| Chinese Text Project |
| 束 U+675F |  Seal script |  Jinwen |  Jiaguwen |
| Radical: | 木+ 3 strokes = 7 strokes total. |
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| References: | Guangyun: p.462#25 Kangxi: p.512#12 Cihai: p.675r1c01 GSR: 1222.a Hanyu: v2,p1158#03 |
| Composition: | Component of: 𣏮 𬼥 㑛 𠔗 凁 𬂥 剌 勅 𠭄 𬣷 𡝁 𡷽 𫗧 𢈠 𡇯 娕 𠣩 悚 𦈌 捒 [More] |
| Mandarin: | shù ㄕㄨˋ |
| Cantonese: | cuk1 |
| Tang reconstruction: | *shiok |
| Shuowen: | 《束部》束：縛也。从囗、木。凡束之屬皆从束。 |
| Guangyun: | 《廣韻·入聲·燭·束》束：縛也，又姓本自踈氏避難除足姓束[左傳▼左傳二字當刪▲]晉有束晳。書玉切，二。 |
| Kangxi: | 《康熙字典·木部·三》束：《唐韻》書玉切《集韻》《韻會》輸玉切《正韻》式竹切，𠀤音㑛。《說文》縛也。徐曰：束薪也。《詩·周南》白茅純束。又五疋爲束。《禮·雜記》納幣一束。又五十矢爲束。《詩·周頌》束矢其搜。又脯十脡曰束。《穀梁傳·隱元年》束脩之肉，不行境中。又地名。《前漢·地理志》束州，趙地。又姓。《統譜》望出南陽，漢疏廣後，避難改爲束。又《韻會》春遇切《周禮·註疏》詩注切，𠀤音戍。約也。《周禮·司約註》言語之約束。約音要。《史記·漢高紀》待諸侯至，定要束耳。又叶所律切，音率。《蔡邕·筆賦》削文竹以爲管，如桼絲之纏束。形條搏以直端，染元黃以定色。从木从口，與朿別。 |
| Fanqie: | 書玉 (《廣韻·入聲·燭·束》) |
| Unihan definition: | bind, control, restrain; bale |
Example usage
| 《論語·公冶長》: | 子曰：「赤也，束帶立於朝，可使與賓客言也，不知其仁也。」 |
| The Master replied, "Chi, with his sash girt and standing in a court, might be employed to converse with the visitors and guests, but I do not know whether he is perfectly virtuous." | |
| 《孟子·告子下》: | 葵丘之會諸侯，束牲、載書而不歃血。 |
| At the assembly of the princes in Kui Qiu, he bound the victim and placed the writing upon it, but did not slay it to smear their mouths with the blood. | |
| 《禮記·檀弓上》: | 伯高之喪，孔氏之使者未至，冉子攝束帛、乘馬而將之。 |
| On the mourning rites for Bo-gao, before the messenger from Confucius could arrive, Ran-zi had taken it on him, as his substitute, to present a parcel of silks and a team of four horses. | |
| 《墨子·魯問》: | 遂為公尚過束車五十乘，以迎子墨子於魯，曰：「吾以夫子之道說越王，越王大說，謂過曰，苟能使子墨子至於越，而教寡人，請裂故吳之地，方五百里，以封子。」 |
| And so fifty wagons were made ready to go to Lu, and welcome Mozi. (Gong Shang Guo) told him: "When I tried to persuade the Lord of Yue with your principles he was quite pleased and said to me that if I could induce you to come to Yue and instruct him, he would offer you five hundred li square of the land lying in the former state of Wu." | |
| 《莊子·人間世》: | 上與病者粟，則受三鐘與十束薪。 |
| When it was giving out grain to the sick, he received three kung, and ten bundles of firewood. | |
| 《商君書·農戰》: | 雖有詩書，鄉一束，家一員，獨無益於治也，非所以反之之術也。 |
| Though there may be a bundle of the Odes and History in every hamlet and a copy in every family, yet it is useless for good government, and it is not a method whereby this condition of things may be reversed. | |
| 《詩經·野有死麕》: | 白茅純束、有女如玉。 |
| And it is bound round with the white grass. There is a young lady like a gem. | |
| 《周易·䷕賁》: | 六五：賁于丘園，束帛戔戔，吝，終吉。 |
| The fifth SIX, divided, shows its subject adorned by (the occupants of) the heights and gardens. He bears his roll of silk, small and slight. He may appear stingy; but there will be good fortune in the end. | |
| 《荀子·非相》: | 俄則束乎有司，而戮乎大市，莫不呼天啼哭，苦傷其今，而後悔其始，是非容貌之患也，聞見之不眾，而論議之卑爾！ |
| 《說苑·脩文》: | 喪事有賵者，蓋以乘馬束帛輿馬曰賵，貨財曰賻，水被曰襚，口實曰唅，玩好曰贈。 |
| 《春秋繁露·竹林》: | 大辱莫甚於去南面之位而束獲為虜也。 |
| 《韓詩外傳·卷七》: | 即束蘊請火，去婦之家，曰：『吾犬爭肉相殺，請火治之。』 |
| 《大戴禮記·夏小正》: | 緯，束也。 |
| 《白虎通德論·誅伐》: | 《禮》曰：「使次介先假途，用束帛。」 |
| 《新書·兵車之容》: | 束髮就大學，蹍大節焉，業大道焉。 |
| 《新序·善謀》: | 軍戰不勝，尉復死，寡人將束甲而赴之。 |
| 《孔子家語·致思》: | 夫子糾未成君，而管仲未成臣，管仲才度義，管仲不死束縛而立功名，未可非也。 |
| 《潛夫論·賢難》: | 夫體至行仁義，據南面師尹卿士，且猶不能無難，然則夫子削迹，叔嚮縲紲，屈原放沈，賈誼貶黜，鍾離廢替，何敞束縛，王章抵罪，平阿斥逐，蓋其輕士者也。 |
| 《論衡·效力》: | 或伐薪於山，輕小之木，合能束之。 |
| 《太玄經·周》: | 測曰，「帶其鉤鞶」、自約束也。 |
| 《孔叢子·廣言》: | 束、縻，縳也。 |
| 《蔡中郎集·筆賦》: | 削文竹以為管，加漆絲之纏束。 |
| 《鶡冠子·近迭》: | 鶡冠子曰：「行枉則禁，反正則舍，是故不殺降人，主道所高，莫貴約束，得地失信，聖王弗據，倍言負約，各將有故。」 |
| 《文子·符言》: | 幣單而欲不厭，卑體免辭，論說而交不結，約束誓盟，約定而反先日，是以君子不外飾仁義，而內脩道術。 |
| 《列仙傳·東方朔》: | 高韻沖霄，不羈不束。 |
| 《韓非子·難言》: | 故文王說紂而紂囚之，翼侯炙，鬼侯腊，比干剖心，梅伯醢，夷吾束縛，而曹羈奔陳，伯里子道乞，傅說轉鬻，孫子臏腳於魏，吳起收泣於岸門、痛西河之為秦、卒枝解於楚，公叔痤言國器、反為悖，公孫鞅奔秦，關龍逢斬，萇宏分胣，尹子阱於棘，司馬子期死而浮於江，田明辜射，宓子賤、西門豹不鬥而死人手，董安于死而陳於市，宰予不免於田常，范睢折脅於魏。 |
| 《管子·輕重丁》: | 號令天下諸侯曰：『諸從天子封於太山禪於梁父者，必抱菁茅一束以為禪籍，不如令者，不得從天子』，天下諸侯載其黃金爭秩而走，江淮之菁茅，坐長而十倍其賈，一束而百金。 |
| 《六韜·農器》: | 田里相伍，其約束符信也。 |
| 《尉繚子·將理》: | 笞人之背，灼人之脅，束人之指，而訊囚之情，雖國士有不勝其酷，而自誣矣。 |
| 《孫子算經·卷下》: | 今有方物一束，外周一匝有三十二枚。 |
| 《淮南子·兵略訓》: | 地廣民眾，主賢將忠，國富兵強，約束信，號令明，兩軍相當，鼓錞相望，未至兵交接刃，而敵奔亡，此用兵之次也。 |
| 《呂氏春秋·直諫》: | 葆申束細荊五十，跪而加之於背，如此者再，謂「王起矣」，王曰：「有笞之名一也。」 |
| 《鄧析子·無厚》: | 楚之不泝流，陳之不束麾，長盧之不士，呂子之蒙恥。 |
| 《史記·高祖本紀》: | 且吾所以還軍霸上，待諸侯至而定約束耳。 |
| 《春秋左傳》: | 冬，十二月，齊侯游于姑棼，遂田于貝丘，見大豕，從者曰，公子彭生也，公怒曰，彭生敢見，射之，豕人立而啼，公懼，隊于車，傷足，喪屨，反，誅屨於徒人費，弗得，鞭之見血，走出，遇賊于門，劫而束之，費曰，我奚御哉，袒而示之背，信之，費請先入，伏公而出鬥，死于門中，石之紛如死于階下，遂入，殺孟陽于床，曰，非君也，不類，見公之足于戶下，遂弒之，而立無知，初，襄公立無常，鮑叔牙曰，君使民慢，亂將作矣，奉公子小白出奔莒，亂作，管夷吾，召忽奉公子糾來奔，初，公孫無知虐于雍廩。 |
| 《逸周書·太子晉解》: | 師曠束躅其足，曰：「善哉！」 |
| 《國語·楚語下》: | 成王聞子文之朝不及夕也，于是乎每朝設脯一束、糗一筐，以羞子文。 |
| 《晏子春秋》: | 今束雞豚妄投之，其折骨決皮，可立得也。 |
| 《吳越春秋》: | 孫子曰：「約束不明，申令不信，將之罪也。」 |
| 《戰國策》: | 束縛桎桔，辱身也。 |
| 《鹽鐵論·論儒》: | 是以堯憂洪水，伊尹憂民，管仲束縛，孔子周流，憂百姓之禍而欲安其危也。 |
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