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| Simplified Chinese version |
| 縣 U+7E23 |  Seal script |  Jinwen |  Jianbo | 县 Simplified character |
| Radical: | 糸+ 10 strokes = 16 strokes total. |
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| References: | Guangyun: p.136#28 p.406#54 Kangxi: p.934#23 Cihai: p.1055r5c05 GSR: 248.a Hanyu: v5,p3435#11 |
| Composition: | Component of: 𠐴 𡾥 𡈴 悬 𣟠 𥌭 𧔤 𦇨 纛 𪈉 |
| Mandarin: | xiàn xuán ㄒㄧㄢˋ ㄒㄩㄢˊ |
| Cantonese: | jyun2 jyun4 jyun6 |
| Tang reconstruction: | *huèn |
| Shuowen: | 《𥄉部》县：系也。从系持𥄉。 |
| Guangyun: | 《广韵·下平声·先·玄》县：《说文》云：系也，相承借爲州县字。 《广韵·去声·霰·县》县：郡县也。《释名》云：县悬也，悬于郡也，古作寰楚庄王灭陈爲县县名自此始也，又姓孔子门人县单父。黄练切，十五。 |
| Kangxi: | 《康熙字典·糸部·十》县：《广韵》《集韵》《韵会》《正韵》𠀤胡涓切，音悬。《说文》系也。《注》徐铉曰：此本是县挂之县，借爲州县之县。今俗加心，别作悬，义无所取。《易·系辞》县象著明，莫大乎日月。《诗·周颂》应田县鼓。《周礼·春官·小胥》正乐县之位。《仪礼·燕礼》乐人县。《左传·成二年》曲县繁缨以朝。《前汉·高帝纪》县隔千里。又《广韵》黄练切《集韵》荧绢切，𠀤音炫。《正韵》形甸切，音现。《释名》县，悬也，悬系于郡也。《广韵》古作寰。楚庄王灭陈爲县，县名自此始。《周礼·天官·大宰》邦县之赋。《注》邦县四百里。又《地官·小司徒》四甸爲县。又《遂人》五鄙爲县。《鲁语》三鄕爲县。《史记·秦始皇本纪》大矣哉，宇县之中。《注》县，赤县。《前汉·地理志》分天下爲郡县。又《史记·绛侯世家注》县官，谓天子也。王者官天下，故曰县官也。又姓。《礼·曲礼》县贲父。《史记·仲尼弟子列传》县单父。○按《说文》在𥄉部，今倂入。 |
| Fanqie: | 胡㳙 (《广韵·下平声·先·玄》) 黄练 (《广韵·去声·霰·县》) |
| Unihan definition: | county, district, subdivision |
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[Show proper names]Example usage
| 《礼记·曲礼下》: | 岁凶，年谷不登，君膳不祭肺，马不食谷，驰道不除，祭事不县。 |
| In bad years, when the grain of the season is not coming to maturity, the ruler at his meals will not make the (usual) offering of the lungs, nor will his horses be fed on grain. His special road will not be kept clean and swept, nor when at sacrifices will his musical instruments be suspended on their stands. | |
| 《庄子·养生主》: | 安时而处顺，哀乐不能入也，古者谓是帝之县解。 |
| Quiet acquiescence in what happens at its proper time, and quietly submitting (to its ceasing) afford no occasion for grief or for joy. The ancients described (death) as the loosening of the cord on which God suspended (the life). | |
| 《商君书·垦令》: | 声服无通于百县，则民行作不顾，休居不听。 |
| If music and fine clothing do not penetrate to all the districts, the people, when they are at work, will pay no attention to the latter, and when they are at rest, will not listen to the former. | |
| 《史记·殷本纪》: | 大聚乐戏于沙丘，以酒为池，县肉为林，使男女裸相逐其闲，为长夜之饮。 |
| Assembled a great number of play actors at Shaqiu, made a pond of wine, hung the trees with meat, made men and women chase each other about quite naked, and had drinking bouts the whole night long. | |
| 《诗经·伐檀》: | 不狩不猎、胡瞻尔庭有县貆兮。 |
| You do not follow the chase; - How do we see the badgers hanging up in your court-yards? | |
| 《周易·系辞上》: | 是故，法象莫大乎天地，变通莫大乎四时，县象著明莫大乎日月，崇高莫大乎富贵。 |
| Therefore of all things that furnish models and visible figures there are none greater than heaven and earth; of things that change and extend an influence (on others) there are none greater than the four seasons; of things suspended (in the sky) with their figures displayed clear and bright, there are none greater than the sun and moon; of the honoured and exalted there are none greater than he who is the rich and noble (one). | |
| 《荀子·大略》: | 子夏家贫，衣若县鹑。 |
| 《说苑·指武》: | 吴起为苑守，行县适息，问屈宜臼曰：“王不知起不肖，以为苑守，先生将何以教之？” |
| 《春秋繁露》: | 乐县鼓，用万舞，舞溢衡。 |
| 《大戴礼记·礼三本》: | 三年之哭不反也，清庙之歌一倡而三叹也，县一罄而尚拊搏、朱弦而通越也，一也。 |
| 《白虎通德论·京师》: | 天子之县，内有百里之国九，七十里之国二十一，五十里之国六十三，凡九十三国。 |
| 《新书·退让》: | 梁大夫宋就者为边县令，与楚邻界。 |
| 《新序·善谋》: | 秦虽善攻，不能取六县，赵虽不能守，亦不失六城，秦倦而归，兵必疲，我以六县收天下以攻罢秦，是我失之于天下，而取偿于秦也。 |
| 《中论·佚文》: | 民畜奴婢，或至数百，庆赏刑威，亦自己出，则与郡县长史又何以异？ |
| 《潜夫论·论荣》: | 况乎其未能相县若此者哉？ |
| 《论衡·书虚》: | 天下郡国且百馀，县邑出万，乡亭聚里，皆有号名，贤圣之才莫能说。 |
| 《太玄经·法》: | 阳高县厥法，物仰其墨，莫不被则。 |
| 《风俗通义》: | 四守之内，莫不为郡县，四夷八蛮，咸来贡职。 |
| 《孔丛子·杂训》: | 县子问子思曰：“颜回问为邦。” |
| 《申鉴·时事》: | 二曰公卿不拘为郡，二千石不拘为县。 |
| 《蔡中郎集》: | 本县追捕，乃伏其辜，虚伪杂秽，难以胜言。 |
| 《墨子·经说下》: | 重其前，弦其前，载弦其前，载弦其軲，而县重于其前。 |
| 《列子·汤问》: | 均发均县轻重而发绝，发不均也。 |
| 《鶡冠子·王鈇》: | 鶡冠子曰：“其制邑理都使矔习者，五家为伍，伍为之长，十伍为里，里置有司，四里为扁，扁为之长，十扁为乡，乡置师，五乡为县，县有啬夫治焉，十县为郡，有大夫守焉，命曰官属。” |
| 《文子·上义》: | 夫法者，天下之准绳也，人主之度量也，县法者，法不法也，法定之后，中绳者赏，缺绳者诛，虽尊贵者不轻其赏，卑贱者不重其刑，犯法者，虽贤必诛，中度者，虽不肖无罪，是故公道行而和欲塞也。 |
| 《列仙传·谷春》: | 三年，更著冠帻，坐县门上，邑中人大惊。 |
| 《韩非子·初见秦》: | 代四十六县，上党七十县，不用一领甲，不苦一士民，此皆秦有也。 |
| 《谏逐客书》: | 夷郡县城，销其兵刃，示不复用。 |
| 《管子·山至数》: | 桓公问管子曰：“今有海内，县诸侯，则国势不用已乎。” |
| 《尉缭子·兵令下》: | 诸去大军为前御之备者，边县列候各相去三、五里。 |
| 《三略·上略》: | 军谶曰：世世作奸，侵盗县官，进退求便，委曲弄文，以危其君，是谓国奸。 |
| 《九章算术·均输》: | 答曰：甲县一万八千九百四十七斛、一百三十三分斛之四十九。 |
| 《淮南子·齐俗训》: | 智伯有三晋而欲不澹，林类、荣启期，衣若县衰而意不慊。 |
| 《吕氏春秋·壹行》: | 今行者见大树，必解衣县冠倚剑而寝其下。 |
| 《春秋左传》: | 楚令尹子元欲蛊文夫人，为馆于其宫侧，而振万焉，夫人闻之，泣曰，先君以是舞也，习戎备也，今令尹不寻诸仇雠，而于未亡人之侧，不亦异乎，御人以告子元，子元曰，妇人不忘袭雠，我反忘之，秋，子元以车六百乘伐郑，入于桔柣之门，子元，斗御疆，斗梧，耿之不比，为旆，斗班，王孙游，王孙喜殿，众车入自纯门，及逵市，县门不发，楚言而出，子元曰，郑有人焉，诸侯救郑，楚师夜遁，郑人将奔桐丘，谍告曰，楚幕有乌，乃止。 |
| 《逸周书·史记解》: | 很而无亲者亡，昔者县宗之君很而无听，执事不从，宗职者疑发大事，群臣解体，国无立功，县宗以亡。 |
| 《国语·晋语二》: | 君实有郡县且入河外列城五。 |
| 《晏子春秋》: | 景公有所爱槐，令吏谨守之，植木县之，下令曰：“犯槐者刑，伤之者死。” |
| 《越绝书》: | 居东城者，阖庐所游城也，去县二十里。 |
| 《战国策·韩魏易地》: | 韩、魏之易地，韩得二县，魏亡二县。 |
| 《盐铁论·本议》: | 大夫曰：“匈奴桀黠，擅恣入塞，犯厉中国，杀伐郡、县、朔方都尉，甚悖逆不轨，宜诛讨之日久矣。” |
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