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U+8C48

Seal script

Jinwen

Simplified character

Radical:+ 3 strokes = 10 strokes total.
References:Guangyun: p.255#2 Kangxi: p.1191#20 Cihai: p.1261r1c01 GSR: 548.a Hanyu: v6,p3565#04
Composition:Top: , bottom: . Compositionally related: . Component of: 𫣅 𤠲 𫷋 𠹛 𡳂 𨕰 𤘑 𤧸 [More]
Mandarin: kǎi ㄑㄧˇ ㄎㄞˇ
Cantonese:hei2 hoi2
Tang reconstruction:*kiə̌i
Shuowen:岂部》岂:还师振旅乐也。一曰欲也,登也。从豆,微省声。凡岂之属皆从岂。
Guangyun:广韵·上声··》岂:安也,焉也,曾也。袪狶切,二。
Kangxi:康熙字典·豆部·》岂:《广韵》袪俙切《集韵》《韵会》去几切,𠀤音䔇。《说文》还师振旅乐也。又欲也,登也。《徐曰》今借此爲语词。《玉篇》安也,焉也。《广韵》曾也。《增韵》非然之辞。《·五子之歌》怨岂在明。《·召南》岂不夙夜。《传》岂不,言有是也。又《集韵》《正韵》𠀤可亥切,音铠。与凯恺𠀤通。军胜之乐也。又乐也,和也。○按经传凯歌、凯风、恺悌、乐恺皆借岂。古凯、恺、岂音义通,今分爲二。《字汇》〈山下一〉从专省。〈口下丷一〉从豆省。俗作山头,非。《同文举要》岂同剀,亦非。
考证:〔《说文》还师振乐也。〕谨照原文振下增旅字。
Fanqie:袪狶 (《广韵·上声··》)
Unihan definition:how? what?

Example usage

论语·述而》:子曰:“若圣与仁,则吾敢?”
The Master said, "The sage and the man of perfect virtue - how dare I rank myself with them?"
孟子·尽心上》:惟口腹有饥渴之害?
And is it only the mouth and belly which are injured by hunger and thirst?
礼记·三年问》:哀痛未尽,思慕未忘,然而服以是断之者,不送死者有已,复生有节哉?
The sorrow and pain were not yet ended, and the longing loving thoughts were not yet forgotten; but in the termination of the mourning dress in this way, was it not shown that there should be an end to the duties rendered to the dead, and that the time was come for the resumption of their duties to the living?
扬子法言》:谷口郑子真,不屈其志,而耕乎岩石之下,名震于京师,其卿!
Zheng Zizhen of Gukou did not bend his will and farmed at the foot of the mountains, yet his reputation shook the capital. But did he have high-ranking office?
墨子·小取》:谓也者,异也。
"How could I be like this" is difference.
庄子·逍遥游》:唯形骸有聋盲哉?
But is it only the bodily senses of which deafness and blindness can be predicated?
道德经》:古之所谓曲则全者,虚言哉!
That saying of the ancients that 'the partial becomes complete' was not vainly spoken:
商君书·来民》:不然,夫实旷虚,出天宝,而百万事本,其所益多也,徒不失其所以攻乎?
If You do not act thus, You may fill the empty and waste lands and produce natural wealth, so that a million people are engaged in the fundamental occupation, and the benefits will be manifold, but how will You prevent the soldiers from failing in their attacks?
荀子·成相》:己无邮人,我独自美,独无故?
说苑·君道》:何居之深远而见我之明也,可欺哉!
春秋繁露·玉杯》:若是则《春秋》之说乱矣,可法哉。
韩诗外传·卷一》:王子比干杀身以成其忠,柳下惠杀身以成其信,伯夷叔齐杀身以成其廉,此三子者,皆天下之通士也,不爱其身哉!
大戴礼记·礼察》:处此之功,无私如天地尔,顾不用哉?
新书·修政语上》:故大禹能一见而知之也?
新序·善谋下》:虞将军入言上,上召见,赐食已而问,敬对曰:“陛下都雒阳,欲与周室比隆哉?”
中论·修本》:或曰:“斯道信哉?”
孔子家语·五仪解》:吾子言之,有其事乎?
潜夫论·赞学》:好贫而弗之忧邪?
论衡·幸偶》:痈疽所发,身之善穴哉?
太玄经·太玄攡》:去人哉?
风俗通义》:予实顽暗,无能述演,敢比隆于斯人哉?
孔丛子·嘉言》:既而夫子闻之,曰:“吾敢哉!”
申鉴·俗嫌》:男化为女者有矣,死人复生者有矣,夫人之性哉?
忠经·冢臣章》:夫忠者,惟奉君忘身,狥国忘家,正色直辞,临难死节已矣。
新语·无为》:夫法令者、所以诛恶,非所以劝善,故曾、闵之孝,夷、齐之廉,畏死而为之哉?
蔡中郎集·汉津赋》:杂神宝其充盈兮,鱼龟之足收。
列子·天瑞》:夫禾稼、土木、禽兽、鱼鳖,皆天之所生,吾之所有?
鶡冠子·天权》:所谓蔽者,必障于帷顽隐于帷薄哉!
文子·守易》:不纵身肆意而制度,可以为天下仪,量腹而食,制形而衣,容身而居,适情而行,馀天下而不有,委万物而不利,为贫富贵贱失其性命哉!
文始真经·一宇》:物既如此,人不然?
列仙传·瑕丘仲》:遨步观化,劳胡驿。
老子河上公章句》:古之所谓曲则全者,虚言哉。
韩非子·存韩》:斯之来使,以奉秦王之欢心,愿效便计,陛下所以逆贱臣者邪?
管子·国蓄》:然则壤力固不足,而食固不赡也哉?
吴子·图国》:起对曰:“立见且可,直闻乎!”
六韬·兵道》:今王已虑其源,忧其流乎。
尉缭子·天官》:四方无顺时乘之者耶?
周髀算经·卷上》:是故算不能精习,吾以道隐子哉?
淮南子·道应训》:所自来者久矣,而轻失之,不惑哉!
吕氏春秋·不苟》:今缪公乡之矣,其霸西戎,不宜哉?
邓析子·无厚》:在振目扼腕,手据鞭朴,而后为治欤?

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