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| Simplified Chinese version |
| 顯 U+986F |  Seal script |  Jinwen |  Jianbo | 㬎 Semantic variant | 显 Simplified character | 顕 Alternate form Semantic variant |
| Radical: | 页+ 14 strokes = 23 strokes total. |
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| References: | Guangyun: p.289#21 Kangxi: p.1410#21 Cihai: p.1483r2c01 GSR: 242.a Hanyu: v7,p4395#06 |
| Composition: | Left: 㬎, right: 页. Component of: 𡆘 灦 𣡲 𧖙 𩎌 𩎍 |
| Mandarin: | xiǎn ㄒㄧㄢˇ |
| Cantonese: | hin2 |
| Tang reconstruction: | xěn |
| Shuowen: | 《页部》显：头明饰也。从页㬎声。 |
| Guangyun: | 《广韵·上声·铣·显》显：明也，著也，光也，觌也，又姓风俗通云有显甫爲周卿。呼典切，五。 |
| Kangxi: | 《康熙字典·页部·十四》显：〔古文〕㬎《唐韵》《集韵》《韵会》《正韵》𠀤呼典切，音宪。《尔雅·释诂》光也。又见也。《玉篇》明也，觌也，著也。《书·泰誓》天有显道，厥类惟彰。《传》言天有明道，其义类惟明。又达也。《左传·僖二十五年》是求显也。《孟子》而未尝有显者来。《疏》言未尝有富贵显达者来家中。又姓。《风俗通》周卿显甫。又《正韵》晓见切，音韅。觌也。又人名。《礼·檀弓》子显致命于穆公。《释文》显，呼遍切。又叶馨烟切，音膻。《郭璞·朝鲜赞》箕子避商，自𥨥朝鲜。善者所壮，岂有隐显。《说文》显，头明饰也。从页㬎声。俗作𩔰，非。 |
| Fanqie: | 呼典 (《广韵·上声·铣·显》) |
| Unihan definition: | manifest, display; evident, clear |
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[Show proper names]Example usage
| 《孟子·万章上》: | 相秦而显其君于天下，可传于后世，不贤而能之乎？ |
| Having become chief minister of Qin, he made his prince distinguished throughout the kingdom, and worthy of being handed down to future ages; could he have done this, if he had not been a man of talents and virtue? | |
| 《礼记·曲礼下》: | 为人臣之礼：不显谏。 |
| According to the rules of propriety for a minister, he should not remonstrate with his ruler openly. | |
| 《孝经·开宗明义》: | 立身行道，扬名于后世，以显父母，孝之终也。 |
| When we have established our character by the practice of the (filial) course, so as to make our name famous in future ages and thereby glorify our parents, this is the end of filial piety. | |
| 《扬子法言》: | 昔在有熊、高阳、高辛、唐、虞、三代，咸有显懿，故天胙之，为神明主，且著在天庭，是生民之愿也，厥飨国久长。 |
| In the past the Yellow Emperor, Gao Yang, Gao Xin, Tang, Shun and the Three Dynasties all clearly manifested de. Thus Tian honored them, used them to unite Heaven and Earth, and placed them in the Imperial Hall. This is what the people desired, and long did their kingdoms flourish. | |
| 《墨子·所染》: | 举天下之仁义显人，必称此四王者。 |
| And when the preeminently magnanimous and righteous figures of the world are mentioned, they are invariably those referred to. | |
| 《庄子·天地》: | 不拘一世之利以为己私分，不以王天下为己处显。 |
| He would not grasp at the gain of the whole world to be held as his own private portion; he would not desire to rule over the whole world as his own private distinction. | |
| 《商君书·农战》: | 是故豪杰皆可变业，务学诗书，随从外权，上可以得显，下可以得官爵 |
| With the result that eminent men all change their occupations, to apply themselves to the study of the Odes and History and to follow improper standards; on the one hand, they obtain prominence, and on the other, they acquire office and rank. | |
| 《荀子·成相》: | 显者必得，隐者复显，民反诚。 |
| 《说苑·君道》: | 夫树曲木者恶得直景，人君不直其行，不敬其言者，未有能保帝王之号，垂显令之名者也。 |
| 《春秋繁露·服制像》: | 君子显之于服，而勇武者消其志于貌也矣。 |
| 《韩诗外传·卷一》: | 为夫义之不立，名之不显，则士耻之，故杀身以遂其行。 |
| 《大戴礼记·保傅》: | 穆公以显名尊号，二世以刺于望夷之宫。 |
| 《白虎通德论·号》: | 必改号者，所以明天命巳著，欲显扬巳于天下也。 |
| 《新书·修政语上》: | 故人主有欲治安之心，而无治安之故者，虽欲治显荣也，弗得矣。 |
| 《新序·善谋》: | 而入秦，秦王与应侯必显重以示天下，楚、魏以赵为构，必不救王。 |
| 《中论·法象》: | 夫幽微者、显之原也，孤独者、见之端也，胡可简也？ |
| 《孔子家语·致思》: | 终而有大名，以显闻四方，流声后裔者，岂非学者之效也？ |
| 《潜夫论·赞学》: | 是以“君子终日乾乾，进德修业者”，非直为博己而已也，盖乃思述祖考之令问，而以显父母也 |
| 《论衡·累害》: | 动身章智，显光气于世，奋志敖党，立卓异于俗，固常通人所谗嫉也。 |
| 《风俗通义·三王》: | 舜、禹本以白衣砥行显名，升为天子。 |
| 《孔丛子·广言》: | 赫，显也。 |
| 《申鉴·政体》: | 故事无不核，物无不切，善无不显，恶无不彰，俗无奸怪，民无淫风。 |
| 《新语·道基》: | 所以能统物通变，治情性，显仁义也。 |
| 《独断·卷上》: | 右社稷，西曰右，宗庙、社稷皆在库门之内、雉门之外，天子三昭三穆与太祖之庙七，七庙一坛一墠，曰考庙、皇考庙、显考庙、祖考庙，皆月祭之。 |
| 《蔡中郎集·独断》: | 光武为世祖，明帝为显宗，章帝为肃宗，和帝为穆宗，安帝为恭宗，顺帝为敬宗，桓帝为威宗，庙皆不毁。 |
| 《鲁胜墨辩注叙》: | 名显于世。 |
| 《列子·天瑞》: | 色之所色者彰矣，而色色者未尝显。 |
| 《鶡冠子·道端》: | 天不开门户，使下相害也，进贤受上赏，则下不相蔽，不待事人贤士显不蔽之功，则任事之人莫不尽忠，乡曲慕义，化坐自端，此其道之所致德之所成也。 |
| 《文子·精诚》: | 举大功，显令名，体君臣，正上下，明亲疏，存危国，继绝世，立无后者，义也。 |
| 《列仙传·马丹》: | 事文去献，显没不穷。 |
| 《老子河上公章句》: | 天下皆知美之为美，自扬己美，使彰显也。 |
| 《韩非子·有度》: | 外使诸侯，内耗其国，伺其危险之陂以恐其主曰：“交非我不亲，怨非我不解”，而主乃信之，以国听之，卑主之名以显其身，毁国之厚以利其家，臣不谓智。 |
| 《慎子·知忠》: | 治国之中，显君之臣，非独能尽忠也。 |
| 《管子·轻重丁》: | 管子曰：“成囷京者二家，君式璧而聘之，各显于国中，国中莫不闻，是民上则无功显名于百姓也，功立而名成，下则实其囷京，上以给上为君，一举而名实俱在也，民何为也。” |
| 《吴子·图国》: | 乐以进战效力、以显其忠勇者，聚为一卒。 |
| 《六韬·兵道》: | 用之在于机，显之在于势，成之在于君。 |
| 《尉缭子·战威》: | 爵列之等，死丧之亲，民之所营不可不显也。 |
| 《三略·中略》: | 封之于朝，极人臣之位，以显其功。 |
| 《淮南子·齐俗训》: | 颜阖，鲁君欲相之而不肯，使人以币先焉，凿培而遁之，为天下显武。 |
| 《吕氏春秋·期贤》: | 凡国不徒安，名不徒显，必得贤士。 |
| 《鬼谷子·捭阖》: | 故言长生、安乐、富贵、尊荣、显名、爱好、财利、得意、喜欲，为阳，曰始。 |
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