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Simplified Chinese version

U+7F8E

Seal script

Jinwen

Jiaguwen

Semantic variant

Radical:+ 3 strokes = 9 strokes total.
References:Guangyun: p.247#16 Kangxi: p.951#10 Cihai: p.1069r5c01 GSR: 568.a Hanyu: v5,p3126#05
Composition:Top: 𦍌, bottom: . Component of: 𨺰 𠝫 𢱒 𪻄 𨸈 𠸍 𡎤 𡮔 𬙴 𣈸 𣖙 𣮺 𪹏 𤧞 𫞁 𦝺 𭭥 [More]
Mandarin:měi ㄇㄟˇ
Cantonese:mei5
Tang reconstruction:*myǐ
Shuowen:羊部》美:甘也。从羊从大。羊在六畜主给膳也。美与善同意。
Guangyun:广韵·上声··》美:好色。《说文》曰:甘也,从羊从大羊在六畜主给膳也,美与善同意。无鄙切,五。
Kangxi:康熙字典·羊部·》美:《广韵》《集韵》《韵会》𠀤无鄙切,音眯。《说文》甘也。从羊从大。羊在六畜,主给膳也。美与善同意。《注》羊大则美,故从大。《五经文字》从犬从火者,譌。《诗·召南·甘棠序》美召伯也。《疏》善者言美,恶者言刺。又《广韵》好色。《·邶风》匪女之爲美。《传》非爲其徒说美色而已。又《正韵》嘉也,好也。又《韵补》叶明秘切。《刘向·九叹》扬精华以眩耀兮,芬郁渥而成美。结桂树之旖旎兮,纫荃蕙与辛夷。夷音异。《玉篇》或作媺。
Fanqie:无鄙 (《广韵·上声··》)
Unihan definition:beautiful, pretty; pleasing

Example usage

论语·学而》:先王之道斯为,小大由之。
In the ways prescribed by the ancient kings, this is the excellent quality, and in things small and great we follow them.
孟子·尽心上》:公孙丑曰:“道则高矣,矣,宜若登天然,似不可及也。”
Gong Sun Chou said, 'Lofty are your principles and admirable, but to learn them may well be likened to ascending the heavens - something which cannot be reached.'
礼记·问丧》:夫悲哀在中,故形变于外也,痛疾在心,故口不甘味,身不安也。
The internal grief and sorrow produced a change in his outward appearance; and with the severe pain in his heart, his mouth could not relish any savoury food, nor his body find ease in anything pleasant.
孝经·事君》:子曰:“君子之事上也,进思尽忠,退思补过,将顺其,匡救其恶,故上下能相亲也。”
The Master said, "The superior man serves his ruler in such a way that, when at court in his presence, his thought is how to discharge his loyal duty to the utmost, and when he retires from it, his thought is how to amend his errors. He carries out with deference the measures springing from his excellent qualities and rectifies him (only) to save him from what are evil. Hence, as the superior and inferior, they are able to have an affection for each other."
扬子法言》:或曰:“良玉不雕,言不文,何谓也?”
Someone said: "Excellent jade need not be carved, and beautiful words need not be refined." What would you say about that?
墨子·经上》:誉,明也。
To yu (praise) is to make plain what is honourable.
庄子·齐物论》:毛嫱、丽姬,人之所也,鱼见之深入,鸟见之高飞,麋鹿见之决骤。
Mao Qiang and Li Ji were accounted by men to be most beautiful, but when fishes saw them, they dived deep in the water from them; when birds, they flew from them aloft; and when deer saw them, they separated and fled away.
道德经》:天下皆知之为,斯恶已。
All in the world know the beauty of the beautiful, and in doing this they have (the idea of) what ugliness is.
商君书·去强》:三官者生虱官者六:曰岁,曰食,曰,曰好,曰志,曰行,六者有朴必削。
And these three functions give rise to six parasitic functions, which are called: care for old age, living on others, beauty, love, ambition and virtuous conduct. If these six parasites find an attachment, there will be dismemberment.
史记·五帝本纪》:此十六族者,世济其,不陨其名。
Of these sixteen men after ages have acknowledged the excellence, and not let their names fall to the ground.
荀子·大略》:劫迫于暴国而无所辟之,则崇其善,扬其,言其所长,而不称其所短也。
说苑·君道》:吾闻君子成人之,不成人之恶。
春秋繁露·玉杯》:是故善为师者,既其道,有慎其行,齐时蚤晚,任多少,适疾徐,造而勿趋,稽而勿苦,省其所为,而成其所湛,故力不劳而身大成。
韩诗外传·卷一》:虽不能尽乎者,必有处也。
大戴礼记》:虽不能尽善尽,必有所处焉。
白虎通德论·》:皇,君也,也,大也。
新书·修政语上》:故明君敬士察吏爱民,以参其极,非此者,则四不附矣。
新序·善谋下》:因秦之固,资甚膏腴之地,此谓天府。
中论·治学》:学犹饰也,器不饰则无以为观,人不学则无以有懿德。
孔子家语·五仪解》:公曰:“哉!”
潜夫论·赞学》:是故君子之求丰厚也,非为嘉馔、服、淫乐、声色也,乃将以底其道而迈其德也。
论衡·命禄》:人谓雎、泽善所致,非也,皆命禄贵富善至之时也。
太玄经·》:次五,蒙柴求兕,其德不
风俗通义》:风者、天气有寒暖,地形有险易,水泉有恶,草木有刚柔也。
孔丛子·广诂》:邵、媚、旨、伐,也。
申鉴·政体》:一曰不知,二曰不进,三曰不任,四曰不终,五曰以小怨弃大德,六曰以小过黜大功,七曰以小失掩大,八曰以奸讦伤忠正,九曰以邪说乱正度,十曰以谗嫉废贤能。
忠经·忠谏章》:其能使君改过为,社稷之安固也。
素书·遵义章》:听谗而,闻谏而仇者亡,能有其有者安。
新语·道基》:伯夷、叔齐饿于首阳,功垂于万代。
独断·卷上》:六号之别名:神号、尊其名更为称,若曰皇天上帝也。
蔡中郎集·独断》:六号之别名:神号、尊其名更为称,若曰皇天上帝也。
列子·黄帝》:云雾不硋其视,雷霆不乱其听,恶不滑其心,山谷不踬其步,神行而已。
鶡冠子·环流》:恶相饰,命曰复周,物极则反,命曰环流。
文子·精诚》:大以小为本,多以少为始,天子以天地为品,以万物为资,功德至大,势名至贵,二德之与天地配,故不可不轨大道以为天下母。
列仙传·吕尚》:远代所称,哉天人。
老子河上公章句》:常名当如婴儿之未言,鸡子之未分,明珠在蚌中,玉处石间,内虽昭昭,外如愚顽。
韩非子·爱臣》:万物莫如身之至贵也,位之至尊也,主威之重,主势之隆也,此四者不求诸外,不请于人,议之而得之矣。
申不害·大体》:今使乌获、彭祖负千钧之重,而怀琬琰之,令孟贲、成荆带干将之剑卫之,行乎幽道,则盗犹偷之矣。
慎子·威德》:使得者,不知所以德。
谏逐客书》:是以地无四方,民无异国,四时充,鬼神降福,此五帝、三王之所以无敌也。
管子·轻重己》:黍者,谷之者也。

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