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| Simplified Chinese version |
| 蔽 U+853D |  Seal script | 芘 Alternate form |
| Radical: | 草+ 12 strokes = 18 strokes total. |
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| References: | Guangyun: p.376#51 Kangxi: p.1056#15 Cihai: p.1166r6c01 GSR: 341.h Hanyu: v5,p3277#19 |
| Composition: | Top: 艹, bottom: 敝. Component of: 𮜣 虌 |
| Mandarin: | bì fù ㄅㄧˋ ㄈㄨˋ |
| Cantonese: | bai3 |
| Tang reconstruction: | biɛ̀i |
| Shuowen: | 《草部》蔽：蔽蔽，小草也。从草敝声。 |
| Guangyun: | 《广韵·去声·祭·蔽》蔽：掩也。必袂切，四。 |
| Kangxi: | 《康熙字典·草部·十二》蔽：《集韵》《韵会》𠀤必袂切，音闭。《说文》小草也。又《广韵》掩也。《礼·月令》是察阿党则罪，无有掩蔽。又微也。《尔雅·释诂疏》蔽者，覆障使微也。又《论语》《诗》三百，一言以蔽之。《何晏注》犹当也。又《小尔雅》断也。又《楚辞·招魂》菎蔽象碁。《注》蔽，博箸。又地名。《郑语》鄢、蔽、补、丹、依、㽥、历、莘。《注》八邑也。又《集韵》毗祭切，音弊。义同。又分勿切，音弗。《周礼·春官·巾车》有蒲蔽、棼蔽、藻蔽、藩蔽。《注》蔽车御风尘者。又必列切，音龞。《类篇》薆也。《江淹诗》乳窦旣滴沥，丹井复寥泬。嵒崿转奇秀，崟岑还相蔽。又匹蔑切，音撇。别也。一曰击也，拂也。《史记·荆轲传》跪而蔽席。又璧吉切，音必。《诗·召南》蔽芾甘棠，沈重读必。或作𦱓、𦿔。 考证：〔《郑语》鄢蔽补丹依㽥历莘。〕谨照原文依㽥改依㽥。〔《周礼·春官》巾车有蒲蔽棼蔽藻蔽蘩蔽。〕谨照原文蘩蔽改藩蔽。 |
| Fanqie: | 必袂 (《广韵·去声·祭·蔽》) |
| Unihan definition: | cover, hide, conceal; shelter |
Example usage
| 《论语·为政》: | 子曰：“诗三百，一言以蔽之，曰‘思无邪’。” |
| The Master said, "In the Book of Poetry are three hundred pieces, but the design of them all may be embraced in one sentence - 'Having no depraved thoughts.'" | |
| 《孟子·告子上》: | 曰：“耳目之官不思，而蔽于物，物交物，则引之而已矣。” |
| Mencius answered, 'The senses of hearing and seeing do not think, and are obscured by external things. When one thing comes into contact with another, as a matter of course it leads it away.' | |
| 《礼记·缁衣》: | 君毋以小谋大，毋以远言近，毋以内图外，则大臣不怨，迩臣不疾，而远臣不蔽矣。 |
| Let not the ruler consult with inferior officers about greater, nor with those who are from a distance about those who are near to him, nor with those who are beyond the court about those who belong to it. If he act thus, the great ministers will not be dissatisfied; the ministers closer to him will not be indignant; and those who are more remote will not be kept in obscurity. | |
| 《扬子法言》: | 或问：“太古涂民耳目，惟其见也闻也，见则难蔽，闻则难塞。” |
| Someone asked: In primordial past rulers covered the people's eyes and ears, yet the people still saw and heard. Because they saw, their eyes were difficult to cover. Because they heard, their ears were difficult to block up. | |
| 《墨子·所染》: | 此四王者所染当，故王天下，立为天子，功名蔽天地。 |
| Now these four kings had been under good influences. Therefore they came to possess the empire and were commissioned Sons of Heaven (Emperors). Their achievements and great fame extended from Heaven to earth. | |
| 《庄子·人间世》: | 其大蔽数千牛，洁之百围，其高临山十仞而后有枝，其可以为舟者旁十数。 |
| It was so large that an ox standing behind it could not be seen. It measured a hundred spans round, and rose up eighty cubits on the hill before it threw out any branches, after which there were ten or so, from each of which a boat could be hollowed out. | |
| 《道德经》: | 夫唯不盈，故能蔽不新成。 |
| It is through their not being full of themselves that they can afford to seem worn and not appear new and complete. | |
| 《商君书·修权》: | 明主不蔽之谓明，不欺之谓察。 |
| (an intelligent ruler), if things are not kept hidden from him, is called intelligent, and if he is not deceived, is called perspicacious. | |
| 《孙子兵法·作战》: | 国之贫于师者远输，远输则百姓贫，近于师者贵卖，贵卖则百姓财竭，财竭则急于丘役，力屈财殚，中原内虚于家，百姓之费，十去其七，公家之费，破车罢马，甲胄矢弩，戟楯蔽橹，丘牛大车，十去其六。 |
| Poverty of the State exchequer causes an army to be maintained by contributions from a distance. Contributing to maintain an army at a distance causes the people to be impoverished. On the other hand, the proximity of an army causes prices to go up; and high prices cause the people's substance to be drained away. When their substance is drained away, the peasantry will be afflicted by heavy exactions. With this loss of substance and exhaustion of strength, the homes of the people will be stripped bare, and three-tenths of their income will be dissipated; while government expenses for broken chariots, worn-out horses, breast-plates and helmets, bows and arrows, spears and shields, protective mantles, draught-oxen and heavy wagons, will amount to four-tenths of its total revenue. | |
| 《荀子·大略》: | 蔽公者谓之昧，隐贤者谓之妒，奉妒昧者谓之交谲。 |
| 《说苑·辨物》: | 于是乃备黄冕，带黄绅，斋于中宫，凤乃蔽日而降 |
| 《春秋繁露·精华》: | 本其所为为之者，蔽于所欲得位而不见其难也。 |
| 《韩诗外传·卷一》: | 《诗》曰：“蔽茀甘棠，勿剪勿伐，召伯所茇。” |
| 《大戴礼记》: | 故古者冕而前旒，所以蔽明也。 |
| 《白虎通德论》: | 《诗》云：“蔽芾甘棠，勿翦勿伐，邵伯所茇。” |
| 《新书·道术》: | 周听则不蔽，稽验则不惶，明好恶则民心化，密事端则人主神。 |
| 《新序·节士》: | 臣受命不称，壅惠蔽恩，如臣之罪乃当死，君何过之有 |
| 《中论·法象》: | 是故君子敬孤独而慎幽微，虽在隐蔽，鬼神不得见其隙也。 |
| 《孔子家语·辩政》: | 鲁君有臣三人，内比周以愚其君，外距诸侯之宾以蔽其明，故曰：政在谕臣。 |
| 《潜夫论·赞学》: | 君子之性，未必尽照，及学也，聪明无蔽，心智无滞，前纪帝王，顾定百世，此则道之明也，而君子能假之以自彰尔。 |
| 《论衡·命义》: | 春秋之时，败绩之军，死者蔽草，尸且万数。 |
| 《太玄经·剧》: | 上九，海水群飞，蔽于天杭。 |
| 《风俗通义·六国》: | 且有强兵良谋，杂袭继踵，每辄挫衂，亦足以袪蔽启蒙矣。 |
| 《孔丛子·广言》: | 蔽，断也。 |
| 《忠经·观风章》: | 不聪则惑其所闻，不明则蔽其所见。 |
| 《素书·遵义章》: | 有过不知者蔽。 |
| 《新语·道基》: | 种桑麻，致丝枲，以蔽形体。 |
| 《蔡中郎集·九惟文》: | 无絺无綌，何以蔽身。 |
| 《鶡冠子·天则》: | 下之所逜，上之可蔽，斯其离人情而失天节者也。 |
| 《文子·符言》: | 饰其外，伤其内，扶其情者害其神，见其文者蔽其真，无须臾忘为贤者，必困其性，百步之中忘其为容者，必累其形，故羽翼美者伤其骸骨，枝叶茂者害其根荄，能两美者天下无之。 |
| 《文始真经·一宇》: | 关尹子曰：“重云蔽天，江湖黯然，游鱼茫然。” |
| 《老子河上公章句》: | 夫惟不盈，故能蔽不新成。 |
| 《韩非子·存韩》: | 韩事秦三十馀年，出则为捍蔽，入则为席荐，秦特出锐师取韩地，而随之怨悬于天下，功归于强秦。 |
| 《申不害·大体》: | 一臣专君，群臣皆蔽。 |
| 《管子·国蓄》: | 夫以百乘衢处危慑围阻千乘万乘之闲，夫国之君不相中，举兵而相攻，必以为捍挌蔽圉之用，有功利不得乡。 |
| 《六韬·大礼》: | 辐凑并进，则明不蔽矣。 |
| 《尉缭子·守权》: | 若彼城坚而救诚，则愚夫愚妇无不蔽城，尽资血城者。 |
| 《三略·上略》: | 军谶曰：强宗聚奸，无位而尊，威而不震，葛藟相连，种德立恩，夺在位权，侵侮下民，国内喧哗，臣蔽不言，是谓乱根。 |
| 《周髀算经·序》: | 爽以暗蔽，才学浅昧，隣高山之仰止，慕景行之轨辙，负薪馀日，聊观《周髀》。 |
| 《淮南子·缪称训》: | 是故禄过其功者损，名过其实者蔽。 |
| 《吕氏春秋·贵直》: | 及战，且远立，又居于犀蔽屏橹之下，鼓之而士不起，简子投桴而叹曰：“鸣呼！” |
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