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U+51AC

Seal script

Jinwen

Jiaguwen

Alternate form
𠔙
Semantic variant
𠘀
Semantic variant
𠘗
Semantic variant
𣅈
Semantic variant
𣆼
Semantic variant

Radical:+ 3 strokes = 5 strokes total.
References:Guangyun: p.32#30 Kangxi: p.131#17 Cihai: p.167r2c01 GSR: 1002.a Hanyu: v2,p0867#19
Composition:Top: , bottom: . Component of: 𨚟 𠩁 𨒟 𡶞 𢓘 𢫝 𦙭 [More]
Mandarin:dōng ㄉㄨㄥ
Cantonese:dung1
Tang reconstruction:*dong dong
Shuowen:仌部》冬:四时尽也。从仌从夂。夂,古文终字。
Guangyun:广韵·上平声··》冬:四时之末。《尸子》云:冬爲信北方爲冬冬终也,又姓前燕慕容皝左司马冬寿。都宗切,七。
Kangxi:康熙字典·冫部·》冬:〔古文〕𣆼𣅈𠘀𠔙𠘗《唐韵》《集韵》《韵会》𠀤都宗切,笃平声。《说文》四时尽也。《礼·月令》天气上腾,地气下降。天地不通,闭塞而成冬。《乐记》冬,藏也。《前汉·律历志》冬,终也。《白虎通》冰霜,冬之𠋫也。《鶡冠子·环流篇》斗柄北指,天下皆冬。又姓。《韵会》前燕有司马冬寿。
Fanqie:都宗 (《广韵·上平声··》)
Unihan definition:winter, 11th lunar month

Example usage

孟子·告子上》:公都子曰:“日则饮汤,夏日则饮水,然则饮食亦在外也?”
Gong Du replied, 'In winter we drink things hot, in summer we drink things cold; and so, on your principle, eating and drinking also depend on what is external!'
礼记·缁衣》:祁寒,小民亦惟曰怨。
And so it may be said of them in the great cold of winter.
墨子·辞过》:古之民,未知为衣服时,衣皮带茭,则不轻而温,夏则不轻而凊。
Before clothing was known the primitive people wore coats of furs and belts of straw. They were neither light and warm in winter nor light and cool in summer.
庄子·逍遥游》:,与越人水战,大败越人,裂地而封之。
And in the winter he had an engagement with that of Yue, on which he inflicted a great defeat, and was invested with a portion of territory taken from Yue.
道德经》:豫兮若涉川。
Shrinking looked they like those who wade through a stream in winter.
商君书·来民》:天下有不服之国,则王以此春违其农,夏食其食,秋取其刈,冻其葆。
Should there be a state in the empire that does not submit, then Your Majesty should, herewith, in spring prevent their farming, in summer live on their produce, in autumn lay hold of their harvest, and in winter pickle their vegetables:
史记·五帝本纪》:日短,星昴,以正中
And the day being at its shortest, and the culminating star Mao (ε in Pleiades) to determine midwinter.
荀子·》:托地而游宇,友风而子雨,日作寒,夏日作暑,广大精神,请归之云。
说苑·修文》:大圣至治之世,天地之气,合以生风,日至则日行其风以生十二律,故仲短至则生黄钟,季生大吕,孟春生太簇,仲春生夹钟,季春生姑洗,孟夏生仲吕,仲夏生蕤宾,季夏生林钟,孟秋生夷则,仲秋生南吕,季秋生无射,孟生应钟。
春秋繁露·玉杯》:且文公以秋祭,以纳币,皆失于太蚤。
韩诗外传·卷二》:传曰:国无道,则飘风厉疾,暴雨折木,阴阳错氛,夏寒温,春热秋荣,日月无光,星辰错行,民多疾病,国多不祥,群生不寿,而五谷不登。
大戴礼记·主言》:其礼可守,其信可复,其迹可履其于信也,如四时春秋夏。
白虎通德论·五祀》:祭井。
新书·辅佐》:道行,典知变化,以为规是非,明利害,掌仆及舆马之度,羽旄旌旗之制,步骤徐疾之节,春夏秋用之伦色,居车之容,登降之礼。
新序·善谋》:臣请言其说:臣闻之,物至则反,夏是也。
中论·考伪》:物者、春也,吐华、夏也,布叶、秋也,凋零、也。
孔子家语·问礼》:昔之王者,未有宫室,则居营窟,夏则居橧巢。
潜夫论·思贤》:当得麦门,反烝横麦。
论衡·命禄》:春夏囚死,秋王相,非能为之也。
太玄经·太玄攡》:至及夜半以后者,近玄之象也。
风俗通义·五帝》:谨按:《易》、《尚书大传》:“天立五帝以为相,四时施生,法度明察,春夏庆赏,秋刑罚,帝者任德设刑,以则象之。”
孔丛子·问军礼》:于是孟以级授军。
新语·道基》:故曰:张日月,列星辰,序四时,调阴阳,布气治性,次置五行,春生夏长,秋收藏,阳生雷电,阴成雪霜,养育群生,一茂一亡,润之以风雨,曝之以日光,温之以节气,降之以殒霜,位之以众星,制之以斗衡,苞之以六合,罗之以纪纲,改之以灾变,告之以祯祥,动之以生杀,悟之以文章。
独断·卷上》:荐考妣于适寝之所,祭春荐韭卵,夏荐麦鱼,秋荐黍豚,荐稻雁,制无常牲,取与新物相宜而已。
蔡中郎集·独断》:至阳气始,起,麋鹿解角,故寝兵鼓,身欲宁,志欲静,不听事,送迎五日,腊者,岁终大祭,纵吏民宴饮,非迎气,故但送不迎。
列子·周穆王》:起雷,夏造冰。
鶡冠子·环流》:斗柄东指,天下皆春,斗柄南指,天下皆夏,斗柄西指,天下皆秋,斗柄北指,天下皆
文子·精诚》:逆天暴物,即日月薄蚀,五星失行,四时相乘,昼明宵光,山崩川涸,雷夏霜。
文始真经·四符》:凋秋物,无人。
列仙传·幼伯子》:常著单衣,盛暑著襦,形貌秽异。
老子河上公章句》:夏散凝,应期而动,不失天时。
韩非子·解老》:周公曰:“日之闭冻也不固,则春夏之长草木也不茂。”
管子·轻重己》:以秋日至始,数四十六日,秋尽而始,天子服黑絻黑而静处,朝诸侯卿大夫列士,循于百姓,发号出令曰:“毋行大火,毋斩大山,毋塞大水,毋犯天之隆”,天子之禁也。
吴子·图国》:日衣之则不温,夏日衣之则不凉。
六韬·守国》:道藏,万物寻。
司马法·仁本》:夏不兴师,所以兼爱民也。
尉缭子·治本》:春夏夫出于南亩,秋女练于布帛,则民不困。
三略·上略》:不服裘,夏不操扇,雨不张盖,是谓将礼。
九章算术·商功》:程人功四百四十四尺。
周髀算经·卷上》:陈子说之曰:“夏至南万六千里,至南十三万五千里,日中立竿测影。”
淮南子·齐俗训》:则羊裘解札,短褐不掩形,而炀灶口。

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