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U+8CE4

Seal script

Simplified character
𧶤
Semantic variant

Radical:+ 8 strokes = 15 strokes total.
References:Guangyun: p.411#49 Kangxi: p.1209#35 Cihai: p.1277r3c03 GSR: 155.n Hanyu: v6,p3647#05
Composition:Left: , right: . Compositionally related: 𧶤 . Component of: 𫻔 𥜤 𬚂
Mandarin:jiàn ㄐㄧㄢˋ
Cantonese:zin6
Tang reconstruction:*dzhiɛ̀n
Shuowen:貝部》賤:賈少也。从貝戔聲。
Guangyun:廣韻·去聲··》賤:輕賤又姓風俗通云漢有北平太守賤瓊。才線切,三。
Kangxi:康熙字典·貝部·》賤:〔古文〕𧶤《唐韻》《集韻》才線切《正韻》在線切,𠀤音羨。《說文》賈少也。《玉篇》𤰞下也,不貴也。《廣韻》輕賤。《易·屯卦》以貴下賤,大得民也。《·旅獒》不貴異物,賤用物。《前漢·食貨志》糴甚貴傷民,甚賤傷農。又姓。《風俗通》漢北平太守賤瓊。
Fanqie:才線 (《廣韻·去聲··》)
Unihan definition:mean, low; cheap, worthless

Example usage

論語·里仁》:貧與是人之所惡也,不以其道得之,不去也。
Poverty and meanness are what men dislike. If it cannot be avoided in the proper way, they should not be avoided.
孟子·告子上》:體有貴,有小大。
Some parts of the body are noble, and some ignoble; some great, and some small.
禮記·緇衣》:子曰:「輕絕貧,而重絕富貴,則好賢不堅,而惡惡不著也。」
The Master said, 'When a man on light grounds breaks off his friendship with the poor and mean, and only on great grounds with the rich and noble, his love of worth cannot be great, nor does his hatred of evil clearly appear.'
揚子法言》:小知之師亦矣。
A teacher who only understands the trivial is indeed worthless.
莊子·在宥》:而不可不任者,物也。
Mean, and yet demanding to be allowed their free course - such are Things.
道德經》:故貴以為本,高以下為基。
Thus it is that dignity finds its (firm) root in its (previous) meanness, and what is lofty finds its stability in the lowness (from which it rises).
商君書·墾令》:無以外權任爵與官,則民不貴學問,又不農。
If dignities are not conferred nor office given according to deviating standards, then the people will not prize learning nor, besides, will they hold agriculture cheap.
荀子·大略》:古之賢人,為布衣,貧為匹夫,食則饘粥不足,衣則豎褐不完。
說苑·脩文》:此所以祭先王之廟也,此所以獻酢酳之酬也,所以官序貴各得其宜也,此可以示後世有尊卑長幼之序也。
春秋繁露·玉杯》:不別先後,其無人心也。
韓詩外傳·卷一》:由是觀之,卑貧窮,非士之恥也。
大戴禮記》:知既知之,行既由之,言既順之,若夫性命肌膚之不可易也,富貴不足以益,貧不足以損。
白虎通德論·》:不得體君之尊,故加元以別諸侯之士也。
新書·脩政語上》:是故明君而君子,貴尚學道,而下獨思也。
新序·善謀下》:乃洗沐往見張耳、陳餘,遣行見燕王,燕王問之,對曰:「人希見長者,願請一卮酒。」
中論·脩本》:存其舊術,順其常好,是以身辱名而不免為人役也。
孔子家語·三恕》:伯常騫問於孔子曰:「騫固周國之吏也,不自以不肖,將北面以事君子,敢問正道宜行,不容於世。」
潛夫論·遏利》:世人之論也,靡不貴廉讓而財利焉,及其行也,多釋廉甘利之於人。
論衡·命義》:命者、貧富貴也。
太玄經·》:測曰,「魚鱗差之」、貴位也。
風俗通義》:《漢書》曰說:王陽雖儒生,自寒
孔叢子·廣義》:妾婦之者,謂之屬婦。
申鑒·政體》:嘉守節而輕狹陋,疾威福而尊權右,求欲而崇克濟,貴求己而榮華譽,萬物類是已。
忠經·廣至理章》:珍則人去貪。
素書·遵義章》:貴而忘者不久。
新語·術事》:聖人貴寬,而世人眾,五穀養性,而棄之於地,珠玉無用,而寶之於身。
獨斷·卷上》:古者尊卑共之,貴不嫌,則可同號之義也。
蔡中郎集·獨斷》:幘者,古之卑執事不冠者之所服也。
墨子·經說上》:禮:貴者公,者名,而俱有敬僈。
列子·黃帝》:梁鴦曰:「鴦,役也,何術以告爾?」
鶡冠子·道端》:富者觀其所予,足以知仁,貴者觀其所舉,足以知忠,觀其大𥘽,長不讓少,貴不讓,足以知禮達,觀其所不行,足以知義,受官任治,觀其去就,足以知智,迫之不懼,足以知勇,口利辭巧,足以知辯,使之不隱,足以知信,貧者觀其所不取,足以知廉,者觀其所不為,足以知賢,測深觀天,足以知聖。
文子·道原》:真人者,大己而小天下,貴治身而治人,不以物滑和,不以欲亂情,隱其名姓,有道則隱,無道則見,為無為,事無事,知不知也,懷天道,包天心,噓吸陰陽,吐故納新,與陰俱閉,與陽俱開,與剛柔卷舒,與陰陽俯仰,與天同心,與道同體。
文始真經·三極》:不尊君子,不小人。
列仙傳·平常生》:玄化忘形,貴奚恤。
老子河上公章句》:疾時質而貴文。
韓非子·初見秦》:當是時也,趙氏上下不相親也,貴不相信也。
慎子·逸文》:國有貴之禮,無賢不肖之禮。
管子·輕重己》:天子之所以異貴而賞有功也。
孫子兵法·行軍》:凡軍好高而惡下,貴陽而陰,養生處實,軍無百疾,是謂必勝。
吳子·論將》:起對曰:「令而勇者,將輕銳以嘗之。」
六韜·上賢》:五曰:臣有輕爵位、有司、羞為上犯難者,傷功臣之勞。

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