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| Simplified Chinese version |
| 等 U+7B49 |  Seal script |  Jianbo | 寸 Semantic variant | 朩 Alternate form |
| Radical: | 竹+ 6 strokes = 12 strokes total. |
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| References: | Guangyun: p.274#35 p.321#1 Kangxi: p.882#24 Cihai: p.1011r5c03 GSR: 961.i' Hanyu: v5,p2962#01 |
| Composition: | Top: 𥫗, bottom: 寺. Component of: 𠎬 𠟚 𬼑 𠾡 𢡩 𫮨 㩐 𣛆 𮖴 𥢜 𥪸 𦅯 𨅸 𨬻 𮆠 𫂨 𮆩 |
| Mandarin: | děng ㄉㄥˇ |
| Cantonese: | dang2 |
| Tang reconstruction: | *də̌ng |
| Shuowen: | 《竹部》等：齐简也。从竹从寺。寺，官曹之等平也。 |
| Guangyun: | 《广韵·上声·海·等》等：齐也，多改切，又多肯切，一。 《广韵·上声·等·等》等：齐也，类也，比也，辈也。多肯切，一。 |
| Kangxi: | 《康熙字典·竹部·六》等：《广韵》《正韵》多肯切《集韵》《韵会》得肯切《海篇》登上声。类也，比也，辈也。《易·系辞》爻有等，故曰物。《礼·曲礼》见同等不起。又齐也。《左传疏》春秋分而昼夜等，谓之日中。又等级也。《礼·乐记》则贵贱等矣。《周礼·春官》以玉作六瑞，以等邦国。《左传·隐五年》明贵贱，辨等列。又称量轻重也。《孟子》等百世之王。《史记·夏本纪》四岳曰：等之未有贤于鲧者。又《篇海》等𠋫，待也。又《说文》齐𥳑也。从竹从寺。寺，官曹之等平也。又《字汇补》发等沐树也。《王褒·僮约》焚槎发等。又佛书有方等经。又《广韵》多改切《集韵》打亥切。齐也。又叶补里切。《韩愈·许国公神道𥓓铭》养安蒲坂，万邦作等。与宰字叶。宰，奖里切。 |
| Fanqie: | 多改 (《广韵·上声·海·等》) 多肯 (《广韵·上声·海·等》) 多肯 (《广韵·上声·等·等》) |
| Unihan definition: | rank, grade; wait; equal; 'etc.' |
Example usage
| 《论语·乡党》: | 出，降一等，逞颜色，怡怡如也。 |
| When he came out from the audience, as soon as he had descended one step, he began to relax his countenance, and had a satisfied look. | |
| 《孟子·万章下》: | 天子一位，公一位，侯一位，伯一位，子、男同一位，凡五等也。 |
| The Son of Heaven constituted one dignity; the Gong one; the Hou one; the Bai one; and the Zi and the Nan each one of equal rank - altogether making five degrees of rank. | |
| 《礼记·曲礼上》: | 主人就东阶，客就西阶，客若降等，则就主人之阶。 |
| The former going to the steps on the east, and the latter to those on the west. If the guest be of the lower rank, he goes to the steps of the host (as if to follow him up them). | |
| 《扬子法言》: | 或曰：“人有齐死生，同贫富，等贵贱，何如？” |
| Someone said: Some people think that life and death are equivalent, poverty and wealth are the same, and honor and lowliness are indistinguishable. What do you think about that? | |
| 《庄子·让王》: | 至于岐阳，武王闻之，使叔旦往见之，与盟曰：“加富二等，就官一列。” |
| (Accordingly) they came to the south of (mount) Qi; and when king Wu heard of them, he sent (his brother) Shu Dan to see them, and make a covenant with them, engaging that their wealth should be second (only to that of the king), and that their offices should be of the first rank. | |
| 《商君书·立本》: | 凡用兵，胜有三等：若兵未起而错法，错法而俗成，俗成而用具。 |
| Generally, in the utilizing of soldiers, there are three stages to victory: prior to the outbreak of hostilities, laws should be fixed (764); laws being fixed, they should become the custom; when they have become customary, supplies should be provided. | |
| 《史记·夏本纪》: | 四岳曰：“等之未有贤于鲧者，愿帝试之。” |
| The president of the four mountains said, 'Among his equals there is no one so worthy as Gun; I wish your Majesty would try him.' | |
| 《荀子·成相》: | 守其职，足衣食，厚薄有等明爵服。 |
| 《说苑·至公》: | 太公择地而封营丘，爵士等，其地不若营丘之美，人民不如营丘之众。 |
| 《春秋繁露·精华》: | 《春秋》慎辞，谨于名伦等物者也。 |
| 《韩诗外传·卷三》: | 颁其爵列等级田畴，以赏有功。 |
| 《大戴礼记·主言》: | 是故圣人等之以礼，立之以义，行之以顺，而民弃恶也如灌。 |
| 《白虎通德论·爵》: | 爵有五等，以法五行也。 |
| 《新书·官人》: | 王者官人有六等：一曰师，二曰友，三曰大臣，四曰左右，五曰侍御，六曰厮役。 |
| 《新序·善谋下》: | 虽臣等百馀人，何益？ |
| 《中论·佚文》: | 昔之圣王制为礼法，贵有常尊，贱有等差，君子小人，各司分职，故下无潜上之愆，而人役财力，能相供足也。 |
| 《孔子家语·相鲁》: | 至会所，为坛，土阶三等，以遇礼相见，揖让而豋。 |
| 《潜夫论·忠贵》: | 此等之俦，虽见贵于时君，然上不顺天心，下不得民意，故卒泣血号啕，以辱终也。 |
| 《论衡·幸偶》: | 等之金也，或为剑戟，或为锋銛。 |
| 《风俗通义》: | 坛广十二丈，高三尺，阶三等。 |
| 《孔丛子·记义》: | 贵贱殊等，不为同官。 |
| 《申鉴·时事》: | 下及士庶，等各有异，咸在载籍，或欲显而不得，或欲隐而名章，得失一朝，而荣辱千载，善人劝焉，淫人惧焉。 |
| 《忠经·广至理章》: | 圣德无涯，与天地等。 |
| 《新语·辨惑》: | 孔子历阶而上，不尽一等而立，谓齐侯曰：“两君合好，以礼相率，以乐相化。” |
| 《独断·卷上》: | 五等爵之别名：三公者，天子之相。 |
| 《蔡中郎集·独断》: | 五等爵之别名：三公者，天子之相，相、助也，助理天下，其地方百里。 |
| 《墨子·经说上》: | 焉等，异论也。 |
| 《鲁胜墨辩注叙》: | 荀卿、庄周等皆非毁名家，而不能易其论也。 |
| 《列子·仲尼》: | 欲惑人之心，屈人之口，与韩檀等肄之。 |
| 《鶡冠子·环流》: | 故东西南北之道踹然，其为分等也。 |
| 《文子·微明》: | 故善也否同非誉俗趋行等逆顺左右。 |
| 《文始真经·四符》: | 等死，无甲乙之殊。 |
| 《列仙传·安期先生》: | 始皇即遣使者徐市、卢生等数百人入海，未至蓬莱山，辄逢风波而还 |
| 《韩非子·爱臣》: | 主妾无等，必危嫡子。 |
| 《管子·山国轨》: | 宫室械器，非山无所仰，然后君立三等之租于山，曰：‘握以下者为柴楂，把以上者为室奉，三围以上，为棺椁之奉。’ |
| 《吴子·料敌》: | 若此之等，选而别之，爱而贵之，是谓军命。 |
| 《六韬·文师》: | 太公曰：“钓有三权：禄等以权，死等以权，官等以权。” |
| 《司马法·天子之义》: | 下苟不伐善，则亡等矣。 |
| 《尉缭子·战威》: | 爵列之等，死丧之亲，民之所营不可不显也。 |
| 《九章算术·均输》: | 今有五人分五钱，令上二人所得与下三人等。 |
| 《孙子算经·卷中》: | 甲语乙、丙：“各将公等所持钱半以益我钱，成九十。” |
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