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U+5F29

Seal script

Radical:+ 5 strokes = 8 strokes total.
References:Guangyun: p.267#12 Kangxi: p.358#03 Cihai: p.501r6c02 GSR: 94.z Hanyu: v2,p0994#05
Composition:Top: , bottom: . Component of: 𢮫 𬊨 𫯅 𫛇
Mandarin: ㄋㄨˇ
Cantonese:nou5
Shuowen:弓部》弩:弓有臂者。《周禮》四弩:夾弩、庾弩、唐弩、大弩。从弓奴聲。
Guangyun:廣韻·上聲··》弩:弓弩古史考曰黃帝作弩。
Kangxi:康熙字典·弓部·》弩:《唐韻》《正韻》奴古切《集韻》《韻會》暖五切,𠀤怒上聲。《說文》弓有臂者。《釋名》弩,怒也,有勢怒也。其柄曰臂,似人臂也。鉤弦曰牙,似齒牙也。牙外曰郭,爲牙之規郭也。下曰懸刀,其形然也。合名之曰機,言如機之巧也,亦言如門戸樞機,開合有節也。《古史考》黃帝作弩。《太公·六韜》强弩長兵者,所以踰水戰也。《史記·孫吳傳》萬弩夾道而發。又弩師,軍名。《後漢·順帝紀》調五營弩師,令敎習戰射。又弩父,卒名。《揚子·方言》東海之門卒謂之弩父。《註》主擔幔弩導幨,因名。又水弩,蟲名。《前漢·五行志註》射工亦呼水弩。
Fanqie:奴古 (《廣韻·上聲··》)
Unihan definition:cross-bow, bow; downward stroke

Example usage

莊子·胠篋》:夫弓、、畢、弋、機變之知多,則鳥亂於上矣。
The knowledge shown in the (making of) bows, cross-bows, band-nets, stringed arrows, and contrivances with springs is great, but the birds are troubled by them above.
商君書·外內》:賞使之忘死,而威備之苦生,而淫道又塞,以此遇敵,是以百石之射飄葉也,何不陷之有哉?
'When rewards make them forget the danger of death and strict authority causes them to find life hard, and moreover, depraved doctrines are barred, in this manner meeting the enemy would be like shooting, with a crossbow of a hundred piculs' capacity, a floating leaf.
孫子兵法·作戰》:國之貧于師者遠輸,遠輸則百姓貧,近于師者貴賣,貴賣則百姓財竭,財竭則急于丘役,力屈財殫,中原內虛于家,百姓之費,十去其七,公家之費,破車罷馬,甲冑矢,戟楯蔽櫓,丘牛大車,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·議兵》:魏氏之武卒,以度取之,衣三屬之甲,操十二石之,負服矢五十個,置戈其上,冠冑帶劍,贏三日之糧,日中而趨百里,中試則復其戶,利其田宅,是數年而衰,而未可奪也,改造則不易周也,是故地雖大,其稅必寡,是危國之兵也。
新書·過秦下》:秦人阻嶮不守,關梁不閉,長戟不刺,彊不射,楚沛深入,戰於鴻門,曾無藩籬之難。
新序·雜事二》:不知弋者選其弓,修其防翳,加繒繳其頸,投乎百仞之上,引纖繳,揚微波,折清風而殞,故朝遊乎江河,而暮調乎鼎俎,檻鵠猶其小者也,蔡侯之事故是也。
論衡·儒增》:善射者能射遠中微,不失毫釐,安能使弓更多力乎?
風俗通義》:時北壁上有懸赤,照於柸,形如虵。
新語·慎微》:若造父之御馬,羿之用,則所謂難也。
蔡中郎集》:臣邕頓首死罪,伏見幽州奕騎,冀州強,為天下精兵,國家瞻仗。
墨子·備城門》:適人為穴而來,我亟使穴師選士,迎而穴之,為之且內以應之。
韓非子·初見秦》:乃復悉士卒以攻邯鄲,不能拔也,棄甲負,戰竦而卻,天下固已量秦力二矣。
慎子·威德》:弱而矰高者,乘於風也。
管子·輕重己》:張耜當,銚耨當劍戟。
吳子·治兵》:吳子曰:「教戰之令,短者持矛戟,長者持弓,強者持旌旗,勇者持金鼓,弱者給冢養,智者為謀主。」
六韜·奇兵》:長兵者,所以踰水戰也。
尉繚子·兵談》:兵如總木,如羊角,人人無不騰陵張膽,絕乎疑慮,堂堂決而去。
淮南子·齊俗訓》:柱不可以摘齒,筐不可以持屋,馬不可以服重,牛不可以追速,鉛不可以為刀,銅不可以為,鐵不可以為舟,木不可以為釜。
呂氏春秋·察微》:機差以米則不發。
史記·秦始皇本紀》:方士徐市等入海求神藥,數歲不得,費多,恐譴,乃詐曰:「蓬萊藥可得,然常為大鮫魚所苦,故不得至,願請善射與俱,見則以連射之。」
逸周書·小明武解》:凡攻之道,必得地勢,以順天時,觀之以今,稽之以古,攻其逆政,毀其地阻,立之五教,以惠其下,矜寡無告,實為之主,五教允中,枝葉代興,國為偽巧,後宮飾女,荒田逐獸,田獵之所,游觀崇臺,泉池在下,淫樂無既,百姓辛苦,上有困令,乃有極□,上困下騰,戎遷其野,敦行王法,濟用金鼓,降以列陳,無悗怒□,按道攻巷,無襲門戶,無受貨賂,攻用弓,上下禱祀,靡神不下,其行衝梯,振以長旗,懷戚思終,左右憤勇,無食六畜,無聚子女,群振若雷,造于城下,鼓行參呼,以正什伍,上有軒冕,斧鉞在下,勝國若化,故曰明武。
吳越春秋》:即日夜半,暴風疾雨,雷奔電激,飛石揚砂,疾於弓
越絕書·計倪內經》:而乳,郅頭而皇皇。
戰國策》:使樗里疾以車百乘入周,周君懼焉,以蔡、厹由戒之,故使長兵在前,強在後,名曰衛疾,而實囚之也。
鹽鐵論·伐功》:以漢之強,攻於匈奴之眾,若以強潰癰疽。
列女傳·陳女夏姬》:靈公罷酒出,徵舒伏廄門,射殺靈公。
漢書·王莽傳下》:臺上亦弓與相射,稍稍落去。
前漢紀》:不能彎弓
東觀漢記·隗囂》:時民饑饉,乃噉煮履。
後漢書·天文上》:至昆陽山,作營百餘,圍城數重,或為衝車以撞城,為雲車高十丈以瞰城中,矢雨集,城中負戶而汲。
西京雜記·第四》:茂陵輕薄者化之,皆以雜寶錯廁翳障,以青州蘆葦為矢,輕騎妖服,追隨於道路,以為懽娛也。
周禮·夏官司馬》:司弓矢:掌六弓四八矢之法,辨其名物,而掌其守藏與其出入。
焦氏易林·屯之》:同人:三孫荷,無益於輔。
說文解字·𠬞部》:𢌳:持拊。
釋名·釋兵》:,怒也,有勢怒也。
方言·第一》:東齊謂之劍,或謂之
急就篇》:箭矢鎧兜鉾。
黃帝內經·動輸》:歧伯曰:氣之離藏也,卒然如弓之發,如水之下岸,上於魚以及衰,其餘氣衰散以逆上,故其行微。
世說新語·排調》:獸弱彊,是以發遲。
顏氏家訓·勉學》:有客難主人曰:「吾見彊長戟,誅罪安民,以取公侯者有矣。」
抱朴子·至理》:昔吳遣賀將軍討山賊,賊中有善禁者,每當交戰,官軍刀劍皆不得拔,弓射矢皆還向,輒致不利。

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