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Chinese Text Project

U+8986

Seal script

Jinwen

Simplified character

Alternate form

Radical:+ 12 strokes = 18 strokes total.
References:Guangyun: p.435#49 p.436#50 p.457#45 p.531#5 Kangxi: p.1129#09 Cihai: p.1226r5c03 GSR: 1034.m Hanyu: v4,p2808#09
Composition:Top: , bottom: . Component of: 𢺁 𭳱 𡳷 𧄏 𥷱 𧕡
Mandarin: ㄈㄨˋ
Cantonese:fau6 fuk1
Tang reconstruction:*piòu bhiuk
Shuowen:襾部》覆:覂也。一曰蓋也。从襾復聲。
Guangyun:廣韻·去聲··》覆:蓋也。又敷六切。
廣韻·去聲··》覆:伏兵曰覆。
廣韻·入聲··》覆:反覆又敗也,倒也,審也。又敷救切。
廣韻·入聲··》覆:匹北切,三。
Kangxi:康熙字典·襾部·十二》覆:《唐韻》芳福切《集韻》《韻會》芳六切,𠀤音蝮。《玉篇》反覆也。《·小雅》不懲其心,覆怨是正。《禮·月令》季春,命舟牧覆舟,五覆五反,乃告舟備具于天子。又倒也。《易·鼎卦》鼎折足,覆公餗。《·胤征》顚覆厥德。又敗也。《中庸》傾者覆之。《綱目集覽》覆,軍敗也。又中覆。《前漢·馮唐傳》賞賜決于外,不從中覆也。《註》覆謂覆白之也。又射覆。《前漢·東方朔傳》上嘗使諸數家射覆。《註》于覆器之下而置諸物,令暗射之,故云射覆。又與復同。《易·乾卦》終日乾乾,反復道也。又《集韻》方六切,音福。審也。《周禮·冬官考工記註》詳察曰覆。《唐書·鄧景山傳》檢覆私隱。又《廣韻》敷救切,音與宥韻副同。《說文》蓋也。《·大雅》鳥覆翼之。《禮·檀弓》見若覆夏屋者矣。又扶富切,浮去聲。伏兵曰覆。《左傳·隱九年》君爲三覆以待之。又《類篇》匹北切,音𠣾。義同。又《韻補》筆力切,叶音逼。《班固·西都賦》草木塗地,山淵反覆。蹂躪其十二三,乃拗怒而少息。
Fanqie:芳服 (《四書章句集注·論語集注·陽貨第十七》) 敷救 (《廣韻·去聲··》) 敷六 (《廣韻·去聲··》) 扶富 (《廣韻·去聲··》) 芳福 (《廣韻·入聲··》) 敷救 (《廣韻·入聲··》) 匹北 (《廣韻·入聲··》)
Unihan definition:cover; tip over; return; reply

Example usage

論語·子罕》:譬如平地,雖一簣,進,吾往也。
It may be compared to throwing down the earth on the level ground. Though but one basketful is thrown at a time, the advancing with it is my own going forward.
孟子·告子上》:梏之反,則其夜氣不足以存。
This fettering taking place again and again, the restorative influence of the night is not sufficient to preserve the proper goodness of the mind.
禮記·緇衣》:太甲》曰:『毋越厥命以自也。』
It is said in the Tai Jia (Shu, III, v, sect. 1, 5, 7), "Do not frustrate the charge to me, and bring on yourself your own overthrow."
揚子法言》:天俄而可度,則其物也淺矣。
If Heaven could be measured instantly then it would be only a shallow cover over the world of things.
墨子·親士》:其直如矢,其平如砥,不足以萬物,是故谿陝者速涸,逝淺者速竭,墝埆者其地不育。
As to the chieftain of only a thousand people, he is straight like an arrow and smooth like a whetstone, unable to tolerate the manifold ways. For narrow gorges clog up rapidly, shallow streams are soon exhausted, and the barren land does not bear fruits.
莊子·逍遙遊》:杯水於坳堂之上,則芥為之舟,置杯焉則膠,水淺而舟大也。
Upset a cup of water in a cavity, and a straw will float on it as if it were a boat. Place a cup in it, and it will stick fast; the water is shallow and the boat is large.
道德經》:養之之。
Maintains them, and overspreads them.
商君書·賞刑》:萬乘之國,若有蘇其兵中原者,戰將其軍。
Should a country of ten thousand chariots assemble its soldiers in the plains of the Middle Kingdom, one would in battle, rout its army.
荀子·》:無羽無翼,反甚極。
說苑·脩文》:天子文繡衣各一襲到地,諸侯跗,大夫到踝,士到髀。
春秋繁露·玉杯》:曰:世亂義廢,背上不臣,篡弒君者多,而有明大惡之誅,誰言其誅。
韓詩外傳·卷一》:君人者、降禮尊賢而王,重法愛民而霸,好利多詐而危,權謀傾而亡。
大戴禮記·保傅》:又曰:『前車,後車誡。』
白虎通德論·》:故《援神契》曰:「天地載謂之天子,上法斗極。」
新書·道術》:無私謂之公,反公為私。
新序·雜事五》:鳧須對曰:「臣聞之沐者其心,心者言悖,君意沐邪?」
中論·虛道》:夫《》曰:「誨爾諄諄,聽之藐藐,匪用為教,用為虐。」
孔子家語·五儀解》:水所以載舟,亦所以舟,君以此思危,則危可知矣。
潛夫論·論榮》:張儀、中國之人也,衛鞅、康叔之孫也,而皆讒佞反,交亂四海。
論衡·吉驗》:寘之冰上,鳥以翼之,慶集其身。
太玄經·》:次八,黃不黃,秋常。
風俗通義·五伯》:襄公不度德量力,慕名而不綜實,六鶂五石,先著其異,軍殘身,終為僇笑。
孔叢子·廣詁》:蓋、戴、燾、蒙、冐,也。
申鑒·政體》:是謂不思而得,不為而成,執之胸心之間,而功天下也。
忠經·天地神明章》:天之所,地之所載,人之所履,莫大乎忠。
素書·安禮章》:車同軌者傾,與亡國同事者滅。
新語·輔政》:秦以刑罰為巢,故有巢破卵之患,以趙高、李斯為杖,故有傾仆跌傷之禍,何哉?
獨斷·卷上》:三代年歲之別名:唐虞曰載,載、歲也,言一歲莫不載,故曰載也。
蔡中郎集·獨斷》:社、稷二神功同,故同堂別壇,俱在未位,土地廣博,不可徧,故封社稷。
列子·天瑞》:故天職生,地職形載,聖職教化,物職所宜。
鶡冠子·天則》:故天道先貴者,地道先貴載者,人道先貴事者,酒保先貴食者。
文子·道原》:以天為蓋則無所不也,以地為車則無所不載也,四時為馬則無所不使也,陰陽御之則無所不備也。
文始真經·一宇》:關尹子曰:「不知道,妄意卜者,如射盂:高之存金、存玉,中之存角、存羽,卑之存瓦、存石。」
老子河上公章句》:故道生之,德畜之,長之育之,成之孰之,養之之。
韓非子·十過》:昔者黃帝合鬼神於泰山之上,駕象車而六蛟龍,畢方並轄,蚩尤居前,風伯進掃,雨師灑道,虎狼在前,鬼神在後,騰蛇伏地,鳳皇上,大合鬼神,作為清角。
申不害·大體》:剛者折,危者,動者搖,靜者安。
慎子·民雜》:故曰:君人者,好為善以先下,則下不敢與君爭為善以先君矣,皆私其所知以自掩,有過,則臣反責君,逆亂之道也。
管子·版法解》:桓公謂管子曰:「今子教寡人法天合德,合德長久,合德而兼之,則萬物受命。」
孫子兵法·九變》:軍殺將,必以五危,不可不察也。
吳子·治兵》:常令有餘,備敵我。
六韜·兵徵》:城之氣出而我軍之上,軍必病。

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