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| Simplified Chinese version |
| 虛 U+865B |  Seal script | 虚 Simplified character | 𣦄 Semantic variant |
| Radical: | 虍+ 6 strokes = 12 strokes total. |
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| References: | Guangyun: p.69#26 p.71#21 Kangxi: p.1074#11 Cihai: p.1184r1c06 GSR: 78.a Hanyu: v4,p2825#06 |
| Composition: | Component of: 嘘 𫣞 𨼋 戱 𡰐 𢴮 𤡣 𧇠 𮓪 𣚛 𥛳 𥲤 𥕰 𧇺 𧝔 𥳁 𧴆 𩕚 𩏣 𪙫 |
| Mandarin: | xū ㄒㄩ |
| Cantonese: | heoi1 |
| Tang reconstruction: | *xiu |
| Shuowen: | 《丘部》虚：大丘也。崐崘丘谓之崐崘虚。古者九夫为井，四井为邑，四邑为丘。丘谓之虚。从丘虍声。 |
| Kangxi: | 《康熙字典·虍部·六》虚：〔古文〕𣦄《唐韵》朽居切《集韵》《正韵》休居切，𠀤音嘘。空虚也。又《易·系辞传》周流六虚。《注》六虚，六位也。《疏》位本无体，因爻始见，故称虚也。又《大戴礼》虚土之人大。《注》虚，纵也。又孤虚。《史记·龟厕传》日辰不全，故有孤虚。又星名。《书·尧典》宵中星虚。又姓。《通志·氏族略》虚氏。见《姓苑》。又虚无，山名。《颜氏家训》柏人城东有一孤山，或呼爲虚无山。又《广韵》去鱼切，音祛。《说文》大丘也。《集韵》古者九夫爲井，四井爲邑，四邑爲丘，丘谓之虚。又地名。《春秋·桓十二年》会宋公于虚。《注》宋地。又水名。《前汉·地理志》琅邪郡虚水。又次也。《晋语》实沉之虚，晋人是居。又《韵补》喜语切，音许。《毛诗》升彼虚矣，以望楚矣。又叶虚王切。《道藏歌》提携高上賔，反吾素灵房。道场灵沫内，高歌登大虚。《干禄字书》通作虚。 |
| Unihan definition: | false, worthless; empty, hollow |
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[Show proper names]Example usage
| 《论语·述而》: | 亡而为有，虚而为盈，约而为泰，难乎有恒矣。 |
| Having not and yet affecting to have, empty and yet affecting to be full, straitened and yet affecting to be at ease - it is difficult with such characteristics to have constancy. | |
| 《孟子·尽心上》: | 恭敬而无实，君子不可虚拘。 |
| If there be honouring and respecting without the reality of them, a superior man may not be retained by such empty demonstrations. | |
| 《礼记·曲礼上》: | 虚坐尽后，食坐尽前。 |
| When sitting and doing nothing, he should keep quite at the back (of his mat); when eating, quite at the front of it. | |
| 《扬子法言》: | 或问：“茅焦历井干之死，使始皇奉虚左之乘。” |
| Someone asked: Mao Jiao witnessed dead bodies being piled up like the railings around a well, yet he persuaded Qin Shi Huang to leave empty the space to the left of his chariot. | |
| 《墨子·经上》: | 纑，间虚也。 |
| Lu (...?) is the interval being empty. | |
| 《庄子·齐物论》: | 泠风则小和，飘风则大和，厉风济则众窍为虚。 |
| Gentle winds produce a small response; violent winds a great one. When the fierce gusts have passed away, all the apertures are empty | |
| 《道德经》: | 是以圣人之治，虚其心，实其腹，弱其志，强其骨。 |
| Therefore the sage, in the exercise of his government, empties their minds, fills their bellies, weakens their wills, and strengthens their bones. | |
| 《商君书·农战》: | 今民求官爵，皆不以农战，而以巧言虚道，此谓劳民。 |
| Now those who seek office and rank, never do so by means of agriculture and war, but by artful words and empty doctrines. That is called "wearying the people". | |
| 《孙子兵法·作战》: | 国之贫于师者远输，远输则百姓贫，近于师者贵卖，贵卖则百姓财竭，财竭则急于丘役，力屈财殚，中原内虚于家，百姓之费，十去其七，公家之费，破车罢马，甲胄矢弩，戟楯蔽橹，丘牛大车，十去其六。 |
| Poverty of the State exchequer causes an army to be maintained by contributions from a distance. Contributing to maintain an army at a distance causes the people to be impoverished. On the other hand, the proximity of an army causes prices to go up; and high prices cause the people's substance to be drained away. When their substance is drained away, the peasantry will be afflicted by heavy exactions. With this loss of substance and exhaustion of strength, the homes of the people will be stripped bare, and three-tenths of their income will be dissipated; while government expenses for broken chariots, worn-out horses, breast-plates and helmets, bows and arrows, spears and shields, protective mantles, draught-oxen and heavy wagons, will amount to four-tenths of its total revenue. | |
| 《史记·五帝本纪》: | 夜中，星虚，以正中秋。 |
| And the night being of medium length, and the culminating star Xu (β in Aquarius) to determine mid-autumn. | |
| 《荀子·解蔽》: | 曰：虚壹而静。 |
| 《说苑·修文》: | 四方之助祭，空而来者满而反，虚而至者实而还，皆取法则焉。 |
| 《春秋繁露·玉杯》: | 故曰：非虚加之，重志之谓也。 |
| 《韩诗外传·卷一》: | 故禄过其功者削，名过其实者损，情行合名，祸福不虚至矣。 |
| 《大戴礼记》: | 道言而饰其辞，虚也。 |
| 《白虎通德论·爵》: | 王者受命，改文从质，无虚退人之义，故上就伯也。 |
| 《新书·修政语上》: | 故治安不可以虚成也，显荣不可以虚得也。 |
| 《新序·善谋》: | 王又举甲而攻魏，杜大梁之门，举河内，攻燕、酸枣、虚、桃、入邢，魏之兵云翔而不敢救，王之功多矣。 |
| 《中论·法象》: | 好而不佞诈，学而不虚行。 |
| 《孔子家语·三恕》: | 孔子曰：“吾闻宥坐之器，虚则欹，中则正，满则覆。” |
| 《潜夫论·务本》: | 虚无谲诡，此乱道之根也。 |
| 《论衡·气寿》: | 然为实、儿而死枯者，禀气薄，则虽形体完，其虚劣气少，不能充也。 |
| 《太玄经·中》: | 次四，庳虚无因，大受性命，否。 |
| 《风俗通义》: | 又言武帝与仙人对博，碁没石中，马蹄迹处于今尚存，虚妄若此，非一事也。 |
| 《孔丛子·杂训》: | 责以虚饰之教，又非伋所得言。 |
| 《申鉴·政体》: | 帝耕籍田，后桑蚕宫，国无游民，野无荒业，财不虚用，力不妄加，以周民事，是谓养生。 |
| 《忠经·忠谏章》: | 上能听，下不能言，则虚其听。 |
| 《新语·道基》: | 是以君子握道而治，德而行，席仁而坐，杖义而强，虚无寂寞，通动无量。 |
| 《蔡中郎集·历数议》: | 光晃区区信用所学，亦妄虚无造欺语之愆。 |
| 《列子·天瑞》: | 或谓子列子曰：“子奚贵虚？” |
| 《鶡冠子·天则》: | 九皇之制，主不虚王，臣不虚贵阶级。 |
| 《文子·道原》: | 忽兮恍兮，不可为象兮，恍兮忽兮，用不诎兮，窈兮冥兮，应化无形兮，遂兮通兮，不虚动兮，与刚柔卷舒兮，与阴阳俯仰兮。 |
| 《文始真经·三极》: | 天下之物，无得以外之，故含之以虚。 |
| 《列仙传·啸父》: | 梁母遇之，历虚启会。 |
| 《鬻子》: | 汤之治天下也，得庆誧、伊尹、湟里且、东门虚、南门蝡、西门疵、北门侧，得七大夫佐以治天下，而天下治。 |
| 《老子河上公章句》: | 始者道本也，吐气布化，出于虚无，为天地本始也。 |
| 《韩非子·初见秦》: | 今天下之府库不盈，囷仓空虚，悉其士民，张军数十百万 |
| 《慎子·逸文》: | 不录功于盘盂，记年之牒空虚。 |
| 《谏逐客书》: | 今逐客以资敌国，损民以益雠，内自虚而外树怨于诸侯，求国无危，不可得也。 |
| 《管子·轻重乙》: | 廓然虚。 |
| 《吴子·料敌》: | 起对曰：“用兵必须审敌虚实而趋其危。” |
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