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U+67D4

Seal script

Jianbo

Radical:+ 5 strokes = 9 strokes total.
References:Guangyun: p.206#34 Kangxi: p.519#05 Cihai: p.686r3c01 GSR: 1105.a Hanyu: v2,p1192#02
Composition:Top: , bottom: . Compositionally related: . Component of: 𫐓 𨜙 𢔟 𢜸 𭏋 𥍲 𥍳 𣮪 𪿌 [More]
Mandarin:róu ㄖㄡˊ
Cantonese:jau4
Tang reconstruction:njiou
Shuowen:木部》柔:木曲直也。从木矛聲。
Guangyun:廣韻·下平聲··》柔:顺也。《說文》曰:木曲直也。耳由切,十六。
Kangxi:康熙字典·木部·》柔:《唐韻》耳由切《集韻》《韻會》《正韻》而由切,𠀤受平聲。《說文》木曲直也。又柔者剛之反。《·說卦》立地之道,曰柔與剛。《·洪範》沈潛剛克,高明柔克。《老子·道德經》豈非以其柔耶。又安也。《·舜典》柔遠能邇。又服也。《左傳·僖二十八年》我得天,楚伏其罪,我且柔之矣。又草木新生曰柔。《·小雅》薇亦柔止。又國名。《前漢·地理志》屬琅邪郡。俗作𣐱,非。
Fanqie:耳由 (《廣韻·下平聲··》)
Unihan definition:soft; gentle, pliant

Example usage

論語·季氏》:友便辟,友善,友便佞,損矣。
Friendship with the man of specious airs; friendship with the insinuatingly soft; and friendship with the glib-tongued - these are injurious.
禮記·表記》:外事用剛日,內事用日。
(In divining) about external affairs they used the odd days; and for internal affairs, the even.
揚子法言》:剛則甈,則壞。
If you fire things too hard, they break. If too soft, they are unfinished.
莊子·在宥》:人心排下而進上,上下囚殺,淖約乎剛強。
The mind, if pushed about, gets depressed; if helped forward, it gets exalted. Now exalted, now depressed, here it appears as a prisoner, and there as a wrathful fury. (At one time) it becomes pliable and soft, yielding to what is hard and strong.
道德經》:專氣致,能嬰兒乎?
When one gives undivided attention to the (vital) breath, and brings it to the utmost degree of pliancy, he can become as a (tender) babe.
史記·夏本紀》:乃言曰:「始事事,寬而栗,而立,願而共,治而敬,擾而毅,直而溫,簡而廉,剛而實,彊而義,章其有常,吉哉。」
It is as much as to say that he begins to do such and such things. They are liberality combined with dignity, mildness combined with firmness, bluntness combined with respect, aptness for government combined with caution, docility combined with boldness, straightforwardness combined with gentleness, easy negligence combined with discrimination, resolution combined with sincerity, and courage combined with justice. If these are apparent, and that continuously, how fortunate it will be.
荀子·大略》:咸、感也,以高下下,以男下女,上而剛下。
說苑·君道》:》曰:『慎爾出話,敬爾威儀,無不嘉。
春秋繁露·離合根》:為人臣者法地之道,暴其形,出其情以示人,高下、險易、堅耍、剛、肥、美惡,累可就財也。
韓詩外傳·卷三》:》曰:「不競不絿,不剛不
大戴禮記·勸學》:強自取折,自取束。
白虎通德論·禮樂》:音者,飲也,言其剛清濁和而相飲也。
新書·大政上》:下為非則矜而恕之,道而赦之,而假之。
新序·雜事四》:》曰:「遠能邇,以定我王。
中論·考偽》:卑屈其體,輯其顏,託之乎熅恭。
孔子家語》:孔子曰:「凡為天下國家有九經,曰:脩身也,尊賢也,親親也,敬大臣也,體群臣也,重庶民也,來百工也,遠人也,懷諸侯也。」
潛夫論·遏利》:昔周厲王好專利,芮良夫諫而不入,退賦《桑》之詩以諷,言是大風也,必將有遂。
論衡·幸偶》:飯之熟也,剛殊和。
太玄經·》:陽氣能剛能,能作能休,見難而縮。
風俗通義》:風者、天氣有寒煖,地形有險易,水泉有美惡,草木有剛也。
孔叢子·抗志》:順,終以不弊。
申鑒·政體》:立地之道,曰與剛。
素書·安禮章》:棄王取石者盲,羊質虎皮者
新語·輔政》:故懷剛者久而缺,持者久而長,躁疾者為厥速,遲重者為常存,尚勇者為悔近,溫厚者行寬舒,懷促急者必有所虧,懦者制剛強,小慧者不可以禦大,小辯者不可以說眾,商賈巧為販賣之利,而屈為貞良,邪臣好為詐偽,自媚飾非,而不能為公方,藏其端巧,逃其事功。
獨斷·卷上》:牲號、牛曰一元大武,羊曰毛之屬也。
蔡中郎集·獨斷》:帝謚:違拂不成曰隱,靖民則法曰黃,翼善傳聖曰堯,仁聖盛明曰舜,殘人多壘曰桀,殘義損善曰紂,慈惠愛親曰孝,愛民好與曰惠,聖善同文曰宣,聲聞宣遠曰昭,克定禍亂曰武,聰明睿智曰獻,溫聖善曰懿,布德執義曰穆,仁義說民曰元,安仁立政曰神,布綱治紀曰平,亂而不損曰靈,保民耆艾曰明,辟土有德曰襄,貞心大度曰匡,大慮慈民曰定,知過能改曰恭,不生其國曰聲,一德不懈曰簡,夙興夜寐曰敬,清白自守曰貞,德好眾曰靖,安樂治民曰康,小心畏忌曰僖,中身早折曰悼,慈仁和民曰順,好勇致力曰莊,恭人短折曰哀,在國逢難曰愍,名實過爽曰繆,壅遏不通曰幽,暴虐無親曰厲,致志大圖曰景,辟土兼國曰桓,經緯天地曰文,執義揚善曰懷,短折不成曰殤,去禮遠眾曰煬,怠政外交曰攜,治典不敷曰祈。
墨子·經說上》:鳥折用桐,堅也。
列子·天瑞》:萬物之宜,非則剛:此皆隨所宜而不能出所位者也。
文子·道原》:夫道者,高不可極,深不可測,苞裹天地,稟受無形,原流泏泏,沖而不盈,濁以靜之徐清,施之無窮,無所朝夕,表之不盈一握,約而能張,幽而能明,而能剛,含陰吐陽,而章三光
列仙傳·容成公》:亹亹容成,專氣致
老子河上公章句》:天地有形位、有陰陽、有剛,是其有名也。
韓非子·說難》:夫龍之為蟲也,可狎而騎也,然其喉下有逆鱗徑尺,若人有嬰之者則必殺人。
管子·弟子職》:孝悌,毋驕恃力。
孫子兵法·九地》:皆得,地之理也。
吳子·論將》:兼剛者,兵之事也。
六韜·大禮》:太公曰:「安徐而靜,節先定,善與而不爭。」
司馬法·定爵》:大小,堅,參伍,眾寡,凡兩,是謂戰權。
尉繚子·武議》:勝兵似水,夫水至弱者也,然所以觸,丘陵必為之崩,無異也,性專而觸誠也。
三略·上略》:軍讖曰:能制剛,弱能制強。
淮南子·道應訓》:可以,可以剛。
呂氏春秋·舉難》:雖皆過,譬之若金之與木,金雖猶堅於木。

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