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Shigu, Chapter 1 (Explaining Old Words)

Han (漢) · anonymous (佚名) · Volume 3 / 28

鮮,寡也。

鲜 means 'few'.

酬、酢、侑,報也。

酬、酢、侑: all mean 'to repay'.

毗劉,樂也。

毗刘 means 'le' (乐); this 'le' refers to trees thinning and shedding their leaves, not to joy.

覭髳,茀離也。

覭髳 is the same as 茀离, meaning plants and trees spreading out in disarray.

蠱、謟、貳,疑也。

蛊、謟、贰: all mean 'doubt'.

楨、翰、儀,幹也。

桢、翰、仪: all mean 'mainstay, trunk'.

弼、棐、輔、比,俌也。

弼、棐、辅、比: all mean 'to assist'.

疆、界、邊、衛、圉,垂也。

疆、界、边、卫、圉: all mean 'frontier'.

昌、敵、彊、應、丁,當也。

昌、敌、强、应、丁: all mean 'to match, to undertake'.

浡、肩、搖、動、蠢、迪、俶、厲,作也。

浡、肩、摇、动、蠢、迪、俶、厉: all mean 'to rise, to act'.

茲、斯、諮、呰、已,此也。

兹、斯、咨、呰、已: all mean 'this'.

嗟、諮,镸差也。

嗟、咨: both mean 'cuo' (䃏), that is, to sigh. (The received text splits the character 䃏 into two parts.)

閒、狎、串、貫,習也。

闲、狎、串、贯: all mean 'familiar, practiced'.

曩、塵、佇、淹、留,久也。

曩、尘、伫、淹、留: all mean 'long, lasting'.

逮、及、暨,與也。

逮、及、暨: all mean 'and, to reach'.

騭、假、格、陟、躋、登,升也。

骘、假、格、陟、跻、登: all mean 'to ascend'.

揮、盝、歇、涸,竭也。

挥、盝、歇、涸: all mean 'to dry up'.

挋、拭、刷,清也。

挋、拭、刷: all mean 'to clean'.

鴻、昬、於、顯、間,代也。

鸿、昏、于、显、间: all mean 'to alternate, to replace'.

饁、饟,饋也。

馌、饷: both mean 'to send food'.

遷、運,徙也。

迁、运: both mean 'to move, to transfer'.

秉、拱,執也。

秉、拱: both mean 'to hold'.

廞、熙,興也。

𫷷、熙: both mean 'to rise, to flourish'.

衛、蹶、假,嘉也。

卫、蹶、假: all mean 'fine, good'.

廢、稅、赦,舍也。

废、税、赦: all mean 'to discard'.

棲遲、憩、休、苦、、齂、呬,息也。

栖迟、憩、休、苦、(one character is missing here in the received text)、齂、呬: all mean 'to rest'.

供、峙、共,具也。

供、峙、共: all mean 'to provide, to prepare'.

忄某、憐、惠,愛也。

(the received text splits this character into two parts, and what it refers to is unknown)、怜、惠: all mean 'to love'.

娠、蠢、震、戁、妯、騷、感、訛、蹶,動也。

娠、蠢、震、戁、妯、骚、感、讹、蹶: all mean 'to move'.

覆、察、副,審也。

覆、察、副: all mean 'to examine carefully'.

契、滅、殄,絕也。

契、灭、殄: all mean 'to cut off'.

郡、臻、仍、乃、侯,乃也。

郡、臻、仍、乃、侯: all mean 'then, thereupon'.

迪、繇、訓,道也。

迪、繇、训: all mean 'to guide, a path'.

僉、鹹、胥,皆也。

佥、咸、胥: all mean 'all'.

育、孟、耆、艾、正、伯,長也。

育、孟、耆、艾、正、伯: all mean 'elder, chief'.

艾,歷也。

艾 means 'to experience'.

歷、秭、算,數也。

历、秭、算: all mean 'to count'.

歷,傅也。

历 means 'to attach to'.

艾、歷、覛、胥,相也。

艾、历、覛、胥: all mean 'mutually, to inspect'.

乂、亂、靖、神、弗、淈,治也。

乂、乱、靖、神、弗、淈: all mean 'to govern'.

頤、艾、育,養也。

颐、艾、育: all mean 'to nurture'.

汱、渾、隕,墜也。

汱、浑、陨: all mean 'to fall'.

際、接、翜,捷也。

际、接、翜: all mean 'to join, to meet'.

毖、神、溢,慎也。

毖、神、溢: all mean 'careful'.

鬱陶、繇,喜也。

郁陶、繇: both mean 'joyful'.

馘、穧,獲也。

馘、穧: both mean 'to harvest'.

阻、艱,難也。

阻、艰: both mean 'difficult'.

剡、,利也。

剡、(one character is missing here in the received text): both mean 'sharp'.

允、任、壬,佞也。

允、任、壬: all mean 'glib, flattering'.

俾、拼、抨,使也。

俾、拼、抨: all mean 'to employ, to send'.

俾、拼、抨、使,從也。

俾、拼、抨、使: all mean 'to comply with'.

儴、仍,因也。

儴、仍: both mean 'to follow, to rely on'.

董、督,正也。

董、督: both mean 'to correct, to supervise'.

享,孝也。

享 means 'to offer with filial respect, to sacrifice'.

珍、享,獻也。

珍、享: both mean 'to present'.

縱、縮,亂也。

纵、缩: both mean 'disordered'.

探、篡、俘,取也。

探、篡、俘: all mean 'to take'.

徂、在,存也。

徂、在: both mean 'to exist'.

在、存、省、士,察也。

在、存、省、士: all mean 'to inspect'.

烈、枿,餘也。

烈、枿: both mean 'remnant'.

The original text is in the public domain. The English is a machine-assisted translation of this library’s own Chinese paraphrase, checked against a fixed glossary so that technical terms match the definitions used elsewhere on this site. It is a reading aid and does not replace the original.