| Chinese Text Project |
| 罪 U+7F6A |  Seal script | 辠 Alternate form Semantic variant Semantic variant | 𡈚 Semantic variant |
| Radical: | 网+ 8 strokes = 13 strokes total. |
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| References: | Guangyun: p.272#28 Kangxi: p.948#13 Cihai: p.1065r2c06 GSR: 513.a Hanyu: v4,p2920#07 |
| Composition: | Top: 罒, bottom: 非. Component of: 嶵 㠑 𨗻 𢶀 𣿓 𭋈 檌 𣋖 䊫 𬠯 |
| Mandarin: | zuì ㄗㄨㄟˋ |
| Cantonese: | zeoi6 |
| Tang reconstruction: | dzhuə̌i |
| Shuowen: | 《网部》罪：捕魚竹网。从网、非。秦以罪為辠字。 |
| Guangyun: | 《廣韻·上聲·賄·辠》辠：文字音義云辠從自辛也，言辠人蹙鼻辛苦之憂始皇以辠字似皇乃改爲罪也。徂賄切，三。 《廣韻·上聲·賄·辠》罪：上同。 |
| Kangxi: | 《康熙字典·网部·八》罪：〔古文〕辠𡈚《廣韻》徂賄切《集韻》粗賄切，𠀤音㠑。《說文》捕魚竹罔。《易·解卦》君子以赦過宥罪。《書·大禹謨》罪疑惟輕。 |
| Fanqie: | 徂賄 (《廣韻·上聲·賄·辠》) |
| Unihan definition: | crime, sin, vice; evil; hardship |
Example usage
| 《論語·八佾》: | 子曰：「不然，獲罪於天，無所禱也。」 |
| The Master said, "Not so. He who offends against Heaven has none to whom he can pray." | |
| 《孟子·盡心上》: | 殺一無罪，非仁也。 |
| He thinks how to put a single innocent person to death is contrary to benevolence. | |
| 《禮記·服問》: | 傳曰：「罪多而刑五，喪多而服五，上附下附列也。」 |
| The Directory of Mourning says, 'Crimes are many, but the punishments are only five. The occasions for mourning are many, but there are only five varieties of the mourning dress. The occasions must be arranged, according as they are classed in the upper grade or in the lower.' | |
| 《孝經·五刑》: | 子曰：「五刑之屬三千，而罪莫大於不孝。」 |
| The Master said, "There are three thousand offenses against which the five punishments are directed, and there is not one of them greater than being unfilial." | |
| 《揚子法言》: | 曰：「罪不孥，宮不女，館不新，陵不墳。」 |
| Yangzi said: He did not punish the children of criminals, keep women in the palace, build new rooms in the palace or erect a large tomb for himself. | |
| 《墨子·經上》: | 罪，犯禁也。 |
| Zui (crime) is violation of a prohibition. | |
| 《莊子·人間世》: | 大多政，法而不諜，雖固，亦无罪。 |
| You have too many plans of proceeding, and have not spied out (the ruler's character). Though you firmly adhere to your plans, you may be held free from transgression, but this will be all the result. | |
| 《道德經》: | 不曰：以求得，有罪以免耶？ |
| Was it not because it could be got by seeking for it, and the guilty could escape (from the stain of their guilt) by it? | |
| 《商君書·墾令》: | 重刑而連其罪，則褊急之民不鬥，很剛之民不訟，怠惰之民不游，費資之民不作，巧諛惡心之民無變也。 |
| If penalties are made heavy and relations are involved in the punishments, petty and irascible people will not quarrel, intractable and stubborn people will not litigate, slothful and lazy people will not idle, those who waste their substance will not thrive, and those of evil heart, given to flattery, will bring about no change. | |
| 《孫子兵法·地形》: | 故進不求名，退不避罪，唯民是保，而利于主，國之寶也。 |
| The general who advances without coveting fame and retreats without fearing disgrace, whose only thought is to protect his country and do good service for his sovereign, is the jewel of the kingdom. | |
| 《史記·五帝本紀》: | 殛鯀於羽山，以變東夷：四罪而天下咸服。 |
| And that Gun might be imprisoned for life on Mount Yu to reform the Eastern barbarians. These four criminals being thus dealt with, universal submission prevailed throughout the empire. | |
| 《荀子·賦》: | 無私罪人，憼革貳兵。 |
| 《說苑·君道》: | 故民不以政獲罪也。 |
| 《春秋繁露·玉杯》: | 則亦不得不謂悼公之書葬，直以赴問而辨不成弒，非不當罪也。 |
| 《韓詩外傳·卷二》: | 昔者、宋之桓司馬得罪於宋君，出於魯，其馬佚而𩥇吾園，而食吾園之葵，是歲、吾聞園人亡利之半。 |
| 《大戴禮記·主言》: | 政之既中，令之不行，職事者之罪也。 |
| 《白虎通德論·號》: | 蔡侯無罪而拘於楚，吳有憂中國心，興師伐楚，諸侯莫敢不至。 |
| 《新書·脩政語上》: | 帝堯曰：「吾存心於先古，加志於窮民，痛萬姓之罹罪，憂眾生之不遂也。」 |
| 《新序·善謀》: | 魏絕南陽，楚臨南鄭，秦攻新城，宜陽，以臨二周之郊，誅周王之罪，侵楚、魏之地。 |
| 《中論·虛道》: | 是以辜罪昭著，腥德發聞，百姓傷心，鬼神怨痛，曾不自聞，愈休如也。 |
| 《孔子家語·相魯》: | 孔子溝而合諸墓焉，謂季桓子曰：「貶君以彰己罪，非禮也。」 |
| 《潛夫論·遏利》: | 匹夫無辜，懷璧其罪。 |
| 《論衡·幸偶》: | 虞舜、聖人也，在世宜蒙全安之福，父頑母嚚，弟象敖狂，無過見憎，不惡而得罪，不幸甚矣！ |
| 《太玄經·積》: | 次八，積善辰禍，維先之罪。 |
| 《風俗通義·五伯》: | 齊桓九合一匡，率成王室，責彊楚之罪，復青茅之貢。 |
| 《孔叢子·論書》: | 此言其所任不失德，所罰不失罪，不謂己德之明也。 |
| 《申鑒·政體》: | 民不畏死，不可懼以罪，民不樂生，不可觀以善，雖使禼布五教，咎繇作士，政不行焉。 |
| 《忠經·武備章》: | 威其鈇鉞，使之懼罪。 |
| 《素書·遵義章》: | 賞及無功，罰及無罪者酷。 |
| 《新語·道基》: | 於是皋陶乃立獄制罪，懸賞設罰，異是非，明好惡，檢奸邪，消佚亂。 |
| 《獨斷·卷上》: | 三公以罪免，亦賜策文，體如上策，而隸書以尺，一木兩行，唯此為異者也。 |
| 《蔡中郎集·獨斷》: | 孝宣繼孝昭帝，其父曰史皇孫，祖父曰衛太子，太子以罪廢，及皇孫皆死。 |
| 《列子·天瑞》: | 未及時，以贓獲罪，沒其先居之財。 |
| 《鶡冠子·天則》: | 過生於上，罪死於下。 |
| 《文子·符言》: | 道不可以勸就利者，而可以安神避害，故嘗無禍不嘗有福，嘗無罪不嘗有功。 |
| 《鬻子》: | 昔者，魯周公使康叔往守於殷，戒之曰：「與殺不辜，寧失有罪。」 |
| 《老子河上公章句》: | 罪莫大於可欲。 |
| 《韓非子·初見秦》: | 雖然，臣願悉言所聞，唯大王裁其罪。 |
| 《慎子·知忠》: | 亡國之君，非一人之罪也。 |
| 《管子·輕重己》: | 犧牲以彘，發號出令曰：「罰而勿賞，奪而勿予，罪獄誅而勿生，終歲之罪，毋有所赦，作衍牛馬之實在野者王」，天子之秋計也。 |
| 《公孫龍子·跡府》: | 此無罪而王罰之也。 |
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