| Chinese Text Project |
| 矩 U+77E9 |  Seal script |  Jinwen | 榘 Alternate form |
| Radical: | 矢+ 5 strokes = 10 strokes total. |
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| References: | Guangyun: p.263#41 Kangxi: p.824#11 Cihai: p.956r4c02 GSR: 95.c Hanyu: v4,p2582#02 |
| Composition: | Left: 矢, right: 巨. Component of: 榘 𬄃 𩰤 |
| Mandarin: | jǔ ㄐㄩˇ |
| Cantonese: | geoi2 |
| Tang reconstruction: | giǔ |
| Guangyun: | 《廣韻·上聲·麌·矩》矩：法也，常也。俱雨切，十一。 |
| Kangxi: | 《康熙字典·矢部·五》矩：《廣韻》俱雨切《集韻》《韻會》果羽切，𠀤音踽。正方之則也。《爾雅·釋詁》常也。《疏》度方有常也。《玉篇》圓曰規，方曰矩。《禮·經解》規矩誠設，不可欺以方圓。《前漢·律歷志》矩者，所以矩方器械，令不失其形也。《管子·輕重已篇》心生規，規生矩，矩生方。又《爾雅·釋詁》法也。《論語》不踰矩。《前漢·敘傳》濞之受吳，疆土踰矩。《註》矩，法制也。又《增韻》儀也，廉隅也。又《周禮·冬官考工記輸人》凡斬轂之道，必矩其隂陽。《註》矩，謂刻識之也。又《揚子·太𤣥經》天道成規，地道成矩，規動周營，矩靜安物。《陸倕石闕銘》製模下矩。《註》地也。又《周𩩙算經》智出於句，句出於矩。《註》矩，謂之表，表不移亦爲句，爲句將正，故曰句出於矩焉。又規矩，戎名。《汲冢周書》規矩以麟者，獸也。又通作萭。《周禮·冬官考工記》輪人爲輪，可規可萭。又通作句。《莊子·田子方》履句屨者知地形。《說文》本作巨，从工，象手持之形。重文作榘，从木矢。矢者，其中正也。《六書正譌》巨从工，中象方形，亦會意。 |
| Fanqie: | 俱雨 (《廣韻·上聲·麌·矩》) |
| Unihan definition: | carpenter's square, ruler, rule |
Example usage
| 《論語·為政》: | 子曰：「吾十有五而志于學，三十而立，四十而不惑，五十而知天命，六十而耳順，七十而從心所欲，不踰矩。」 |
| The Master said, "At fifteen, I had my mind bent on learning. At thirty, I stood firm. At forty, I had no doubts. At fifty, I knew the decrees of Heaven. At sixty, my ear was an obedient organ for the reception of truth. At seventy, I could follow what my heart desired, without transgressing what was right." | |
| 《孟子·告子上》: | 大匠誨人，必以規矩。 |
| A master-workman, in teaching others, uses the compass and square. | |
| 《禮記·深衣》: | 古者深衣，蓋有制度，以應規、矩、繩、權、衡。 |
| Anciently the long dress had definite measurements, so as to satisfy the requirements of the compass and square, the line, the balance, and the steelyard. | |
| 《揚子法言》: | 如委己而從人，雖有規矩準繩，焉得而用之。 |
| If he had given up on himself and followed others, then even though he had compass and square, level and marking line, how could he have been able to use them? | |
| 《墨子·經說上》: | 方：矩見攴也。 |
| The carpenter's square shows it in the rough (?). | |
| 《莊子·逍遙遊》: | 其大本擁腫而不中繩墨，其小枝卷曲而不中規矩，立之塗，匠者不顧。 |
| Its trunk swells out to a large size, but is not fit for a carpenter to apply his line to it; its smaller branches are knotted and crooked, so that the disk and square cannot be used on them. Though planted on the wayside, a builder would not turn his head to look at it. | |
| 《史記·夏本紀》: | 左準繩，右規矩，載四時，以開九州，通九道，陂九澤，度九山。 |
| On the one hand he used the marking-line, and on the other the compass and square. Working as the seasons permitted, and with a view to open up the nine provinces, he made the roads communicable, banked up the marshes, surveyed the hills. | |
| 《荀子·賦》: | 有物於此，居則周靜致下，動則綦高以鉅，圓者中規，方者中矩，大參天地，德厚堯禹，精微乎毫毛，而盈大乎寓宙。 |
| 《說苑·脩文》: | 衣必荷規而承矩，負繩而準下。 |
| 《春秋繁露》: | 親有尊卑，位有上下，各死其事，事不逾矩，執權而伐。 |
| 《韓詩外傳·卷一》: | 古者、天子左五鐘，將出，則撞黃鐘，而右五鐘皆應之，馬鳴中律，駕者有文，御者有數，立則磬折，拱則抱鼓，行步中規，折旋中矩，然後太師奏升車之樂，告出也。 |
| 《大戴禮記》: | 行中矩繩，而不傷於本。 |
| 《白虎通德論》: | 父者，矩也，以法度教子。 |
| 《新書·兵車之容》: | 行以采薺，趨以肆夏，步中規，折中矩。 |
| 《中論·法象》: | 周旋中規，折旋中矩。 |
| 《孔子家語·王言解》: | 周制，三百步為里，千步而井，三井而埒，埒三而矩，五十里而都，封百里而有國。 |
| 《潛夫論·讚學》: | 故聖人之制經以遺後賢也，譬猶巧倕之為規矩准繩以遺後工也。 |
| 《太玄經·戾》: | 次六，準繩規矩，不同其施。 |
| 《風俗通義》: | 父字叔矩，遭母憂，既葬之後，饘粥不贍。 |
| 《新語·道基》: | 故制事因短而動益長，以圓制規，以矩立方。 |
| 《蔡中郎集·團扇賦》: | 裁帛制扇，陳象應矩。 |
| 《列子·湯問》: | 弟子東門賈、禽滑釐，聞偃師之巧，以告二子，二子終身不敢語藝，而時執規矩。 |
| 《鶡冠子·王鈇》: | 成鳩既見上世之嗣失道亡功倍本滅德之則，故為之不朽之國定位牢祭，使鬼神亶曰，增規不圓，益矩不方。 |
| 《文子·符言》: | 老子曰：道至高無上，至深無下，平乎準，直乎繩，圓乎規，方乎矩，包裹天地而無表裏，洞同覆蓋而無所荬，是故體道者，不怒不喜，其坐無慮，寢而不夢，見物而名，事至而應。 |
| 《韓非子·有度》: | 故曰：巧匠目意中繩，然必先以規矩為度。 |
| 《管子·輕重己》: | 清神生心，心生規，規生矩，矩生方，方生正，正生曆，曆生四時，四時生萬物，聖人因而理之，道徧矣。 |
| 《六韜·軍用》: | 天浮鐵螳蜋，矩內圓外，徑四尺以上，環絡自副，三十二具。 |
| 《三略·中略》: | 王者，制人以道，降心服志，設矩備衰，四海會同，王職不廢，雖有甲兵之備，而無戰鬥之患。 |
| 《海島算經》: | 今有望深谷，偃矩岸上，令句高六尺。 |
| 《孫子算經·序》: | 立規矩，準方圓，謹法度，約尺丈，立權衡，平重輕，剖毫釐，析黍絫。 |
| 《周髀算經·卷上》: | 圓出於方，方出於矩。 |
| 《淮南子·齊俗訓》: | 若夫規矩鉤繩者，此巧之具也，而非所以巧也。 |
| 《呂氏春秋·序意》: | 文信侯曰：「嘗得學黃帝之所以誨顓頊矣，爰有大圜在上，大矩在下，汝能法之，為民父母。」 |
| 《鄧析子·無厚》: | 是以規矩一而不易，不為秦楚緩節，不為胡越改容。 |
| 《晏子春秋》: | 大匠曰：「立室以宮矩為之。」 |
| 《吳越春秋》: | 孫子復撝鼓之，當左右進退，迴旋規矩，不敢瞬目，二隊寂然無敢顧者 |
| 《戰國策》: | 問其故，對曰：『吾已大飴，年已長矣，吾苦夫匠人，且以繩墨案規矩刻鏤我。』 |
| 《鹽鐵論·通有》: | 弦高販牛於周，五羖賃車入秦，公輸子以規矩，歐冶以鎔鑄。 |
| 《漢書·敘傳下》: | 濞之受吳，疆土踰矩，雖戒東南，終用齊斧。 |
| 《前漢紀》: | 規圓而生矩。 |
| 《東觀漢記·朱勃》: | 勃衣方領，能矩步，辭言嫻雅。 |
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