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Confucianism -> Liji -> Qu Li I -> 12

人生十年曰幼，	When one is ten years old, we call him a boy;
学。	he goes (out) to school.
二十曰弱，	When he is twenty, we call him a youth;
冠。	he is capped.
三十曰壮，	When he is thirty, we say, 'He is at his maturity;'
有室。	he has a wife.
四十曰强，	When he is forty, we say, 'He is in his vigour;'
而仕。	he is employed in office.
五十曰艾，	When he is fifty, we say, 'He is getting grey;'
服官政。	he can discharge all the duties of an officer.
六十曰耆，	When he is sixty, we say, 'He is getting old;'
指使。	he gives directions and instructions.
七十曰老，	When he is seventy, we say, 'He is old;'
而传。	he delegates his duties to others.
八十、九十曰耄，	At eighty or ninety, we say of him, 'He is very old.'
七年曰悼，	When he is seven, we say that he is an object of pitying love.
悼与耄虽有罪，	Such a child and one who is very old, though they may be chargeable with crime,
不加刑焉。	are not subjected to punishment.
百年曰期，	At a hundred, he is called a centenarian,
颐。	and has to be fed.

Character	Composition	Variants	Reading	Meaning	Hanyu	Kangxi	Cihai
人	人+0	𠔽亻	rén ㄖㄣˊ	Man, person. / Others, other people. / The people, ordinary men. / Talent, material. / [A man's] character. / Affairs of men, world of man. / Benevolence.	v1,p0101#10	p.91#01	p.80r2c01
生	生+0	𤯓	shēng ㄕㄥ	life, living, lifetime; birth	v4,p2575#01	p.754#26	p.906r5c03
十	十+0	拾拾	shí ㄕˊ	ten, tenth; complete; perfect	v1,p0058#09	p.155#17	p.207r5c02
年	干+3	秊𠫺	nián ㄋㄧㄢˊ	year; new-years; person's age	v1,p0037#06	p.340#01	p.483r6c01
曰	曰+0		yuē ㄩㄝ	Say, speak. / Call, name. / Particle.	v2,p1482#02	p.502#01	p.648r3c03
幼	幺+2	𠣎	yòu yào ㄧㄡˋ ㄧㄠˋ	infant, young child; immature	v2,p1093#07	p.342#02	p.485r4c02
学	子+13	𢻯斈学	xué ㄒㄩㄝˊ	Study, learn. / Doctrine, teaching. / School of thought. / School, place of learning. / Account, state.	v2,p1019#11	p.280#28	p.403r3c05
			xiào ㄒㄧㄠˋ	Instruct, teach.
二	二+0	贰弍贰	èr ㄦˋ	two; twice	v1,p0002#01	p.86#01	p.58r6c01
弱	弓+7		ruò ㄖㄨㄛˋ	weak; fragile, delicate	v2,p0996#16	p.358#24	p.502r1c02
冠	冖+7		guān guàn ㄍㄨㄢㄍㄨㄢˋ	cap, crown, headgear	v1,p0303#18	p.130#23	p.165r6c07
三	一+2	叁弎	sān sàn ㄙㄢㄙㄢˋ	three	v1,p0004#03	p.76#05	p.11r2c01
壮	士+4	壮	zhuàng ㄓㄨㄤˋ	big, large; robust; name of tribe	v1,p0428#07	p.243#02	p.333r5c01
有	月+2		yǒu ㄧㄡˇ	Have, possess. / Store, collect. / Occupy. / Hold on to, retain. / Have in abundance. / Good harvest. / Obtain. / Only. / Be, exist. / Occur, happen. / Make. / Particle used before a noun with no meaning. / Particle used before a monosyllabic adjective with no meaning. / Particle used before a verb with no meaning. / Still, yet. / Some people. / Region.	v3,p2041#05	p.504#20	p.656r5c01
			yòu ㄧㄡˋ	Help, assist. / Same as “又(3)” yòu ㄧㄡˋ: Moreover.
室	宀+6		shì ㄕˋ	room, home, house, chamber	v2,p0925#03	p.285#02	p.416r6c01
四	囗+2	𦉭肆	sì ㄙˋ	four	v1,p0710#16	p.216#22	p.294r6c01
强	弓+8	强强	qiáng qiǎng jiàng ㄑㄧㄤˊ ㄑㄧㄤˇ ㄐㄧㄤˋ	strong, powerful, energetic	v2,p0999#07	p.359#23	p.504r5c01
而	而+0		ér ㄦˊ	Whiskers. / Like, similar to. / Pronoun: you. / Pronoun: this, like this. / Connective: and, with. / Connective: and, then. / Connective: if, supposing. / Connective: yet, however. / Connective: therefore, hence. / Connective: expresses method or state. / Particle: of. / Expressive particle.	v4,p2810#01	p.961#18	p.1080r2c03
			néng ㄋㄥˊ	Same as “能(3)” néng ㄋㄥˊ: Able to, competent. / Same as “能(2.1)” néng ㄋㄥˊ: Ability, talent.
仕	人+3		shì ㄕˋ	official; serve government	v1,p0112#03	p.92#07	p.85r2c02
五	二+2	伍𠄡㐅	wǔ ㄨˇ	five; surname	v1,p0011#03	p.86#11	p.64r3c01
艾	草+2		ài yì ㄞˋ ㄧˋ	artemisia, mugwort; translit.	v5,p3172#09	p.1017#09	p.1123r1c03
服	月+4	𣍞𦨈	fú fù bì ㄈㄨˊ ㄈㄨˋ ㄅㄧˋ	clothes; wear, dress	v3,p2053#07	p.505#02
官	宀+5	𠕍	guān ㄍㄨㄢ	official, public servant	v2,p0921#04	p.283#15	p.413r2c01
政	攴+4		zhèng zhēng ㄓㄥˋ ㄓㄥ	government, political affairs	v2,p1453#03	p.469#06	p.601r2c01
六	八+2	六陆	liù lù ㄌㄧㄡˋ ㄌㄨˋ	number six	v1,p0241#09	p.127#01	p.154r5c01
耆	老+4		qí shì zhǐ ㄑㄧˊ ㄕˋ ㄓˇ	man of sixty; aged, old	v4,p2780#04	p.961#02	p.1079r6c02
指	手+6	𢫾	zhǐ ㄓˇ	Finger. / Toe. / Point with one's finger. / Point towards, indicate. / Face towards. / Stand up, raise up. / Refer, denote. / Point out, raise. / Reprimand. / Intention, meaning.	v3,p1873#05	p.429#20	p.573r4c03
使	人+6	𡥐𠭆	shǐ ㄕˇ	Order, send (on a mission). / Cause, make. / Allocate, use. / Indulge in.. / Send as an envoy. / Envoy, messenger. / Connective: if, supposing.	v1,p0145#02	p.101#05	p.101r3c03
七	一+1	柒	qī ㄑㄧ	seven	v1,p0003#03	p.75#07	p.7r4c02
老	老+0	耂𠄰	lǎo ㄌㄠˇ	old, aged; experienced	v4,p2778#01	p.960#25	p.1077r3c03
传	人+11	传	chuán zhuàn ㄔㄨㄢˊ ㄓㄨㄢˋ	summon; propagate, transmit	v1,p0208#09	p.114#23	p.122r2c01
八	八+0	捌	bā ㄅㄚ	eight; all around, all sides	v1,p0241#03	p.126#26	p.147r4c03
九	乙+1	玖	jiǔ ㄐㄧㄡˇ	nine	v1,p0048#05	p.83#19	p.48r6c01
耄	老+4	𧂕㿞	mào ㄇㄠˋ	elderly person; very old, senile	v4,p2781#01	p.960#32	p.1079r5c01
悼	心+8		dào ㄉㄠˋ	grieve, mourn, lament; grieved	v4,p2314#14	p.389#13	p.533r3c03
与	臼+8	与𢌱𦦲𠔔	yǔ ㄩˇ	Give. / Follow, go along with. / Comrade, ally. / Association, contact. / Oppose. / Engage [an enemy]. / Approve, consent to. / Help. / Wait. / Preposition indicating passive tense. / Preposition: to, with. / Preposition: with. / Preposition: as. / Preposition: in, on. / Connective: and, with. / Connective: with its ... / Connective: or.	v1,p0251#04	p.1004#13	p.1113r2c03
			yù ㄩˋ	Participate, take part in.
			yǔ ㄩˇ	Interfere in.
			yú ㄩˊ	Auxiliary word: used at the end of a sentence to express questioning , exclamation, or a rhetorical question. / Auxiliary word: used in the middle of a sentence to express a pause.
虽	隹+9	𨾡虽	suī ㄙㄨㄟ	Type of insect. / Even, though, even if. / Only.	v6,p4103#05	p.1368#22	p.1440r6c01
罪	网+8	辠𡈚	zuì ㄗㄨㄟˋ	crime, sin, vice; evil; hardship	v4,p2920#07	p.948#13	p.1065r2c06
不	一+3	不𠀚𠙐	bù ㄅㄨˋ	Not have. / To not be. / Negational adverb, used before verbs, adjectives, etc. to indicate negation. / Negational adverb expressing prohibition: do not. / Negational adverb expressing rhetorical question: is not...?	v1,p0011#06	p.76#15	p.30r1c01
			fǒu ㄈㄡˇ	Same as “否(1.2)” fǒu ㄈㄡˇ: Adverb used together with an affirmative word, expressing its negative or opposite. / Same as “否(1.3)” fǒu ㄈㄡˇ: Adverb used at the end of a question to form a yes-no question.
			fū ㄈㄨ	Sepal of a flower.
			pī ㄆㄧ	Same as “丕(1)” pī ㄆㄧ: Large.
			bǐ ㄅㄧˇ	Show disdain for.
加	力+3		jiā ㄐㄧㄚ	add to, increase, augment	v1,p0366#01	p.146#13	p.193r1c01
刑	刀+4		xíng ㄒㄧㄥˊ	Punish. / Kill, put to death. / Harm, disaster. / Law, rules of punishment. / Rule by law. / A die used in casting. / A model, an example. / To emulate, imitate. / Achieve, establish. / Same as “鉶” xíng ㄒㄧㄥˊ: Porcelain soup bowl. / Same as “形(1.1)” xíng ㄒㄧㄥˊ: Body, thing with form. / Same as “形(5)” xíng ㄒㄧㄥˊ: Exhibit, show.	v1,p0324#15	p.137#11	p.178r4c02
焉	火+7		yān ㄧㄢ	Same as “之(2)” zhī ㄓ: Demonstrative pronoun: this, these. / Same as “之(3)” zhī ㄓ: Third person pronoun: him, her, it. / Demonstrative pronoun and modal particle: than this. / Interrogative pronoun: how, where. / Interrogative pronoun: what. / Connective: and, then. / Preposition: in. / Modal particle. / Adjectival or adverbal suffix.	v3,p2206#14	p.672#21	p.847r5c01
百	白+1	佰𦣻	bǎi bó mò ㄅㄞˇ ㄅㄛˊ ㄇㄛˋ	one hundred; numerous, many	v4,p2643#01	p.785#04	p.932r4c01
期	月+8	朞𣅆𠔸逞	qī qí jī ㄑㄧㄑㄧˊ ㄐㄧ	period of time; date; time limit	v3,p2083#07	p.506#11	p.662r3c01
颐	页+7	頉頣頥颐	yí ㄧˊ	cheeks; jaw; chin; rear; to nourish	v7,p4371#11	p.1403#13	p.1477r5c04

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