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U+929B

Seal script

Simplified character

Radical:+ 6 strokes = 14 strokes total.
References:Guangyun: p.225#45 p.335#37 p.486#3 Kangxi: p.1305#11 Cihai: p.1380r1c02 GSR: 621.a Hanyu: v6,p4198#04
Composition:Left: , right: . Component of: 𦗾
Mandarin:xiān ㄒㄧㄢ
Cantonese:cim1
Shuowen:金部》銛:鍤屬。从金舌聲。讀若棪。桑欽讀若鐮。
Guangyun:廣韻·下平聲··》銛:銛利也。《說文》曰:臿屬纂文曰鐵有距施竹頭以擲魚爲銛也。息廉切,十三。
廣韻·上聲··》銛:取也,又鍤屬。又音纖。
廣韻·入聲··》銛:《說文》曰:斷也。
Kangxi:康熙字典·金部·》銛:《唐韻》息廉切《集韻》思廉切,𠀤音䆎。《說文》鍤屬。又《玉篇》利也。《賈誼·過秦論》非銛于句戟長鎩也。《史記·秦始皇紀》作錟。《前漢·賈誼傳》莫邪爲鈍兮,鈆刀爲銛。《註》晉灼曰:世俗謂利爲銛。又《廣韻》纂文曰:鐵有距,施竹頭以擲魚,爲銛也。又姓。《正字通》宋有銛朴翁,工詩。又《集韻》習琰切,音燄。臿屬。又《廣韻》他玷切《集韻》他點切,𠀤音忝。《博雅》錍謂之銛。又《博雅》斷也。《音釋》銛,他點反。又息廉反。又《揚子·方言》銛,取也。《註》謂挑取物也。音忝。
Fanqie:息廉 (《廣韻·下平聲··》) 他玷 (《廣韻·上聲··》) 古活 (《廣韻·入聲··》)
Unihan definition:sharp, keen-edged; a kind of hoe

Example usage

揚子法言》:或曰:「刀不利,筆不,而獨加諸砥,不亦可乎?」
The other said: If a knife or brush is not sharp, then you just put it to the grindstone. Is that not acceptable?
墨子·親士》:今有五錐,此其者必先挫。
Among the five weapons the sharpest will be broken first.
荀子·》:達而尾趙繚者邪?
論衡·幸偶》:等之金也,或為劍戟,或為鋒
韓非子·八說》:搢笏干戚,不適有方鐵
淮南子·脩務訓》:服劍者期於利,而不期於墨陽、莫邪。
呂氏春秋·簡選》:簡選精良,兵械利,發之則不時,縱之則不當,與惡卒無擇,為是戰因用惡卒則不可。
戰國策》:矢非不,而劍非不利也,何則?
漢書·賈誼傳》:莫邪為鈍兮,鈆刀為
後漢書·張衡列傳》:參輪可使自轉,木雕猶能獨飛,已垂翅而還故棲,盍亦調其機而諸?
說文解字·刀部》:利:也。
方言·第三》:,取也。
郭店·老子丙》:襲為上,弗美也。
馬王堆》:故兵者非君子之器也,□□不祥之器也,不得已而用之,襲為上,勿美也。
三國志·傅嘏傳》:時曹爽秉政,何晏為吏部尚書,嘏謂爽弟羲曰:「何平叔外靜而內巧,好利,不念務本。」
藝文類聚》:鋤耰棘矜,非於鉤戟長鎩也。
通典·葬儀》:給事中夏侯駮之曰:「公主自昔降婚,梧桐半死。」
意林·法言十五卷》:刀不利,筆不,宜加砥削。
廣韻·》:利也。
太平御覽》:《史記賈誼吊屈原篇》云:莫耶為鈍兮,鉛刀為
太平廣記·獨孤莊》:利。
墨子閒詁·親士》:此其畢云:「《史記集解》云:『徐廣曰,思廉反。』」
全唐詩》:筆下磨巨闕鋒,
康熙字典·》:韱:《唐韻》息廉切《集韻》思廉切,𠀤音

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