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| Simplified Chinese version |
| 諱 U+8AF1 |  Seal script |  Jinwen | 讳 Simplified character |
| Radical: | 言+ 9 strokes = 16 strokes total. |
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| References: | Guangyun: p.360#12 Kangxi: p.1171#09 Cihai: p.1250r3c03 GSR: 571.s Hanyu: v6,p4003#03 |
| Composition: | Left: 言, right: 韦. |
| Mandarin: | huì ㄏㄨㄟˋ |
| Cantonese: | wai5 |
| Shuowen: | 《言部》讳：誋也。从言韦声。 |
| Guangyun: | 《广韵·去声·未·讳》讳：《说文》誋也。许贵切，四。 |
| Kangxi: | 《康熙字典·言部·九》讳：《唐韵》《集韵》《韵会》𠀤许贵切，音卉。《说文》誋也。《广韵》避也。《玉篇》隐也，忌也。《春秋序》隐讳以辟患。《公羊传·闵元年》春秋爲尊者讳，爲亲者讳，爲贤者讳。《战国策》罚不讳强大。《注》讳，犹避也。《史记·秦始皇纪》秦俗多忌讳之禁。又畏也。《史记·商君传》华阳、泾阳等击断无讳。又《增韵》护短曰讳。又生曰名，死曰讳。《左传·桓六年》周人以讳事神，名终将讳之。《疏》自殷以往，未有讳法，讳始于周。《礼·檀弓》卒哭而讳。《疏》古者生不相讳，卒哭，乃有神讳也。又不讳，谓死也。《史记·商君传》公叔病，如有不可讳，将奈社稷何。《后汉·桓荣传》如有不讳，无忧家室也。《注》死者人之常，故言不讳也。又叶呼韦切，音挥。《东方朔·七谏》愿乗闲而效志兮，恐犯忌而干讳。卒抚情以寂漠兮，然怊怅而自悲。 |
| Fanqie: | 许贵 (《广韵·去声·未·讳》) |
| Unihan definition: | conceal; shun; regard as taboo |
Example usage
| 《孟子·尽心下》: | 讳名不讳姓，姓所同也，名所独也。 |
| We avoid the name, but do not avoid the surname. The surname is common; the name is peculiar. | |
| 《礼记·曲礼上》: | 卒哭乃讳。 |
| When the ceremony of wailing is over, a son should no longer speak of his deceased father by his name. | |
| 《墨子·非命上》: | 先王之宪，亦尝有曰‘福不可请，而祸不可讳，敬无益，暴无伤’者乎？ |
| Did any of the laws of the early kings ever say: "Blessing cannot be invoked and disaster cannot be avoided; reverence will not do any good and cruelty will not do any harm"? | |
| 《庄子·在宥》: | 故圣人观于天而不助，成于德而不累，出于道而不谋，会于仁而不恃，薄于义而不积，应于礼而不讳，接于事而不辞，齐于法而不乱，恃于民而不轻，因于物而不去。 |
| Therefore the sages contemplated Heaven, but did not assist It. They tried to perfect their virtue, but did not allow it to embarrass them. They proceeded according to the Dao, but did not lay any plans. They associated benevolence (with all their doings), but did not rely on it. They pursued righteousness extensively, but did not try to accumulate it. They responded to ceremonies, but did not conceal (their opinion as to the troublesomeness of them). They engaged in affairs as they occurred, and did not decline them. They strove to render their laws uniform, but (feared that confusion) might arise from them. They relied upon the people, and did not set light by them. They depended on things as their instruments, and did not discard them. | |
| 《道德经》: | 以此：天下多忌讳，而民弥贫。 |
| By these facts: - In the kingdom the multiplication of prohibitive enactments increases the poverty of the people. | |
| 《荀子·正名》: | 忌讳不称，祅辞不出。 |
| 《说苑·君道》: | 凡处尊位者必以敬，下顺德规谏，必开不讳之门，撙节安静以藉之，谏者勿振以威，毋格其言，博采其辞，乃择可观。 |
| 《春秋繁露·竹林》: | 造邑则讳。 |
| 《韩诗外传·卷六》: | 外意外身，谓之讳。 |
| 《大戴礼记·夏小正》: | 讳杀之辞也，故言挚云。 |
| 《白虎通德论·谏诤》: | 所以言放者，臣为君讳，若言有罪放之也 |
| 《新书·傅职》: | 不知日月之不时节，不知先王之讳与国之大忌，不知风雨雷电之眚，凡此其属太史之任也。 |
| 《中论·贵验》: | 夫贤者、言足听，貌足象，行足法，加乎善奖人之美，而好摄人之过，其不隐也如影，其不讳也如响，故我之惮之，若严君在堂，而神明处室矣 |
| 《孔子家语》: | 昔者，文王之祭也，事死如事生，思死而不欲生，忌日则必哀，称讳则如见亲，祀之忠也，思之深，如见亲之所爱。 |
| 《潜夫论·救边》: | 乃者，边害震如雷霆，赫如日月，而谈者皆讳之，曰焱并窃盗。 |
| 《论衡·书虚》: | 夫颜渊能见千里之外，与圣人同，孔子、诸子，何讳不言？ |
| 《风俗通义》: | 后稍加损，谓伯休：“吉凶不讳，忧怖交心，间粗作备具。” |
| 《孔丛子·广名》: | 讳死，谓之大行。 |
| 《独断·卷上》: | 避武帝讳改曰通侯，或曰列侯也。 |
| 《蔡中郎集·独断》: | 后避武帝讳改曰通侯。 |
| 《列子·力命》: | 及管夷吾有病，小白问之曰：“仲父之病病矣，可不讳云，至于大病，则寡人恶乎属国而可？” |
| 《鶡冠子·著希》: | 贤人之潜乱世也，上有随君，下无直辞，君有骄行，民多讳言。 |
| 《列仙传·稷丘君》: | 上讳之，故但祠而还。 |
| 《老子河上公章句》: | 天下多忌讳而民弥贫。 |
| 《管子·轻重己》: | 皆齐大材，出祭王母，天子之所以主始而忌讳也。 |
| 《六韬·文师》: | 今臣言至情不讳，君其恶之乎？ |
| 《淮南子·齐俗训》: | 是故入其国者从其俗，入其家者避其讳，不犯禁而入，不忤逆而进，虽之夷狄徒倮之国，结轨乎远方之外，而无所困矣。 |
| 《吕氏春秋·不屈》: | 大术之愚，为天下笑，得举其讳，乃请令周太史更著其名。 |
| 《鬼谷子·权篇》: | 言者，有讳忌也 |
| 《史记·周本纪》: | 其卒不赴告，讳之也。 |
| 《春秋左传》: | 九月，丁卯，子同生，以大子生之礼举之，接以大牢，卜士负之，士妻食之，公与文姜宗妇命之，公问名于申繻，对曰，名有五，有信，有义，有象，有假，有类，以名生为信，以德名为义，以类命为象，取于物为假，取于父为类，不以国，不以官，不以山川，不以隐疾，不以畜牲，不以器币，周人以讳事神，名，终将讳之，故以国则废名，以官则废职，以山川则废主，以畜牲则废祀，以器币则废礼，晋以僖侯废司徒，宋以武公废司空，先君献武废二山，是以大物不可以命，公曰，是其生也，与吾同物，命之曰同。 |
| 《国语·晋语九》: | 对曰：“先君献、武之讳也。” |
| 《晏子春秋》: | 晏子对曰：“下无讳言，官无怨治。” |
| 《越绝书》: | 是非不讳，直言不休。 |
| 《战国策》: | 商君治秦，法令至行，公平无私，罚不讳强大，赏不私亲近，法及太子，黥劓其傅。 |
| 《春秋谷梁传》: | 讳取同姓也。 |
| 《春秋公羊传》: | 讳亟也。 |
| 《汉书·元后传》: | 上谓共王：“我未有子，人命不讳，一朝有它，且不复相见。” |
| 《前汉纪》: | 汉高祖讳邦。 |
| 《东观汉记·赵兴》: | 司隶校尉下邳赵兴不谢讳忌，每入官舍，辄更缮修馆宇，移穿改筑，故犯妖禁，而家人爵禄，益用丰炽，官至颍川太守。 |
| 《后汉书·东夷列传》: | 多所忌讳，疾病死亡，辄捐弃旧宅，更造新居。 |
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