| Chinese Text Project |
| 示 U+793A |  Seal script |  Jiaguwen |  Jianbo | 礻 Semantic variant | 𥘅 Semantic variant |
| Radical: | 示+ 0 strokes = 5 strokes total. |
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| References: | Guangyun: p.44#5 p.355#43 Kangxi: p.839#20 Cihai: p.975r3c08 GSR: 553.a Hanyu: v4,p2385#01 |
| Composition: | Top: 二, bottom: 小. Compositionally related: ⽰ . Component of: 礻 𥘈 礼 𠖀 佘 𮁜 𫀀 𮁝 𫀁 𠇣 狋 𥘣 𡛭 奈 𡊆 𥘖 际 𥘦 呩 社 [More] |
| Mandarin: | shì qī zhì shí ㄕˋ ㄑㄧ ㄓˋ ㄕˊ |
| Cantonese: | si6 |
| Tang reconstruction: | jhì |
| Shuowen: | 《示部》示：天垂象，見吉凶，所以示人也。从𠄞。三垂，日月星也。觀乎天文，以察時變。示，神事也。凡示之屬皆从示。 |
| Guangyun: | 《廣韻·上平聲·支·祇》祇：地祇神也。巨支切，二十五。 《廣韻·上平聲·支·祇》示：上同見周禮本。又時至切。 《廣韻·去聲·至·示》示：垂示。神至切，五。 |
| Kangxi: | 《康熙字典·示部·示部》示：〔古文〕𥘅《廣韻》巨支切《集韻》翹移切《正韻》渠宜切，𠀤音岐。同祇。《周禮·春官》大宗伯掌天神人鬼地示之禮。《釋文》示或作祇。又姓。《史記·晉世家》示眯明。《左傳》作提彌明。又地名。《前漢·地理志》越嶲郡有蘇示縣。又《唐韻》《集韻》《韻會》𠀤神至切，音侍。垂示也。《說文》天垂象，見吉凶，所以示人也。从二，三垂，日月星也。觀乎天文，以察時變。示神事也。《徐曰》二，古上字。左畫爲日，右爲月，中爲星。畫縱者取其光下垂也。示，神事也。故凡宗廟社神祇皆从示。《玉篇》示者，語也。以事告人曰示也。《易·繫辭》夫乾確然示人易矣，夫坤隤然示人𥳑矣。《禮·檀弓》國奢則示之以儉，國儉則示之以禮。《書·武成》示天下弗服。又與視通。《詩·小雅》視民不恌。《箋》以目視物，以物示人，同作視字。《禮·曲禮》幼子常視毋誑。《疏》示視古字通。《前漢·高帝紀》視項羽無東意。《師古註》漢書多以視爲示。又姓。明宣德中賢良示容。 |
| Fanqie: | 巨支 (《廣韻·上平聲·支·祇》) 時至 (《廣韻·上平聲·支·祇》) 神至 (《廣韻·去聲·至·示》) |
| Unihan definition: | show, manifest; demonstrate |
Example usage
| 《論語·八佾》: | 知其說者之於天下也，其如示諸斯乎！ |
| He who knew its meaning would find it as easy to govern the kingdom as to look on this | |
| 《孟子·萬章上》: | 天不言，以行與事示之而已矣。 |
| Heaven does not speak. It simply showed its will by his personal conduct and his conduct of affairs. | |
| 《禮記·緇衣》: | 故君民者，章好以示民俗，慎惡以御民之淫，則民不惑矣。 |
| Therefore when the ruler exhibits clearly what he loves, and thus shows the people the style of manners (they should aim at), and is watchful against what he dislikes, and thereby guards the people against the excesses (of which they are in danger), then they do not go astray. | |
| 《孝經·喪親》: | 喪不過三年，示民有終也。 |
| The period of mourning does not go beyond three years, to show the people that it must have an end. | |
| 《墨子·尚賢下》: | 若苟王公大人本失尚賢為政之本也，則不能毋舉物示之乎？ |
| But can we not point this out to them by means of parallels? | |
| 《莊子·應帝王》: | 嘗試與來，以予示之。 |
| Try and come to me with him, that I may show myself to him. | |
| 《道德經》: | 魚不可脫於淵，國之利器不可以示人。 |
| Fishes should not be taken from the deep; instruments for the profit of a state should not be shown to the people. | |
| 《孫子兵法·始計》: | 故能而示之不能，用而示之不用，近而示之遠，遠而示之近。 |
| Hence, when able to attack, we must seem unable; when using our forces, we must seem inactive; when we are near, we must make the enemy believe we are far away; when far away, we must make him believe we are near. | |
| 《史記·五帝本紀》: | 以客見天子，天子弗臣，示不敢專也。 |
| And they went to the audiences as the Emperor's guests. The Emperor did not dare, without due notification from his ministers, to act on his own responsibility. | |
| 《荀子·大略》: | 嬰貧無財，請假於君子，贈吾子以言：乘輿之輪，太山之木也，示諸檃栝，三月五月，為幬采，敝而不反其常。 |
| 《說苑·脩文》: | 此所以祭先王之廟也，此所以獻酢酳之酬也，所以官序貴賤各得其宜也，此可以示後世有尊卑長幼之序也。 |
| 《春秋繁露·玉杯》: | 所以示天下廢臣子之節，其惡之大若此也。 |
| 《韓詩外傳·卷三》: | 濟河而西，馬放華山之陽，示不復乘。 |
| 《大戴禮記·千乘》: | 立子設如宗社，宗社先示威，威明顯見。 |
| 《白虎通德論·爵》: | 其政也，不可空退人，示優賢之意，欲褒尊而上之。 |
| 《新書·匈奴》: | 今漢帝中國也，宜以厚德懷服四夷，舉明義博示遠方，則舟車之所至，人力之所及，莫不為畜，又孰敢紛然不承帝意？ |
| 《新序·善謀下》: | 四人為壽已畢，起去，上目送之，召戚夫人指示四人者曰：「我欲易之，彼四人輔之，羽翼已成，難動矣。」 |
| 《中論·貴言》: | 明偏而示之以幽，弗能照也。 |
| 《孔子家語·觀周》: | 內藏我智，不示人技。 |
| 《潛夫論·務本》: | 示之以儉，弗示以奢。 |
| 《論衡·吉驗》: | 其父持杖入門以示人，人占曰：「吉。」 |
| 《太玄經·法》: | 次六，于紀于綱，示以貞光。 |
| 《風俗通義》: | 必於其上，示增高也。 |
| 《孔叢子·廣言》: | 宣，示也。 |
| 《申鑒·時事》: | 禮重本，示民不偷，且昭典物，其備物以豐年，日月之災降異，非舊也。 |
| 《忠經·武備章》: | 示其慷慨，使其激勸。 |
| 《素書·遵義章》: | 以明示下者闇。 |
| 《獨斷·卷上》: | 天子父事天，母事地，兄事日，姊事月，常以春分朝日于東門之外，示有所尊，訓人民事君之道也。 |
| 《蔡中郎集·獨斷》: | 亡國之社：古者天子亦取亡國之社以分諸侯，使為社以自儆戒，屋之掩其上使不通天，柴其下使不通地，自與天地絕也，面北向陰，示滅亡也。 |
| 《列子·黃帝》: | 嘗試與來，以予示之。 |
| 《文子·精誠》: | 大人以善示人，不變其故，不易其常，天下聽令，如草從風。 |
| 《文始真經·一宇》: | 一情冥者、自有之無，不可得而示。 |
| 《老子河上公章句》: | 抱朴者，當見其篤朴1，以示下，故可法則。 |
| 《韓非子·八姦》: | 為人臣者求諸侯之辯士、養國中之能說者，使之以語其私，為巧文之言，流行之辭，示之以利勢，懼之以患害，施屬虛辭以壞其主，此之謂流行。 |
| 《申不害·大體》: | 故善為主者，倚於愚，立於不盈，設於不敢，藏於無事，竄端匿疏，示天下無為。 |
| 《諫逐客書》: | 夷郡縣城，銷其兵刃，示不復用。 |
| 《管子·版法解》: | 凡民者莫不惡罰而畏罪，是以人君嚴教以示之，明刑罰以致之。 |
| 《吳子·料敵》: | 擊此之道，必先示之以利而引去之，士貪於得而離其將，乘乖獵散，設伏投機，其將可取。 |
| 《六韜·上賢》: | 示其形，隱其情。 |
| 《司馬法·天子之義》: | 得意則愷歌，示喜也。 |
| 《尉繚子·守權》: | 此救而示之不誠，示之不誠，則倒敵而待之者也。 |
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