| Chinese Text Project |
| 木 U+6728 |  Seal script |  Jinwen |  Jiaguwen |  Jianbo |
| Radical: | 木+ 0 strokes = 4 strokes total. |
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| References: | Guangyun: p.452#37 Kangxi: p.509#01 Cihai: p.662r5c05 GSR: 1212.a Hanyu: v2,p1149#06 |
| Composition: | Component of: 梅 朰 札 术 𭩘 𬂜 𣎶 𣎷 禾 𣎾 朵 𣎿 凩 朶 朲 𠫡 𣏀 朳 朴 朷 [More] |
| Mandarin: | mù ㄇㄨˋ |
| Cantonese: | muk6 |
| Tang reconstruction: | *muk |
| Shuowen: | 《木部》木：冒也。冒地而生。東方之行。从屮，下象其根。凡木之屬皆从木。 |
| Guangyun: | 《廣韻·入聲·屋·木》木：樹木。《說文》曰：木冒也，冒地而生東方足行又姓木華字𤣥虚作海賦。莫卜切，十二。 |
| Kangxi: | 《康熙字典·木部·木部》木：《唐韻》《集韻》《韻會》《正韻》𠀤莫卜切，音沐。《說文》冒也。冒地而生，東方之行。从屮，下象其根。《徐鍇曰》屮者，木始申坼也，萬物皆始於微，故木从屮。《白虎通》木之爲言觸也。《玉篇》燧人氏鑽出火也。《書·洪範》五行：一曰水、二曰火、三曰木、四曰金、五曰土。《易·說卦傳》𢁉爲木。《疏》木可以揉曲直，卽𢁉順之謂也。《禮·月令》某日立春，盛德在木。《疏》春則爲生，天之生育，盛德在於木位。又八音之一。《周禮·春官·太師》金石土革絲木匏竹。《註》木，柷敔也。又質樸。《論語》剛毅木訥近仁。又木彊，不和柔貌。《前漢·周勃傳》勃爲人木彊敦厚。又析木，星次。《爾雅·釋天》析木謂之津。又姓。《統譜》漢木仁，晉木華。又百濟八姓，一曰木氏。又複姓，端木。又叶末各切，音莫。《馬融·廣成頌》隂慝害作，百卉畢落。林衡戒田，焚林柞木。《韻會》从丨。丨，古本切。非从亅。亅，其月切。 |
| Fanqie: | 莫卜 (《廣韻·入聲·屋·木》) |
| Unihan definition: | tree; wood, lumber; wooden |
Example usage
| 《論語·八佾》: | 天下之無道也久矣，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》: | 孟子曰：「舜之居深山之中，與木石居，與鹿豕遊，其所以異於深山之野人者幾希。」 |
| Mencius said, 'When Shun was living amid the deep retired mountains, dwelling with the trees and rocks, and wandering among the deer and swine, the difference between him and the rude inhabitants of those remote hills appeared very small.' | |
| 《禮記·曲禮下》: | 為宮室，不斬於丘木。 |
| In building a house, he will not cut down the trees on his grave-mounds. | |
| 《揚子法言》: | 如將復駕其說，則莫若使諸儒金口而木舌。 |
| If they again harnessed up the cart, then nothing could be better than to make all ru to have metal mouths with wooden tongues. | |
| 《墨子·經說上》: | 纑： 間1虛也者，兩木之間，謂其無木者也。 |
| 'Empty': of the interval between the two pieces of wood, it refers to where there is no wood. | |
| 《莊子·齊物論》: | 形固可使如槁木，而心固可使如死灰乎？ |
| Can the body be made to become thus like a withered tree, and the mind to become like slaked lime? | |
| 《道德經》: | 萬物草木之生也柔脆，其死也枯槁。 |
| (So it is with) all things. Trees and plants, in their early growth, are soft and brittle; at their death, dry and withered. | |
| 《商君書·修權》: | 諺曰：「蠹眾而木折，隙大而牆壞。」 |
| The saying runs: 'Many woodworms and the wood snaps, a large fissure and the wall collapses.' | |
| 《孫子兵法·兵勢》: | 任勢者，其戰人也，如轉木石，木石之性，安則靜，危則動，方則止，圓則行。 |
| When he utilizes combined energy, his fighting men become as it were like unto rolling logs or stones. For it is the nature of a log or stone to remain motionless on level ground, and to move when on a slope; if four-cornered, to come to a standstill, but if round-shaped, to go rolling down. | |
| 《史記·五帝本紀》: | 時播百穀草木，淳化鳥獸蟲蛾，旁羅日月星辰水波土石金玉，勞勤心力耳目，節用水火材物。 |
| The planting of the crops, plants, and trees in their seasons, and the transformations of birds, beasts, insects, and moths. He also prepared a record of the movements of the sun, moon, and stars; the flow of the tides; and the properties of clay, stones, metals, and gems. He devoted much careful attention to these things, and his observation was applied to ascertaining how fire, water, wood, and other elements could be used economically. | |
| 《荀子·大略》: | 嬰貧無財，請假於君子，贈吾子以言：乘輿之輪，太山之木也，示諸檃栝，三月五月，為幬采，敝而不反其常。 |
| 《說苑·君道》: | 夫樹曲木者惡得直景，人君不直其行，不敬其言者，未有能保帝王之號，垂顯令之名者也。 |
| 《春秋繁露·十指》: | 木生火，火為夏，天之端，一指也。 |
| 《韓詩外傳·卷一》: | 《詩》曰：「南有喬木，不可休思。」 |
| 《大戴禮記·禮察》: | 湯武置天下於仁義禮樂而德澤洽，禽獸草木廣育，被蠻貊四夷，累子孫十餘世，歷年久五六百歲，此天下之所共聞也。 |
| 《白虎通德論·號》: | 鑽木燧取火，教民熟食，養人利性，避臭去毒，謂之燧人也。 |
| 《新書·春秋》: | 故賢主者不以草木禽獸妨害人民，進忠正而遠邪偽，故民順附，而臣下為用。 |
| 《新序·刺奢》: | 古者堯舜建諸侯，地方五千里，王必起此臺，先以兵伐諸侯，盡有其地猶不足，又伐四夷，得方八千里乃足以為臺趾，材木之積，人徒之眾，倉廩之儲，數以萬億度。 |
| 《中論·脩本》: | 故《詩》曰：「習習谷風，惟山崔巍，何木不死？」 |
| 《孔子家語·問禮》: | 未有火化，食草木之實、鳥獸之肉，飲其血，茹其毛。 |
| 《潛夫論·讚學》: | 夫瑚簋之器，朝祭之服，其始也，乃山野之木、蠶繭之絲耳。 |
| 《論衡·幸偶》: | 長數仞之竹，大連抱之木，工技之人，裁而用之，或成器而見舉持，或遺材而遭廢棄。 |
| 《太玄經·上》: | 次三，出于幽谷，登于茂木，思其珍穀。 |
| 《風俗通義》: | 風者、天氣有寒煖，地形有險易，水泉有美惡，草木有剛柔也。 |
| 《孔叢子·論書》: | 孔子曰：「夫山、草木植焉，鳥獸蕃焉，財用出焉，直而無私焉，四方皆伐焉。」 |
| 《申鑒·雜言下》: | 是言情者，應感而動者也，昆蟲草木，皆有性焉，不盡善也 |
| 《忠經·廣為章》: | 成廈、非一木之才，為國、資庶臣之力 |
| 《新語·道基》: | 於是黃帝乃伐木構材，築作宮室，上棟下宇，以避風雨。 |
| 《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》: | 震者，木也，言虙犧氏始以木德王天下也 |
| 《列子·天瑞》: | 金石也，火木也，此積形之成乎地者也。 |
| 《鶡冠子·王鈇》: | 天度數之而行，在一不少，在萬不眾，同如林木，積如倉粟，斗石以陳，升委無失也。 |
| 《文子·道原》: | 和陰陽，節四時，調五行，潤乎草木，浸乎金石，禽獸碩大，毫毛潤澤，鳥卵不敗，獸胎不殰，父無喪子之憂，兄無哭弟之哀，童子不孤，婦人不孀，虹蜺不見，盜賊不行，含德之所致也。 |
| 《文始真經·一宇》: | 無逐道，逐者、木也。 |
| 《列仙傳·赤將子輿》: | 至堯帝時，為木工。 |
| 《老子河上公章句》: | 居善地，水性善喜於地，草木之上即流而下，有似於牝動而下人也。 |
| 《韓非子·有度》: | 故繩直而枉木斲，準夷而高科削，權衡縣而重益輕，斗石設而多益少。 |
| 《慎子·威德》: | 地雖不憂人之貧，伐木刈草必取己富焉，則地無事也。 |
| 《管子·輕重己》: | 以春日至始，數四十六日，春盡而夏始，天子服黃而靜處，朝諸侯卿大夫列士，循於百姓，發號出令曰：「毋聚大眾，毋行大火，毋斷大木，誅大臣，毋斬大山，毋戮大衍，滅三大而國有害也。」 |
| 《公孫龍子·通變論》: | 白足之勝矣，而不勝，是木賊金也。 |
| 《吳子·料敵》: | 吳子曰：「凡料敵有不卜而與之戰者八：一曰疾風大寒，早興寤遷，刊木濟水，不憚艱難。」 |
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