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U+52A9

Seal script

Radical:+ 5 strokes = 7 strokes total.
References:Guangyun: p.363#4 Kangxi: p.146#27 Cihai: p.194r3c03 GSR: 46.z Hanyu: v1,p0368#08
Composition:Left: , right: . Component of: 𪜾 𫦬 𢃃 𢚆 𢭟 𣵪 𤞩 𬂶 𪾫 𫦵 𬀼 𢄂 𫯲 𠢞 𠢟 𭓖 [More]
Mandarin:zhù ㄓㄨˋ
Cantonese:zo6
Tang reconstruction:jrhiù
Shuowen:力部》助:左也。从力且声。
Guangyun:广韵·去声··》助:佐也,益也。牀据切,三。
Kangxi:康熙字典·力部·》助:《唐韵》《集韵》《韵会》牀据切《正韵》状祚切,𠀤锄去声。《说文》左也。从力,且声。《广韵》益也。《易·系辞》天之所助者,顺也。又《韵补》叶牀举切。《扬雄·太𤣥翕首》翕食嘬嘬,利如舞也。翕其羽,朋友助也。
Fanqie:牀据 (《广韵·去声··》)
Unihan definition:help, aid, assist

Example usage

论语·先进》:子曰:“回也非我者也,于吾言无所不说。”
The Master said, "Hui gives me no assistance. There is nothing that I say in which he does not delight."
孟子·告子下》:春省耕而补不足,秋省敛而不给。
It was a custom in the spring to examine the ploughing, and supply any deficiency of seed; and in autumn to examine the reaping, and assist where there was a deficiency of the crop.
礼记·檀弓下》:孔子之故人曰原壤,其母死,夫子之沐椁。
There was an old acquaintance of Confucius, called Yuan Zang. When his mother died, the Master assisted him in preparing the shell for the coffin.
墨子·尚贤下》:曰有力者疾以人,有财者勉以分人,有道者劝以教人。
Let him who has strength be alert to help others, let him who has wealth endeavour to share it with others, let him who possesses the Dao (the way of nature and life) teach others persuasively.
庄子·在宥》:故圣人观于天而不,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.
商君书·算地》:而赏者,所以禁也。
And the idea of rewards is to support the interdicts.
荀子·大略》:志卑者轻物,轻物者不求
说苑·修文》:四方之祭,空而来者满而反,虚而至者实而还,皆取法则焉。
春秋繁露·灭国下》:诸侯莫忧者。
韩诗外传·卷六》:军吏谏曰:“君诛中牟之罪,而城自坏者、是天之也,君曷为而退之?”
大戴礼记·夏小正》:初俊羔厥母粥。
白虎通德论·礼乐》:八风、六律者,天气也,天地成万物者也,亦犹乐,所以顺气,变化万民,成其性命也。
新书·大政下》:国未尝无士也,不得君子,则弗也。
新序·善谋下》:公诚能无爱金玉璧帛,令太子为书,卑辞以安车迎之,因使辩士固请宜来,来以为客,时时从入朝,令上见之,上见之即必异问之,问之,上知此四人,亦一也。
中论·贵验》:亲贤求之谓也
孔子家语·屈节解》:孔子之旧曰原壤,其母死,夫子将之以木椁。
潜夫论·务本》:今多务交游以结党,偷世窃名以取济渡,夸末之徒,从而尚之,此逼贞士之节,而衒世俗之心者也。
论衡·命禄》:故夫富贵若有神,贫贱若有鬼祸。
太玄经·》:测曰,“翕其羽”、朋友也。
风俗通义》:今变异屡臻,此天以佑汉室,觉悟国家也
孔丛子·广诂》:承、賛、凉、,佐也。
新语·资质》:夫公卿之子弟,贵戚之党友,虽无过人之才,然在尊重之位者,辅者强饰之者巧,靡不达也。
独断·卷上》:殷以十二月为正,九寸为尺,律中大吕,言阴气大胜,黄锺宣气而万物生,故以为正也。
蔡中郎集·独断》:五等爵之别名:三公者,天子之相,相、也,理天下,其地方百里。
列子·汤问》:邻人京城氏之孀妻,有遗男,始齓,跳往之。
鶡冠子·王鈇》:驩欣足以相,𠏄谍足以相止,安平相驯,军旅相保,夜战则足以相信,昼战则足以相配,入以禁暴,出正无道,是以其兵能横行诛伐而莫之敢御。
文子·道德》:积道德者,天与之,地之,鬼神辅之,凤皇藉其庭,麒麟游其郊,蛟龙宿其沼。
列仙传·木羽》:母贫贱,主产。
老子河上公章句》:天知之,则神灵佑,不复危怠。
韩非子·孤愤》:此四者,邪臣之所以自饰也。
慎子·威德》:由是观之,则元緆色之也,姣者辞之,则色厌矣。
管子·形势解》:古者武王,天之所也,故虽地小而民少,犹之为天子也。
孙子兵法·行军》:邱陵堤防,必处其阳,而右背之,此兵之利,地之也。
吴子·料敌》:七曰将薄吏轻,士卒不固,三军数惊,师徒无
六韬·发启》:商王虐极,罪杀不辜,公尚予忧民,如何?
司马法·定爵》:顺天奉时,阜财因敌,怿众勉若,利地守隘阻,右兵弓矢御,殳矛守,戈戟
尉缭子·制谈》:今国被患者,以重币出聘,以爱子出质,以地界出割,得天下,卒名为十万,其实不过数万尔。
三略·上略》:弱者,人之所
淮南子·缪称训》:金石丝竹,而奏之,犹未足以至于极也。
吕氏春秋·不苟》:凡行赏欲其博也,博则多
鬼谷子·权篇》:耳目者,心之佐也。

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