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U+7A7A

Seal script

Jinwen

Radical:+ 3 strokes = 8 strokes total.
References:Guangyun: p.27#25 p.342#34 Kangxi: p.863#01 Cihai: p.997r6c01 GSR: 1172.h Hanyu: v4,p2719#08
Composition:Top: , bottom: . Component of: 𭄲 𠓯 𪥔 𡲀 𡹝 𢈵 𮤶 𤟄 𢃐 𫁎 𦱇 𢽦 [More]
Mandarin:kōng kòng kǒng ㄎㄨㄥ ㄎㄨㄥˋ ㄎㄨㄥˇ
Cantonese:hung1 hung3
Tang reconstruction:*kung kùng
Shuowen:穴部》空:窍也。从穴工声。
Guangyun:广韵·上平声··》空:空虚书曰伯禹作司空又汉复姓有空桐空相二氏。苦红切,十四。
广韵·去声··》空:空缺。又苦红切。
Kangxi:康熙字典·穴部·》空:《唐韵》《正韵》苦红切《集韵》《韵会》枯公切,𠀤音崆。空虚也。《史记·天官书》赤帝行德天牢,谓之空。又大也。《·小雅》在彼空谷。《传》大也。又尽也。《尔雅·释诂》空,尽也。《·小雅》杼柚其空。又太空,天也。又地名。《尔雅·释地》北戴斗极爲空桐。《左传·哀二十年》宋公游于空泽。《注》空泽,宋地。《史记·殷本纪注》伊尹生于空桑。《前汉·地理志》京兆县十二,其三曰船司空。《注》县名。本主船之官,遂以爲县。又《武帝纪》元鼎五年,行幸雍遂,逾陇登空同。《注》空同,山名。亦作崆峒。《山海经》白马山又北二百里曰空桑之山,空桑之水出焉。《括地志》徵在生孔子空桑之地,今名空窦,在曲阜县南二十里女陵山。《魏土地记》代城东北九十里有空侯城。又官名。《·舜典》伯禹作司空。又《周官》司空掌邦土,居四民,时地利。又拜名。《周礼·春官》大祝辨九拜,三曰空首。《疏》先以两手拱地,乃头至手,是爲空首也。又乐器名。《风俗通》箜篌,一名坎侯。或曰空侯,取其空中。《楚辞注》空桑,瑟名。又狱名。《礼·记疏》囹圄,魏曰司空。又姓。《广韵》汉复姓有空桐空相二氏。又《集韵》《韵会》苦动切《正韵》康董切,𠀤音孔。穴也,窍也,竉也。通作孔。《周礼·冬官考工记》函人眡其钻空。《史记·五帝纪》瞍使舜穿井,爲匿空旁出。《大宛传》张骞凿空。《注》西域本无道路,今凿孔而通之也。《韩非子·喩世篇》空窍者,神明之戸牖也。《韵会小补》秦人呼土窟爲土空。又《集韵》《韵会》《正韵》𠀤苦贡切,音控。穷也。《·小雅》不宜空我师。《注》不宜使小人困穷民也。又缺也。《扬子·法言》酒诰之篇俄空焉。又虚也。《论语》回也其庶乎,屡空。《注》空犹虚中也。又叶枯江切。《徐干·思室诗》良会无有期,中心摧且伤。不聊忧飧食,嗛嗛常饥空。又叶枯良切。《·小雅》小东大东,杼柚其空。纠纠葛屦,可以履霜。
考证:〔京兆县十二,其三曰船司空。《注》县名。木土船之官,遂以爲县。〕谨照原文木土船改本主船。
Fanqie:苦红 (《广韵·上平声··》) 苦贡 (《广韵·去声··》) 苦红 (《广韵·去声··》)
Unihan definition:empty, hollow, bare, deserted

Example usage

论语·子罕》:有鄙夫问于我,如也,我叩其两端而竭焉。
But if a mean person, who appears quite empty-like, ask anything of me, I set it forth from one end to the other, and exhaust it.
孟子·告子下》:故天将降大任于是人也,必先苦其心志,劳其筋骨,饿其体肤,乏其身,行拂乱其所为,所以动心忍性,曾益其所不能。
Thus, when Heaven is about to confer a great office on any man, it first exercises his mind with suffering, and his sinews and bones with toil. It exposes his body to hunger, and subjects him to extreme poverty. It confounds his undertakings. By all these methods it stimulates his mind, hardens his nature, and supplies his incompetencies.
礼记·曲礼下》:天子之五官:曰司徒、司马、司、司士、司寇,典司五众。
The five (administrative) officers of the son of Heaven are: the minister of instruction; the minister of war; the minister of works; the minister of offices; and the minister of crime. These preside over the multitude in (each of) their five charges.
扬子法言》:或曰:“请问屡之内。”
The other said: May I ask what comes from inside oneself when one is always poor.
墨子·小取》:此与彼同类,世有彼而不自非也,墨者有此而非之,无他故5焉,所谓内胶外闭与心毋乎?
This and those are of the same kind; the world have those and don't oppose themselves, [yet] we Mohists have this and they oppose us. There can be no other reason than that they are stopped up within and closed without; their heart-minds are all filled in!
庄子·在宥》:黄帝立为天子十九年,令行天下,闻广成子在于同之上,故往见之,曰:“我闻吾子达于至道,敢问至道之精。”
Huang-Di had been on the throne for nineteen years, and his ordinances were in operation all through the kingdom, when he heard that Guang Cheng-zi was living on the summit of Kong-tong, and went to see him. 'I have heard,' he said, 'that you, Sir, are well acquainted with the perfect Dao. I venture to ask you what is the essential thing in it.'
商君书·农战》:善为国者,其教民也,皆从壹而得官爵。
Those who are capable in organizing a country teach the people that office and rank can only be acquired through one opening.
史记·五帝本纪》:西至于桐,登鸡头。
Westward to 'Hollow cave' and Cock's-head hills.
荀子·解蔽》:石之中有人焉,其名曰觙。
说苑·君道》:当尧之时,舜为司徒,契为司马,禹为司,后稷为田畴,夔为乐正,倕为工师,伯夷为秩宗,皋陶为大理,益掌驱禽,尧体力便巧不能为一焉,尧为君而九子为臣,其何故也?
春秋繁露·精华》:是故为《春秋》者,得一端而多连之,见一而博贯之,则天下尽矣。
韩诗外传·卷三》:五藏虚,则无立士。
大戴礼记·主言》:是故君先立于仁,则大夫忠,而士信、民敦、工璞、商悫、女憧、妇,七者教之志也。
白虎通德论·》:其政也,不可退人,示优贤之意,欲褒尊而上之。
新书·大政下》:故治国家者,行道之谓,国家必宁,信道而不为,国家必
新序·杂事五》:闵王临大齐之国,地方数千里,然而兵败于诸侯,地夺于燕昭,宗庙丧亡,社稷不祀,宫室虚,身亡逃窜,甚于徒隶,尚不知所以亡,甚可痛也,犹自以为贤,岂不哀哉!
中论·智行》:圣人之可及,非徒行也,智也。
孔子家语·相鲁》:于是二年,定公以为司
潜夫论·论荣》:颜原之贱,匹庶也,而又冻馁屡
论衡·命义》:伯牛居而遭恶疾。
太玄经·》:次五,大爵集于宫庸,小人庳,傒
风俗通义》:予以伪承乏东岳,忝素六载,数聘祈祠,咨问长老贤通上泰山者云,谓玺处克石,文昧难知也,殊无有金箧玉牒探筹之事。
孔丛子·广言》:索,也。
申鉴·政体》:太上不市,其次不偷窃,其次不掠夺。
忠经·辨忠章》:以无穷。
新语·至德》:鲁庄公一年之中,以三时兴筑作之役,规固山林草泽之利,与民争田渔薪菜之饶,刻桷丹楹,昡曜靡丽,收十二之税,不足以供回邪之欲,饍不用之好,以妇人之目,财尽于骄淫,人力罢于不急,上困于用,下饥于食,乃遣臧孙辰请于齐,仓廪匮,外人知之,于是为宋、陈、卫所伐,贤臣出,叛臣乱,子般杀,而鲁。
蔡中郎集》:兵出数十年,帑藏竭,官民俱匮,乃兴盐铁酤榷之利,设告缗重税之令。
列子·天瑞》:后稷生乎巨迹,伊尹生乎桑。
鶡冠子·环流》:之谓一,无不备之谓道,立之谓气,通之谓类。
文子·道原》:是故圣人不以人易天,外与物化而内不夫情,故通于道者,反于清静,于物者,终于无为。
文始真经·二柱》:一运之象,周乎太
列仙传·黄帝》:至于卒,还葬桥山,山崩,柩无尸,唯剑舄在焉。
老子河上公章句》:天地之间,天地之间虚,和气流行,故万物自生。
韩非子·初见秦》:今天下之府库不盈,囷仓虚,悉其士民,张军数十百万
慎子·逸文》:不录功于盘盂,记年之牒虚。
管子·轻重丁》:莱人知之,闻纂茈,周且敛马,作见于莱人操之,莱有推马,是自莱失綦茈而反准于马也。
六韬·文伐》:收其左右忠爱,阴示以利,令之轻业,而蓄积虚。
尉缭子·制谈》:民言有可以胜敌者,毋许其言,必试其能战也。
三略·上略》:军谶曰:用兵之要,必先察敌情,视其仓库,度其粮食,卜其强弱,察其天地,伺其隙。
九章算术·均输》:术曰:并、重里数,以三返乘之,为法。
孙子算经·卷下》:今有三人共车,二车

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