| Chinese Text Project |
| 規 U+898F |  Seal script | 槻 Alternate form | 规 Simplified character |
| Radical: | 見+ 4 strokes = 11 strokes total. |
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| References: | Guangyun: p.50#16 Kangxi: p.1133#11 Cihai: p.1229r3c02 GSR: 875.a Hanyu: v6,p3664#17 |
| Composition: | Left: 夫, right: 見. Component of: 𫱟 嫢 摫 𡙭 𡦑 𤍮 槼 槻 瞡 窺 𧜴 闚 鬹 䲅 𪄯 |
| Mandarin: | guī kuī xù guì ㄍㄨㄟ ㄎㄨㄟ ㄒㄩˋ ㄍㄨㄟˋ |
| Cantonese: | kwai1 |
| Tang reconstruction: | giuɛ |
| Shuowen: | 《夫部》規：有法度也。从夫从見。 |
| Guangyun: | 《廣韻·上平聲·支·𩓸》規：圎也，字統云丈夫識用必合規矩故規從夫也。 |
| Kangxi: | 《康熙字典·見部·四》規：《唐韻》居追切《集韻》《韻會》均窺切《正韻》居爲切，𠀤音𨾚。《說文》有法度也。《玉篇》正圜之器也。《禮·經解》規矩誠設，不可欺以方圜。《前漢·律歷志》衡運生規，規圜生矩。《莊子·馬蹄篇》圜者中規，方者中矩。《淮南子·時則訓》規者所以圜萬物也。又以法正人曰規。《書·𦙍征》官師相規。《傳》規，正也。《詩·衞風·淇奥序》武公能聽其規諫。《疏》正圜以規使依度，猶正君以禮使人德，故謂之規諫。又規，求計也。《左傳·昭二十六年》規求無度。又規避違法，以方爲圜也。《正字通》引唐書：規影徭賦。又謀度也。《禮·儒行》其規爲有如此者。《疏》但自規度所爲之事而行。《戰國策》齊無天下之規。《註》規猶謀也，謂無謀齊者。後漢書凡謀皆作規。又畫也。《周語》成公之生也，其母夢神規其臀以墨。又日月圓曰規。《謝靈運·遊南亭詩》密林含餘淸，遠峰影半規。《註》日落峰外，隱其半也。《韓愈·翫月詩》前夕雖十五，月長未滿規。《文苑英華·海日初出賦》赫赫光滿，規規質圓。又規田。《禮·王制·百畝之分疏》偃豬之地，九夫爲規，四規而當一井。又官名。《金史·百官志》規措官，正七品，掌灌漑民田。又魚名。《沈括·補筆談》浙東人呼河豚爲規魚。又有生海中者，腹上有刺，名海規吹肚魚。又鳥名。《埤雅》杜鵑，一名子規。或作𨾚鳺巂。又規矩，獸名。詳矩字註。又姓。明規恂，弘治中敎授，夏邑人。又《韻會小補》惠圭切，音攜。車輪一周爲一規。通作巂。《禮·曲禮》立視五巂。《註》巂，猶規也。謂輪轉之度。《音釋》巂，本又作規。又《集韻》規恚切，𨾚去聲。規規，驚視自失貌。《莊子·秋水篇》規規然自失也。又《集韻》呼役切，音狊。本作瞁。驚視貌。又《音學五書》居何切，古音歌。《淮南子·主術訓》若（缺一欲字）規之，乃是離之。《揚子·法言》問蕭何、曹參，曰：蕭也規，曹也隨。《說文》从夫从見。《字統》丈夫識用必合規矩，故字从夫。《正字通》按因夫立解未詳，考䂓與矩𠀤从矢也。當作䂓。古文作槼。又《字彙補》䂓音吸。字辨訓驚視，與規不同。《字彙總略》以規字音吸，䂓字爲規矩之規，非是。𠀤錄備考。 |
| Fanqie: | 居隋 (《廣韻·上平聲·支·𩓸》) |
| Unihan definition: | rules, regulations, customs, law |
Example usage
| 《孟子·告子上》: | 大匠誨人，必以規矩。 |
| A master-workman, in teaching others, uses the compass and square. | |
| 《禮記·深衣》: | 古者深衣，蓋有制度，以應規、矩、繩、權、衡。 |
| Anciently the long dress had definite measurements, so as to satisfy the requirements of the compass and square, the line, the balance, and the steelyard. | |
| 《揚子法言》: | 如委己而從人，雖有規矩準繩，焉得而用之。 |
| If he had given up on himself and followed others, then even though he had compass and square, level and marking line, how could he have been able to use them? | |
| 《墨子·經說上》: | 圜：規寫攴也。 |
| The compasses draw it in the rough (?). | |
| 《莊子·逍遙遊》: | 其大本擁腫而不中繩墨，其小枝卷曲而不中規矩，立之塗，匠者不顧。 |
| Its trunk swells out to a large size, but is not fit for a carpenter to apply his line to it; its smaller branches are knotted and crooked, so that the disk and square cannot be used on them. Though planted on the wayside, a builder would not turn his head to look at it. | |
| 《商君書·說民》: | 別而規之者，姦也。 |
| To differ from, and to spy upon, others is what the wicked do. | |
| 《史記·夏本紀》: | 左準繩，右規矩，載四時，以開九州，通九道，陂九澤，度九山。 |
| On the one hand he used the marking-line, and on the other the compass and square. Working as the seasons permitted, and with a view to open up the nine provinces, he made the roads communicable, banked up the marshes, surveyed the hills. | |
| 《尚書·胤征》: | 告于眾曰：「嗟予有眾，聖有謨訓，明徵定保，先王克謹天戒，臣人克有常憲，百官修輔，厥后惟明明，每歲孟春，遒人以木鐸徇于路，官師相規，工執藝事以諫，其或不恭，邦有常刑。」 |
| He made an announcement to his hosts, saying, 'Ah! ye, all my men, there are the well-counselled instructions of the sage (founder of our dynasty), clearly verified in their power to give stability and security: "The former kings were carefully attentive to the warnings of Heaven, and their ministers observed the regular laws (of their offices). All the officers (moreover) watchfully did their duty to assist (the government), and their sovereign became entirely intelligent." Every year, in the first month of spring, the herald, with his wooden-tongued bell, goes along the roads, (proclaiming), "Ye officers able to instruct, be prepared with your admonitions. Ye workmen engaged in mechanical affairs, remonstrate on the subjects of your employments. If any of you do not attend with respect (to this requirement), the country has regular punishments for you."' | |
| 《荀子·賦》: | 有物於此，居則周靜致下，動則綦高以鉅，圓者中規，方者中矩，大參天地，德厚堯禹，精微乎毫毛，而盈大乎寓宙。 |
| 《說苑·君道》: | 凡處尊位者必以敬，下順德規諫，必開不諱之門，撙節安靜以藉之，諫者勿振以威，毋格其言，博采其辭，乃擇可觀。 |
| 《春秋繁露》: | 三起而成日，三日而成規，三旬而成月，三月而成時，三時而成功。 |
| 《韓詩外傳·卷一》: | 古者、天子左五鐘，將出，則撞黃鐘，而右五鐘皆應之，馬鳴中律，駕者有文，御者有數，立則磬折，拱則抱鼓，行步中規，折旋中矩，然後太師奏升車之樂，告出也。 |
| 《大戴禮記·保傅》: | 行以采茨，趨以肆夏，步環中規，折還中矩，進則揖之，退則揚之，然后玉鏘鳴也。 |
| 《白虎通德論·考黜》: | 言成章，行成規，卷龍之衣服，表顯其德。 |
| 《新書·兵車之容》: | 行以采薺，趨以肆夏，步中規，折中矩。 |
| 《新序·雜事四》: | 對曰：「好學而受規諫。」 |
| 《中論·法象》: | 周旋中規，折旋中矩。 |
| 《孔子家語·五儀解》: | 孔子曰：「所謂庸人者，心不存慎終之規，口不吐訓格之言，不擇賢以托其身，不力行以自定。」 |
| 《潛夫論·讚學》: | 故聖人之制經以遺後賢也，譬猶巧倕之為規矩准繩以遺後工也。 |
| 《論衡·四諱》: | 不聽規諫，三不祥也。 |
| 《太玄經·戾》: | 次六，準繩規矩，不同其施。 |
| 《風俗通義》: | 度遼將軍安定皇甫規威明，連在大位，欲退避弟，數上病，不見聽。 |
| 《孔叢子·記義》: | 子曰：「食其祿者必死其事，孫子知衛君之將不君，不念伏死以爭，而素規去就。」 |
| 《忠經·報國章》: | 猷者、國之規。 |
| 《素書·安禮章》: | 同藝相規。 |
| 《新語·道基》: | 故地封五嶽，畫四瀆，規洿澤，通水泉，樹物養類，苞殖萬根，暴形養精，以立群生，不違天時，不奪物性，不藏其情，不匿其詐。 |
| 《蔡中郎集·筆賦》: | 圓和正直，規矩極也。 |
| 《列子·湯問》: | 弟子東門賈、禽滑釐，聞偃師之巧，以告二子，二子終身不敢語藝，而時執規矩。 |
| 《鶡冠子·天則》: | 明不能照者，道弗能得也，規不能包者，力弗能挈也。 |
| 《文子·符言》: | 老子曰：道至高無上，至深無下，平乎準，直乎繩，圓乎規，方乎矩，包裹天地而無表裏，洞同覆蓋而無所荬，是故體道者，不怒不喜，其坐無慮，寢而不夢，見物而名，事至而應。 |
| 《韓非子·有度》: | 故曰：巧匠目意中繩，然必先以規矩為度。 |
| 《申不害·佚文》: | 故曰：惟無為可以規之。韓非子外儲說右上 |
| 《管子·輕重己》: | 清神生心，心生規，規生矩，矩生方，方生正，正生曆，曆生四時，四時生萬物，聖人因而理之，道徧矣。 |
| 《司馬法·用眾》: | 襲其規。 |
| 《孫子算經·序》: | 立規矩，準方圓，謹法度，約尺丈，立權衡，平重輕，剖毫釐，析黍絫。 |
| 《周髀算經·卷上》: | 萬物周事而圓方用焉，大匠造制而規矩設焉，或毀方而為圓，或破圓而為方。 |
| 《淮南子·齊俗訓》: | 若夫規矩鉤繩者，此巧之具也，而非所以巧也。 |
| 《呂氏春秋·達鬱》: | 是故天子聽政，使公卿列士正諫，好學博聞獻詩，矇箴師誦，庶人傳語，近臣盡規，親戚補察，而後王斟酌焉。 |
| 《鄧析子·無厚》: | 誠聽能聞於無聲，視能見於無形，計能規於未兆，慮能防於未然，斯無他也。 |
| 《春秋左傳》: | 鄭人賂晉侯以師悝，師觸，師蠲，廣車，軘車，淳十五乘，甲兵備，凡兵車百乘，歌鐘二肆，及其鎛磬，女樂二八，晉侯以樂之半賜魏絳，曰，子教寡人，和諸戎狄，以正諸華，八年之中，九合諸侯，如樂之和，無所不諧，請與子樂之，辭曰，夫和戎狄，國之福也，八年之中，九合諸侯，諸侯無慝，君之靈也，二三子之勞也，臣何力之有焉，抑臣願君安其樂而思其終也，詩曰，樂只君子，殿天子之邦，樂只君子，福祿攸同，便蕃左右，亦是帥從，夫樂以安德，義以處之，禮以行之，信以守之，仁以厲之，而後可以殿邦國，同福祿，來遠人，所謂樂也，書曰，居安思危，思則有備，有備無患，敢以此規，公曰，子之教，敢不承命，抑微子，寡人無以待戎，不能濟河，夫賞，國之典也，藏在盟府，不可廢也，子其受之，魏絳於是乎始有金石之樂，禮也。 |
| 《逸周書·周書序》: | 武王平商，維定保天室，規擬伊雒，作度邑。 |
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