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U+4E45

Seal script

Jianbo

Alternate form

Radical:丿+ 2 strokes = 3 strokes total.
References:Guangyun: p.322#17 Kangxi: p.81#19 Cihai: p.47r1c02 GSR: 993.a Hanyu: v1,p0033#03
Composition:Component of: 𬽧 𠖮 𠥾 𫼖 𬜢 𭖃 𠮻 𡉌 𡚮 𡚰 𤆐 𬀨 𠇧 [More]
Mandarin:jiǔ ㄐㄧㄡˇ
Cantonese:gau2
Tang reconstruction:*gioǔ gioǔ
Shuowen:久部》久:以後灸之,象人兩脛後有距也。《周禮》曰:「久諸牆以觀其橈。」凡久之屬皆从久。
Guangyun:廣韻·上聲··》久:長久也。舉有切,七。
Kangxi:康熙字典·丿部·》久:《唐韻》《正韻》舉有切《集韻》《韻會》已有切,𠀤音九。暫之反也。《易·繫辭》恆久也。《中庸》不息則久。《註》久,常於中也。《老子·道德經》天乃道,道乃久。又待也。《左傳·昭二十四年》士伯曰:寡君以爲盟主之故,是以久子。又《說文》久,从後灸之,象人兩脛,後有距也。引周禮,久諸牆以觀其橈。◎按今《考工記·廬人》作灸,諸牆以眡其橈。註灸,猶柱也。釋文音救。又《儀禮·士喪禮》夏祝鬻餘飯用二鬲,于西牆不羃用疏布久之。《註》久讀爲灸。《疏》灸,塞義,謂直用麤布蓋鬲口爲塞也。又《韻補》叶舉里切,音几。《·邶風》何其久也,必有以也。久叶以。《小雅》來歸自鎬,我行永久。叶喜祉。《楚辭·招䰟》層冰峩峩,飛雪千里。歸來歸來,不可以久。
Fanqie:舉有 (《廣韻·上聲··》)
Unihan definition:long time (ago); time passage, grow late

Example usage

論語·八佾》:天下之無道也矣,天將以夫子為木鐸。
The kingdom has long been without the principles of truth and right; Heaven is going to use your master as a bell with its wooden tongue.
孟子·盡心上》:假而不歸,惡知其非有也。
Having borrowed them long and not returned them, how could it be known they did not own them?
禮記·三年問》:創鉅者其日,痛甚者其愈遲,三年者,稱情而立文,所以為至痛極也。
The greater a wound is, the longer it remains; and the more pain it gives, the more slowly is it healed. The mourning of three years, being appointed with its various forms in harmony with the feelings (produced by the occasion of it), was intended to mark the greatest degree of grief.
揚子法言》:或曰:「人羨生,將以學也,可謂好學已乎?」
Someone said: Some people take up study because they covet a long life. Can this be called loving to learn?
墨子·經上》:,彌異時也。
Jiu (duration) is pervasion of different times.
莊子·逍遙遊》:而彭祖乃今以特聞,眾人匹之,不亦悲乎!
And Peng Zu is the one man renowned to the present day for his length of life: if all men were (to wish) to match him, would they not be miserable?
道德經》:天長地
Heaven is long-enduring and earth continues long.
商君書·說民》:而無蝨者,必王。
And such a country, free of parasites, may be certain of supremacy.
孫子兵法·作戰》:其用戰也,勝則鈍兵挫銳,攻城則力屈,暴師則國用不足。
When you engage in actual fighting, if victory is long in coming, then men's weapons will grow dull and their ardor will be damped. If you lay siege to a town, you will exhaust your strength. Again, if the campaign is protracted, the resources of the State will not be equal to the strain.
荀子·性惡》:今使塗之人伏術為學,專心一志,思索孰察,加日縣,積善而不息,則通於神明,參於天地矣。
說苑·脩文》:何其也?
春秋繁露·玉杯》:取時無喪,出其法也矣。
韓詩外傳·卷一》:何其也?
大戴禮記·禮察》:然則如湯武能廣大其德,長其後,行五百歲而不失。
白虎通德論·社稷》:土地故兩報之。
新書·脩政語下》:故夫天下者,唯有道者理之,唯有道者紀之,唯有道者使之,唯有道者宜處而之。
新序·善謀下》:夫敖倉,天下轉輸矣,臣聞其下乃有藏粟甚多。
中論·治學》:如寤寐焉,而愈足。
孔子家語·始誅》:今世俗之陵遟矣,雖有刑法,民能勿踰乎?
潛夫論·務本》:今或家賑而貸之,遺賑貧窮,恤矜疾苦,則必不居富矣
論衡·幸偶》:魯城門朽欲頓,孔子過之,趨而疾行。
太玄經·》:陰以武取,陽以文與,道可長
風俗通義·六國》:吾所以者,適有學也。
孔叢子·廣詁》:固、歷、彌、宿、舊、尚,也。
申鑒·時事》:今國家忘戰日,每寇難之作,民瘁幾盡。
忠經·聖君章》:惠澤長,黎民咸懷。
素書·遵義章》:貴而忘賤者不
新語·術事》:道近不必出於遠,取其至要而有成。
獨斷·卷上》:又三老,老謂也、舊也、壽也,皆取首妻男女完具者,古者天子親袒割牲,執醬而饋,三公設几,九卿正履,使者安車輭輪送迎而至其家,天子獨拜于屏,其明旦三老詣闕謝,以其禮過厚故也。
蔡中郎集·獨斷》:又三老,老謂也、舊也、壽也,皆取首妻男女完具者,古者天子親袒割牲,執醬而饋,三公設几,九卿正履,使者安車輭輪送迎而至其家,天子獨拜于屏,其明旦三老詣闕謝,以其禮過厚故也。
列子·天瑞》:鷂之為鸇,鸇之為布穀,布穀復為鷂也。
鶡冠子·道端》:故先王傳道以相效屬也,賢君循成法,後世長,惰君不從,當世滅亡。
文子·道原》:原人之性無邪穢,湛於物即易,易而忘其本即合於其若性。
文始真經·一宇》:十年、百年死者,如歷得道。
列仙傳·寧封子》:有人過之,為其掌火,能出五色煙,則以教封子。
鬻子》:君王欲緣五帝之道而不失,則可以長
老子河上公章句》:天長地說天地長生壽,以喻教人也。
韓非子·存韓》:夫韓、小國也,而以應天下四擊,主辱臣苦,上下相與同憂矣。
慎子·逸文》:處無過之地,則世俗聽矣。
管子·輕重甲》:頓戟一譟,而靡幣之用,日去千金之積,之且何以待之?
公孫龍子·跡府》:穿曰:「素聞先生高誼,願為弟子,但不取先生以白馬為非馬耳!」

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