眇、尪蹇、侏儒、折,父不哭子,兄不哭弟,道无襁负之遗育,然各以序终者,贤医之用也。
大戴礼记》:而木不寡长,人得其量,故治而不乱。
白虎通德论·礼乐》:一说曰:名其而为之制名也。
新序·杂事五》:夫尺有所,寸有所长,骅骝绿骥,天下之俊马也,使之与狸鼬试于釜灶之间,其疾未必能过狸鼬也。
中论·智行》:末业之士,苟失一行,而智略褊,亦可惧矣!
孔子家语·致思》:吾闻与人交,推其长者,违其者,故能久也。
潜夫论·贤难》:称人之长,欲彰其孝,且犹为罪,又况明人之矫世者哉?
论衡·命义》:禀性软弱者,气少泊而性羸窳,羸窳则寿命则蚤死。
太玄经·𤕠》:测曰,“卉炎”“丘陵”、临长也。
风俗通义》:俗说:岱宗上有金箧玉策,能知人年寿修
孔丛子·居卫》:取其所长,弃其所,故杞梓连抱而有数尺之朽,良工不弃,何也?
申鉴·俗嫌》:终始,运也,长,数也。
素书·本德宗道章》:于苟得。
新语·道基》:故制事因而动益长,以圆制规,以矩立方。
独断·卷上》:其制长二尺,者半之,其次一长一,两编下坿篆书,起年月日,称皇帝曰,以命诸侯王三公,其诸侯王三公之薨于位者,亦以策书诔谥其行而赐之,如诸侯之策
蔡中郎集·独断》:帝谥:违拂不成曰隐,靖民则法曰黄,翼善传圣曰尧,仁圣盛明曰舜,残人多垒曰桀,残义损善曰纣,慈惠爱亲曰孝,爱民好与曰惠,圣善同文曰宣,声闻宣远曰昭,克定祸乱曰武,聪明睿智曰献,温柔圣善曰懿,布德执义曰穆,仁义说民曰元,安仁立政曰神,布纲治纪曰平,乱而不损曰灵,保民耆艾曰明,辟土有德曰襄,贞心大度曰匡,大虑慈民曰定,知过能改曰恭,不生其国曰声,一德不懈曰简,夙兴夜寐曰敬,清白自守曰贞,柔德好众曰靖,安乐治民曰康,小心畏忌曰僖,中身早折曰悼,慈仁和民曰顺,好勇致力曰庄,恭人折曰哀,在国逢难曰愍,名实过爽曰缪,壅遏不通曰幽,暴虐无亲曰厉,致志大图曰景,辟土兼国曰桓,经纬天地曰文,执义扬善曰怀,折不成曰殇,去礼远众曰炀,怠政外交曰携,治典不敷曰祈。
墨子·经说上》:相从、相去、先知、是、可,五色。
列子·天瑞》:然则天有所,地有所长,圣有所否,物有所通。
鶡冠子·世兵》:昔善战者举兵相从,陈以五行,战以五音,指天之极,与神同方,类类生成,用一不穷,明者为法,微道是行,齐过进退,参之天地,出实触虚,禽将破军,发如镞矢,动如雷霆,暴疾擣虚,殷若坏墙,执急节,用不缦缦,避我所死,就吾所生,趋吾所时,援吾所胜。
文子·道原》:视瞑瞑,立井而饮,耕田而食,不布施,不求德,高下不相倾,长不相形,风齐于俗可随也,事周于能易为也,矜伪以惑世,轲行以迷众,圣人不以为俗。
文始真经·三极》:之,长之,直之,方之,是为物易也。
老子河上公章句》:不可名者,非一色也,不可以青黄白黑别,非一声也,不可以宫商角徵羽听,非一形也,不可以长大小度之也。
韩非子·初见秦》:今秦地折长补,方数千里,名师数十百万。
慎子·逸文》:有尺寸者,不可差以长
管子·明法解》:尺寸寻丈者,所以得长之情也,故以尺寸量长,则万举而万不失矣。
吴子·图国》:为长戟二丈四尺,戟一丈二尺。
六韬·军用》:轴旋冲矛戟扶胥,百二十具,黄帝所以败蚩尤氏。
司马法·天子之义》:兵不杂则不利,长兵以卫,兵以守。
尉缭子·治本》:褐不蔽形,糟糠不充腹,失其治也。
九章算术·勾股》:今有户不知高广,竿不知长

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