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U+78E8

Radical:+ 11 strokes = 16 strokes total.
References:Guangyun: p.162#47 p.420#41 Kangxi: p.835#39 Cihai: p.973r4c01 GSR: 17.f Hanyu: v4,p2453#13
Composition:Top: , bottom: . Compositionally related: 𪿳 . Component of: 𨟖 𫾚 𣟖 𥽨 𨇢 𭍁
Mandarin: ㄇㄛˊ ㄇㄛˋ
Cantonese:mo4 mo6
Tang reconstruction:*mɑ
Guangyun:廣韻·下平聲··》磨:磨礪。《爾雅》云:石謂之磨。
廣韻·去聲··》磨:磑也,摸臥切,又莫采切,四。
Kangxi:康熙字典·石部·十一》磨:《廣韻》莫婆切《集韻》《韻會》《正韻》眉波切,𠀤音摩。《說文》本作䃺。《爾雅·釋器》石謂之磨。《詩·衞風》如琢如磨。又去聲。《唐韻》模臥切《集韻》莫臥切,𠀤音塺。《說文》石磑也。《正字通》俗謂磑曰磨,以磑合兩石,中琢縱橫齒,能旋轉碎物成屑也。《天文志》如蟻旋磨。又《韻會》通作摩。《左傳·昭十二年》摩厲以須。《前漢·董仲舒傳》摩民以誼。《梅福傳》厲世摩鈍。又地名。《水經注》沮水又東南逕驢城西,磨城東。傳云:子胥造驢磨二城,以攻麥邑。
Fanqie:莫婆 (《廣韻·下平聲··》) 摸臥 (《廣韻·去聲··》) 莫采 (《廣韻·去聲··》)
Unihan definition:grind; polish; rub; wear out; a millstone

Example usage

論語·學而》:子貢曰:「《》云:『如切如磋,如琢如』」
Zi Gong replied, "It is said in the Book of Poetry, 'As you cut and then file, as you carve and then polish.'"
揚子法言》:學以治之,思以精之,朋友以之,名譽以崇之,不倦以終之,可謂好學也已矣。
Studying in order to cultivate it, thinking in order to refine it, making friends in order to polish it, achieving fame in order to venerate it, being untiring in order to finish it: this can be referred to as loving to learn.
論衡·率性》:孔子引而教之,漸漬礪,闔導牖進,猛氣消損,驕節屈折,卒能政事,序在四科。
Confucius took him under his guidance. By degrees he polished and instructed him. The more he advanced in knowledge, the more he lost his fierceness, and his arrogance was broken. At last he was able to govern a state, and ranked in the four classes.
墨子·非攻下》:禹既已克有三苗,焉為山川,別物上下,卿制大極,而神民不違,天下乃靜。
Having conquered Miao, Yu set apart the hills and rivers (by names), and ordered things into high and low. With sacrifices he set up the four bordering countries, and neither spirits nor men revolted (any more). So there was peace in the world.
莊子·天下》:推而後行,曳而後往,若飄風之還,若羽之旋,若石之隧,全而無非,動靜無過,未嘗有罪。
He went where he was pushed, and followed where he was led, like a whirling wind, like a feather tossed about, like the revolutions of a grindstone. What was the reason that he appeared thus complete, doing nothing wrong? that, whether in motion or at rest, he committed no error, and could be charged with no transgression?
詩經·淇奧》:有匪君子、如切如磋、如琢如
There is our elegant and accomplished prince, - As from the knife and the file, As from the chisel and the polisher!
禮記·緇衣》:》云:『自圭之玷,尚可也。』
荀子·大略》:人之於文學也,猶玉之於琢也。
說苑·談叢》:》曰:「白珪之玷,尚可也,斯言之玷,不可為也。」
韓詩外傳·卷二》:》曰:「如切如瑳,如琢如。」
風俗通義》:《詩》云:「如切如嗟,如琢如。」
申鑒·時事》:秦之滅學也,書藏於屋壁,義絕於朝野,逮至漢興,收摭散滯,固已無全學矣,文有滅,言有楚夏,出有先後,或學者先意有所借定,後進相放彌以滋蔓。
新語·道基》:夫驢騾駱駞,犀象瑇瑁,琥珀珊瑚,翠羽珠玉,山生水藏,擇地而居,潔清明朗,潤澤而濡,而不磷,涅而不淄,天氣所生,神靈所治,幽閒清淨,與神浮沉,莫之效力為用,盡情為器。
鶡冠子·天則》:若礱不用,賜物雖詘,有不效者矣。
文子·上德》:善用人者,若●之足,眾而不相害,若舌之與齒,堅柔相而不相敗。
列仙傳·負局先生》:常負鏡局徇吳市中,鏡一錢。
老子河上公章句》:而攻堅強者莫之能勝,水能懷山襄陵,鐵消銅,莫能勝水而成功也。
九章算術·勾股》:甲南出,出門不知步數,邪向東北邑,適與乙會。
呂氏春秋·長攻》:因以代君之車迎其妻,其妻遙聞之狀,笄以自刺,故趙氏至今有刺笄之證與「反斗」之號。
史記·禮書》:情好珍善,為之琢圭璧以通其意。
春秋左傳》:冬,十月,里克殺奚齊于次,書曰,殺其君之子,未葬也,荀息將死之,人曰,不如立卓子而輔之,荀息立公子卓以葬,十一月,里克殺公子卓于朝,荀息死之,君子曰,詩所謂白圭之玷,尚可也,斯言之玷,不可為也,荀息有焉。
逸周書·世俘解》:庚子,陳本命伐,百韋命伐宣方,新荒命伐蜀。
國語·周語下》:如是,而鑄之金,之石,系之絲木,越之匏竹,節之鼓而行之,以遂八風。
吳越春秋》:陽為文梓,陰為楩柟,巧工施校,制以規繩,雕治圓轉,刻削礱,分以丹青,錯畫文章,嬰以白璧,鏤以黃金,狀類龍蛇,文彩生光。
戰國策》:王又割濮、之北屬之燕,斷齊、秦之要,絕楚、魏之脊。
鹽鐵論·散不足》:及其後世,采椽不斲,茅茨不翦,無斲削之事,礱之功。
列女傳·班婕妤》:如琢如,瑟兮僩兮,赫兮咺兮,有斐君子,終不可諼兮。
漢書·賈鄒枚路傳》:礱底厲,不見其損,有時而盡。
前漢紀》:而不刻。
東觀漢記·蘇竟》:蘇竟與劉歆子恭書曰:「前世以研編簡之才,與國師公從事出入者硯耳。」
後漢書》:千里之差,興自毫端,失得之源,百世不矣。
西京雜記·第四》:京兆有古生者,學縱橫揣、弄矢搖丸樗蒲之術,為都掾史四十餘季,善訑謾。
周禮·地官司徒》:及窆,抱,共丘籠及蜃車之役。
焦氏易林·大壯之》:復:雷霆所擊,誅者五逆,滅無迹,有懼方息。
爾雅·釋訓》:如琢如,自脩也。
釋名·釋天》:厲,疾氣也,中人如厲傷物也。
黃帝內經·五變》:匠人斧斤,礪刀削斷材木。
金匱要略》:趺陽脈浮而濇,浮則為虛,虛則傷脾,脾傷則不,朝食暮吐,暮食朝吐,宿穀不化,名曰胃反。
顏氏家訓·勉學》:有志尚者,遂能礪,以就素業。
文心雕龍·明詩》:子夏監絢素之章,子貢悟琢之句,故商賜二子,可與言詩。
抱朴子·釋滯》:復問俗人曰:「夫乘云繭產之國,肝心不朽之民,巢居穴處,獨目三首,馬閒狗蹄,脩臂交股,黃池無男,穿胸旁口,廩君起石而汎土船,沙壹觸木而生群龍,女媧地出,杜宇天墮,甓飛犬言,山徙社移,三軍之衆,一朝盡化,君子為鶴,小人成沙,女醜倚枯,貳負抱桎,寄居之蟲,委甲步肉,二首之蛇,弦之為弓,不灰之木,不熱之火,昌蜀之禽,無目之獸,無身之頭,無首之體,精衛填海,交讓遞生,火浣之布,切玉之刀,炎昧吐烈,泥漉水,枯灌化形,山夔前跟,石脩九首,畢方人面,少千之劾伯率,聖卿之役肅霜,西羌以虎景興,鮮卑以乘鱉強,林邑以神錄王,庸蜀以流屍帝,鹽神嬰來而蟲飛,縱目世變於荊岫,五丁引蛇以傾峻,肉甚振翅於三海。」

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