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U+5DDD

Seal script

Jinwen

Jiaguwen

Jianbo

Semantic variant

Radical:+ 0 strokes = 3 strokes total.
References:Guangyun: p.140#48 Kangxi: p.323#23 Cihai: p.462r2c02 GSR: 462.a Hanyu: v1,p0032#02
Composition:Component of: 𠆯 𫧁 𠯀 𡵅 𬘓 𡿫 𪯠 𫇨 𤆑 𣅕 𦘶 [More]
Mandarin:chuān ㄔㄨㄢ
Cantonese:cyun1
Tang reconstruction:*chiuɛn
Shuowen:川部》川:貫穿通流水也。《虞書》曰:「濬𡿨巜,距川。」言深𡿨巜之水會為川也。凡川之屬皆从川。
Guangyun:廣韻·下平聲··穿》川:山川也,蔡邕月令章句曰衆流注海曰川。《釋名》云:川者穿也,穿地而流也。
Kangxi:康熙字典·巛部·巛部》川:《唐韻》《集韻》《韻會》《正韻》𠀤昌緣切,音穿。《釋名》穿也。穿地而流也。《周禮·冬官考工記》凡天下之地埶,兩山之閒,必有川焉。《爾雅·釋水》湀闢流川。《註》通流。《疏》湀闢者,通流大川之別名也。《又》過辨回川。《註》旋流。《疏》言川中之水有回旋而流者。《蔡邕·月令章句》衆流注海曰川。《·益稷》予決九川,距四海。《傳》決九州名川,通之至海。又《禹貢》奠高山大川。《傳》大川四瀆。《疏》川之大者,莫大於瀆。四瀆,謂江,河,淮,漢也。《呂氏春秋》何謂六川:河水、赤水、遼水、黑水、江水、淮水。《潘岳·關中記》涇、渭、灞、滻、鄷、鎬、潦、潏,凡八川。《司馬相如·上林賦》蕩蕩乎八川。又三川,郡名。《史記·秦始皇紀》滅二周,置三川郡。《前漢·高祖紀》斬三川守李由。《註》應劭曰:今河南郡也。韋昭曰:有河洛伊,故曰三川也。又四川,省名。《韻會》今成都府,潼州,利州,夔州四路,取氓江,沱江,黑水,白水四大川以立名也。又口川。《周語》防民之口,甚於防川。《朱子詩》口川失自防。又川衡,官名。《周禮·地官》川衡掌巡川澤之禁令。又竅也。《山海經》倫山有獸如麋,其川在尾上。《註》川,竅也。又叶樞倫切,音春。《·大雅》旱旣大甚,滌滌山川。早魃爲虐,如惔如焚。《前漢·敘傳》昔在上聖,昭事百神。類帝禋宗,望秩山川。
Fanqie:昌縁 (《廣韻·下平聲··穿》)
Unihan definition:stream, river; flow; boil

Example usage

論語·雍也》:子謂仲弓曰:「犂牛之子騂且角,雖欲勿用,山其舍諸?」
The Master, speaking of Zhong Gong, said, "If the calf of a brindled cow be red and horned, although men may not wish to use it, would the spirits of the mountains and rivers put it aside?"
孟子·離婁上》:故曰,為高必因丘陵,為下必因澤。
Hence we have the saying: "To raise a thing high, we must begin from the top of a mound or a hill; to dig to a great depth, we must commence in the low ground of a stream or a marsh."
禮記·曲禮上》:名子者不以國,不以日月,不以隱疾,不以山
In giving a name to a son, it should not be that of a state, nor of a day or a month, nor of any hidden ailment, nor of a hill or river.
揚子法言》:曰:「有瀆,山有嶽,高而且大者,眾人所不能踰也。」
Yangzi said: Among streams there are great rivers; among mountains there are great peaks. The high and the great, these are what the common man cannot surpass.
墨子·尚賢中》:禹平水土,主名山
(2) Yu reduced the Flood and recovered the land, and gave names to hills and rivers.
莊子·胠篋》:竭而谷虛,丘夷而淵實。
When the stream is dried, the valley is empty; when the mound is levelled, the deep pool (beside it) is filled up.
道德經》:豫兮若冬涉
Shrinking looked they like those who wade through a stream in winter.
商君書·來民》:今秦之地,方千里者五,而穀土不能處什二,田數不滿百萬,其藪澤谿谷名山大之材物貨寶,又不盡為用,此人不稱土也。
Now, the territory of Qin comprises five times a thousand square li, but the soil fit for growing corn cannot occupy more than two-fifths. The area of the fields does not come up to a million mu, and the produce and treasures of its glades and morasses, of its valleys and dales, and of its famous mountains and big rivers, are also incompletely utilized. This means that the population is illproportioned to the territory.
史記·五帝本紀》:萬國和,而鬼神山封禪與為多焉。
And the various states being at peace, he worshipped the demons and spirits of the hills and streams with the feng and shan ceremonies in numbers.
荀子·君子》:》曰:「沸騰,山冢崒崩,高岸為谷,深谷為陵。」
說苑·君道》:左洞庭之波,右彭蠡之
春秋繁露·王道》:郊天祀地,秩山,以時到,封於泰山,禪於梁父。
韓詩外傳·卷三》:動以雷電,潤以風雨,節以山,均其寒暑,萬民育生,各得其所,而制國用。
大戴禮記》:是故,聖人為天地主,為山主,為鬼神主,為宗廟主。
白虎通德論·五祀》:《禮》曰:「天子祭天地,諸侯祭山,卿、大夫祭五祀,士祭其祖。」
新書·脩政語上》:黃帝曰:道若谷之水,其出無已,其行無止。
新序·善謀》:王若不藉路於仇讎之韓、魏,必攻隨水右壤,隨水右壤,此皆廣大水,山林谿谷,不食之地也。
中論·爵祿》:昔周公相王室以君天下,聖德昭聞,王勛弘大,成王封以少昊之墟,地方七百里,錫之山土田,附庸備物,典策官司,彝器龍旗九旒,祀帝於郊。
孔子家語·觀周》:江海雖左,長於百,以其卑也。
潛夫論·慎微》:谷之卑,非截斷而顛陷也,必陂池而稍下焉。
論衡·吉驗》:五人皆有寵,共王無適立,乃望祭山,請神決之。
太玄經·》:上九,崇崇高山,下有波其,人有輯航,可與過其。
風俗通義》:然頴有識陳元方、韓元長、綦毋廣明咸嘉是焉。
孔叢子·刑論》:孔子曰:「夫吳、越之俗,男女無別,同而浴,民輕相犯,故其刑重而不勝,由無禮也。」
申鑒·政體》:濟大者,太上乘舟,其次泅。
新語·道基》:禹乃決江䟽河,通之四瀆,致之於海,大小相引,高下相受,百順流,各歸其所,然後人民得去高險,處平土。
獨斷·卷上》:秦兼天下,置三守,伊、河、洛也。
蔡中郎集·獨斷》:秦兼天下,置三守,伊、河、洛也。
列子·周穆王》:反山,移城邑。
鶡冠子·道端》:夫寒溫之變,非一精之所化也,天下之事,非一人之所能獨知也,海水廣大,非獨仰一之流也。
文子·精誠》:逆天暴物,即日月薄蝕,五星失行,四時相乘,晝明宵光,山崩涸,冬雷夏霜。
文始真經·六匕》:關尹子曰:「好仁者多夢松、柏、桃、李,好義者多夢兵、刀、金、鐵,好禮者多夢簠、簋、籩、豆,好智者多夢江、湖、、澤,好信者多夢山、岳、原、野,役于五行,未有不然者。」
列仙傳·鹿皮公》:鹿皮公者,淄人也。
老子河上公章句》:與兮若冬涉
韓非子·解老》:時雨降集,曠野閒靜,而以昏晨犯山,則風露之爪角害之。
慎子·逸文》:為天下衣食,人不能感。
諫逐客書》:惠王用張儀之計,拔三之地,西并巴、蜀,北收上郡,南取漢中,包九夷,制鄢、郢,東據成皋之險,割膏腴之壤,遂散六國之從,使之西面事秦,功施到今。
管子·輕重甲》:故不遠道里,而能威絕域之民,不險山,而能服有恃之國,發若雷霆,動若風雨,獨出獨入,莫之能圉。
司馬法·仁本》:乃告于皇天上帝,日月星辰,禱于后土四海神祇,山冢社,乃造于先王。
尉繚子·武議》:三軍成行,一舍而後成三舍,三舍之餘,如決源。
三略·上略》:軍讖曰:將能清,能靜,能平,能整,能受諫,能聽訟,能納人,能採言,能知國俗,能圖山,能表險難,能制軍權。

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