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U+80A2

Seal script

Semantic variant

Radical:+ 4 strokes = 8 strokes total.
References:Guangyun: p.40#47 Kangxi: p.974#18 Cihai: p.1089r4c01 GSR: 864.c Hanyu: v3,p2047#03
Composition:Left: , right: .
Mandarin:zhī shì ㄕˋ
Cantonese:zi1
Tang reconstruction:jiɛ
Guangyun:广韵·上平声··》肢:肢体。
Kangxi:康熙字典·肉部·》肢:《广韵》《集韵》《韵会》章移切《正韵》旨而切,𠀤音支。《广韵》𨈛躰。《集韵》体四肢也。或作𨈪𨈛,通作支。《管子·君臣篇》四肢不通,六道不达。又腰肢。《庾肩吾诗》非关能结束,本自细腰肢。又《五音集韵》矢利切,尸去声。佒也。
Fanqie:章移 (《广韵·上平声··》)
Unihan definition:human limbs; animal feet

Example usage

孟子·尽心下》:孟子曰:“口之于味也,目之于色也,耳之于声也,鼻之于臭也,四之于安佚也,性也,有命焉,君子不谓性也。”
Mencius said, 'For the mouth to desire sweet tastes, the eye to desire beautiful colours, the ear to desire pleasant sounds, the nose to desire fragrant odours, and the four limbs to desire ease and rest - these things are natural. But there is the appointment of Heaven in connexion with them, and the superior man does not say of his pursuit of them, "It is my nature."'
墨子·尚贤中》:贤人唯毋得明君而事之,竭四之力以任君之事,终身不倦。
The virtuous men on the other hand only hoped to find an enlightened ruler to serve - exhausting all the powers of the four limbs to attend to the king's business - untired to the end of their lives.
庄子·大宗师》:颜回曰:“堕体,黜聪明,离形去知,同于大通,此谓坐忘。”
Yan Hui replied, 'My connexion with the body and its parts is dissolved; my perceptive organs are discarded. Thus leaving my material form, and bidding farewell to my knowledge, I am become one with the Great Pervader. This I call sitting and forgetting all things.'
商君书·算地》:其上世之士,衣不暖肤,食不满肠,苦其志意,劳其四,伤其五脏,而益裕广耳,非性之常,而为之者,名也。
Above these are the scholars of the world; their clothes do not warm their skins, their food does not fill their stomachs, they travail their thoughts, fatigue their four limbs and suffer in their five internal organs, and yet they go on increasing their activity. This is not prompted by the eternal principles of human nature, but for the sake of fame.
说苑·正谏》:毐败,始皇乃取毐四车裂之,取其两弟囊扑杀之,取皇太后迁之于萯阳宫,下令曰:“敢以太后事谏者,戮而杀之!”
春秋繁露》:从之身有四,每有三节,三四十二,十二节相持而形体立矣。
韩诗外传·卷二》:人谓子贱,则君子矣,佚四,全耳目,平心气,而百官理,任其数而已
潜夫论·实贡》:夫圣人纯,贤者驳,周公不求备,四不相兼,况末世乎?
韩非子·解老》:人之身三百六十节,四,九窍,其大具也
慎子·逸文》:斩人体,凿其肌肤,谓之刑。
管子·君臣下》:六道,身之体也。
尉缭子·战威》:故战者必本乎率身以励众士,如心之使四也。
三略·上略》:夫为国之道,恃贤与民,信贤如腹心,使民如四,则策无遣。
淮南子·览冥训》:辅佐有能,黜谗佞之端,息巧辩之说,除刻削之法,去烦苛之事,屏流言之迹,塞朋党之门,消知能,修太常,隳体,绌聪明,大通混冥,解意释神,漠然若无魂魄,使万物各复归其根,则是所修伏牺氏之迹,而反五帝之道也。
吕氏春秋·察贤》:宓子则君子矣,逸四,全耳目,平心气,而百官以治义矣,任其数而已矣
释名·释丧制》:车裂曰轘,轘,散也,体分散也。
黄帝内经·小针解》:粗守关者,守四而不知血气正邪之往来也。
难经·经脉诊候》:其病:四满,闭癃,溲便难,转节。
伤寒论·辨脉法》:唇吻反青,四漐习者,此为肝绝也。
抱朴子·地真》:之列,犹郊境也。
神仙传·彭祖》:心存其身,头面九窍,五藏四,至于毛发,皆令其存。
通典·肉刑议》:今英辅翼赞,道邈伊、周,诚宜明慎用刑,爱人弘育,申哀矜以革滥,移大辟于体,全性命之至重,恢繁息于将来。
四书章句集注》:一体,犹一也。
西游记》:因见风,化作一个石猴,五官俱备,四皆全。
三国演义》:早有人来濮阳报吕布,说曹操被火烧伤体,到寨身死。
金瓶梅》:当下桂姐踢了两跑下来,使的尘生眉畔,汗湿腮边,气喘吁吁,腰困乏
封神演义》:却将妖言惑众、利口侮君、不尊法度、无事妄生谏章、与诸般违法者,跣剥官服,将铁索缠身,裹围铜柱之上,只炮烙四筋骨,不须臾,烟尽骨消,尽成灰烬。
广韵·》:体。
太平御览·陇右道》:六国至秦,戎狄居焉。
太平广记·彭祖》:九窍,五脏四,至于毛发,皆令具至。
朱子语类》:齐梁间之诗,读之使人四皆懒慢不收拾。
宋景文公笔记》:刚四者骨也,刚大厦者栋也,刚天下者兵也。
郁离子》:何不使之为土为石乎,而强生以四
墨子闲诂·修身》:畅之四支,说文·肉部》云:“肢,体四肢也,或作”。
红楼梦》:脾土被肝木克制者,必定不思饮食,精神倦怠,四酸软。
全唐诗》:金创生节,相与拔箭镞。
康熙字典·风部》:《注》末,四也。
儒林外史》:姑娘们拿出汗巾子来揩,他又夺过去擦夹窝。

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