| Chinese Text Project |
| 契 U+5951 |  Seal script | 契 Alternate form |
| Radical: | 大+ 6 strokes = 9 strokes total. |
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| References: | Guangyun: p.373#11 p.477#24 p.495#41 Kangxi: p.251#21 Cihai: p.372r3c01 GSR: 279.b Hanyu: v1,p0536#10 |
| Composition: | Top: 㓞, bottom: 大. Compositionally related: 契 . Component of: 㓶 𨜣 偰 𭆌 𨜒 㝣 喫 揳 猰 𢝛 𣸲 𭛸 𪰳 𬢐 𤋸 𤧃 𦝜 楔 碶 禊 [More] |
| Mandarin: | qì qiè xiè ㄑㄧˋ ㄑㄧㄝˋ ㄒㄧㄝˋ |
| Cantonese: | kai3 kit3 sit3 |
| Tang reconstruction: | *kèi ket set |
| Shuowen: | 《大部》契：大約也。从大从㓞。《易》曰：「後代聖人易之以書契。」 |
| Guangyun: | 《廣韻·去聲·霽·契》契：契約。苦計切，又苦結切，十。 《廣韻·入聲·迄·乞》契：契丹夷名出字林。 《廣韻·入聲·屑·猰》契：契闊。又苦計切。 |
| Kangxi: | 《康熙字典·大部·六》契：《廣韻》苦計切《集韻》《韻會》詰計切《正韻》去計切，𠀤音栔。約也。《易·繫辭》上古結繩而治，後世聖人易之以書契。《禮·曲禮》獻粟者執右契。《註》兩書一契，同而別之。又合也。《周禮·天官》宰夫掌官契以治藏。《前漢·高帝紀》帝與功臣，剖符作誓，丹書鐵契。《唐書·𤣥宗紀》木契銅魚起兵。又神合也。《神仙傳》魏伯陽作參同契二卷。又憂苦也。《詩·小雅》契契寤歎。又灼龜具。《詩·大雅》爰契我龜。《註》契，所以然火而灼之者也。又怯也。《周禮·冬官考工記·輈人》馬不契需。《註》契，怯。需，懦也。又姓。見《姓苑》。又《廣韻》《集韻》《韻會》私列切《正韻》先結切。𠀤同𥜽，高辛氏子，舜五臣之一，商之祖也。《書·舜典》帝曰：契，汝作司徒。別作偰𥜽。又《廣韻》苦結切《集韻》《韻會》《正韻》詰結切。𠀤同挈，勤苦也。《詩·邶風》死生契闊。又疎闊也。《前漢·范丹傳》行路急卒，非𨻰契闊之所。又刻也。《呂覽》契舟求劒。與鍥通。又絕也，缺也。《司馬相如·封禪文》陛下謙讓而弗發，契三神之歡。《註》三神，上帝，泰山，梁父。《前漢·毋將隆傳》契國威器。又《集韻》欺訖切，音乞。契丹，國號。宋爲南朝，契丹北朝，後攺號遼。又訖黠切，音拮。戲也。又叶似入切，音習。《禰衡顏子𥓓》知微知章，聞一覺十用舍行藏，與聖合契。从丯从刀从大。俗作契，非。 |
| Fanqie: | 苦計 (《廣韻·去聲·霽·契》) 苦結 (《廣韻·去聲·霽·契》) 去訖 (《廣韻·入聲·迄·乞》) 苦結 (《廣韻·入聲·屑·猰》) 苦計 (《廣韻·入聲·屑·猰》) |
| Equivalent readings: | 薛 (《四書章句集注·孟子集注·滕文公章句上》) |
| Unihan definition: | deed, contract, bond; engrave |
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[Show proper names]Example usage
| 《孟子·滕文公上》: | 聖人有憂之，使契為司徒，教以人倫：父子有親，君臣有義，夫婦有別，長幼有序，朋友有信。 |
| This was a subject of anxious solicitude to the sage Shun, and he appointed Xie to be the Minister of Instruction, to teach the relations of humanity: how, between father and son, there should be affection; between sovereign and minister, righteousness; between husband and wife, attention to their separate functions; between old and young, a proper order; and between friends, fidelity. | |
| 《禮記·曲禮上》: | 獻粟者執右契，獻米者操量鼓。 |
| He who is presenting grain unhulled should carry with him the left side of the account (of the quantity); if the hull be off, he should carry with him a measure-drum. | |
| 《揚子法言》: | 曰：「言合稷、契之謂忠，謀合臯陶之謂嘉。」 |
| Yangzi said: Words that accord with those of Hou Ji and Zi Xie's are referred to as loya1. Plans that accord with those of Gao Yao are referred to as excellent. | |
| 《道德經》: | 是以聖人執左契，而不責於人。 |
| Therefore (to guard against this), the sage keeps the left-hand portion of the record of the engagement, and does not insist on the (speedy) fulfilment of it by the other party. | |
| 《史記·五帝本紀》: | 而禹、皋陶、契、后稷、伯夷、夔、龍、倕、益、彭祖自堯時而皆舉用，未有分職。 |
| Now Yu, Gaoyao, Xie, Houji, Boyi, Kui, Long, Chui Yi, and Pengzu were all from the time of Yao promoted to office, but had not separate appointments. | |
| 《詩經·擊鼓》: | 死生契闊、與子成說。 |
| For life or for death, however separated, To our wives we pledged our word. | |
| 《尚書·舜典》: | 禹拜稽首，讓于稷、契暨皋陶 |
| Yu did obeisance with his head to the ground, and wished to decline in favour of the Minister of Agriculture, or Xie, or Gao-Yao. | |
| 《周易·繫辭下》: | 上古結繩而治，後世聖人易之以書契，百官以治，萬民以察，蓋取諸夬。 |
| In the highest antiquity, government was carried on successfully by the use of knotted cords (to preserve the memory of things). In subsequent ages the sages substituted for these written characters and bonds. By means of these (the doings of) all the officers could be regulated, and (the affairs of) all the people accurately examined. The idea of this was taken, probably, from Guai (the forty-third hexagram). | |
| 《荀子·成相》: | 契為司徒，民知孝弟尊有德。 |
| 《說苑·君道》: | 當堯之時，舜為司徒，契為司馬，禹為司空，后稷為田疇，夔為樂正，倕為工師，伯夷為秩宗，皋陶為大理，益掌敺禽，堯體力便巧不能為一焉，堯為君而九子為臣，其何故也？ |
| 《春秋繁露》: | 謂契母吞玄鳥卵生契，契先發於胸。 |
| 《韓詩外傳·卷六》: | 約契盟誓，則約定而反無日。 |
| 《大戴禮記·五帝德》: | 契作司徒，教民孝友，敬政率經。 |
| 《白虎通德論·爵》: | 故《援神契》曰：「天覆地載謂之天子，上法斗極。」 |
| 《新書·連語》: | 夏禹契后稷，與之為善則行。 |
| 《中論·爵祿》: | 稷、契、伯益、伊尹、傅說得之者也，顏淵、閔子騫、冉耕、仲弓不得者也。 |
| 《孔子家語·禮運》: | 周公其已衰矣，杞之郊也禹，宋之郊也契，是天子之事守也。 |
| 《潛夫論·本政》: | 稷、契、皋陶聚而致雍熙，皇父、蹶、踽聚而致災異。 |
| 《論衡·命祿》: | 懷銀紆紫，未必稷、契之才。 |
| 《風俗通義》: | 堯、舜欽明在上，稷、契允懿於下。 |
| 《孔叢子·居衛》: | 申祥問曰：「殷人自契至湯而王，周人自棄至武王而王。」 |
| 《新語·輔政》: | 者，堯以仁義為巢，舜以禹、稷、契為杖，故高而益安，動而益固。 |
| 《蔡中郎集》: | 契稷之佐，具干堯庭。 |
| 《墨子·經下》: | 契與枝板，說在薄。 |
| 《列子·說符》: | 宋人有游於道，得人遺契者，歸而藏之，密數其齒。 |
| 《文子·微明》: | 老子曰：聖人立教施政，必察其終始，見其造恩，故民知書則德衰，知數而仁衰，知券契而信衰，知機械而實衰。 |
| 《文始真經·一宇》: | 得之契同，實忘異名。 |
| 《列仙傳·介子推》: | 出翼霸君，處契玄友。 |
| 《老子河上公章句》: | 是以聖人執左契而不責於人。 |
| 《韓非子·主道》: | 言已應則執其契，事已增則操其符。 |
| 《申不害·大體》: | 為人君者，操契以責其名。 |
| 《慎子·威德》: | 書契，所以立公信也。 |
| 《管子·輕重丁》: | 寡人有鐻枝蘭鼓，其賈中純萬泉也，願以為吾貧萌決其子息之數，使無券契之責。 |
| 《淮南子·齊俗訓》: | 故胡人彈骨，越人契臂，中國歃血也。 |
| 《呂氏春秋·察今》: | 楚人有涉江者，其劍自舟中墜於水，遽契其舟曰：「是吾劍之所從墜。」 |
| 《春秋左傳》: | 秋，八月，丁卯，大事于大廟，躋僖公，逆祀也，於是夏父弗忌為宗伯，尊僖公，且明見曰，吾見新鬼大，故鬼小，先大後小，順也，躋聖賢，明也，明順，禮也，君子以為失禮，禮無不順，祀，國之大事也，而逆之，可謂禮乎，子雖齊聖，不先父食久矣，故禹不先鯀，湯不先契，文武不先不窋，宋祖帝乙，鄭祖厲王，猶上祖也，是以魯頌曰，春秋匪解，享祀不忒，皇皇后帝，皇祖后稷，君子曰禮，謂其后稷親，而先帝也，詩曰，問我諸姑，遂及伯姊，君子曰，禮謂其姊親而先姑也，仲尼曰，臧文仲其不仁者三，不知者三，下展禽，廢六關，妾織蒲，三不仁也，作虛器，縱逆祀，祀爰居，三不知也。 |
| 《國語·鄭語》: | 商契能和合五教，以保于百姓者也。 |
| 《戰國策》: | 今君之使最為太子，獨知之契也，天下未有信之者也 |
| 《鹽鐵論·世務》: | 宋華元、楚司馬子反之相睹也，符契內合，誠有以相信也。 |
| 《列女傳·契母簡狄》: | 契母簡狄者，有娀氏之長女也。 |
| 《漢書·敘傳下》: | 虙羲畫卦，書契後作，虞夏商周，孔纂其業，篹書刪詩，綴禮正樂，彖系大易，因史立法。 |
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