| Chinese Text Project |
| 念 U+5FF5 |  Seal script |  Jinwen | 念 Alternate form |
| Radical: | 心+ 4 strokes = 8 strokes total. |
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| References: | Guangyun: p.444#29 Kangxi: p.378#21 Cihai: p.524r5c03 GSR: 670.a Hanyu: v4,p2274#04 |
| Composition: | Top: 今, bottom: 心. Compositionally related: 念 忴 . Component of: 谂 𭃮 𪞤 𪫶 㑫 𡹓 𢈸 𩠈 唸 𫱁 埝 惗 捻 淰 捻 䧔 𭝌 𤦬 𮞤 𫾿 [More] |
| Mandarin: | niàn ㄋㄧㄢˋ |
| Cantonese: | nim6 |
| Tang reconstruction: | *nèm |
| Shuowen: | 《心部》念：常思也。从心今聲。 |
| Guangyun: | 《廣韻·去聲·㮇·念》念：思也，又姓西魏太傅念賢。奴店切，二。 |
| Kangxi: | 《康熙字典·心部·四》念：《唐韻》奴店切《集韻》《韻會》《正韻》奴玷切，𠀤音𦁇。《爾雅·釋詁》思也。《疏》常思也。《釋名》念，黏也。意相親愛，心黏著不能忘也。《書·大禹謨》念兹在兹。又《小爾雅》無念，念也。《詩·大雅》無念爾祖。又姓。西魏太守念賢。又《轉注古音》叶人九切，音狃。《書·洪範》汝則念之。叶下咎受。《六書精蘊》人當念所當念者，故从今。《正譌》俗作念，非。念字原字今下作丅。 |
| Fanqie: | 奴店 (《廣韻·去聲·㮇·念》) |
| Unihan definition: | think of, recall, study |
Example usage
| 《論語·公冶長》: | 子曰：「伯夷、叔齊不念舊惡，怨是用希。」 |
| The Master said, "Bo Yi and Shu Qi did not keep the former wickednesses of men in mind, and hence the resentments directed towards them were few." | |
| 《禮記·檀弓上》: | 使人辭於狐突曰：「申生有罪，不念伯氏之言也，以至于死，申生不敢愛其死。」 |
| (At the same time) he sent a man to take leave (for him) of Hu Tu, with the message, 'I was wrong in not thinking (more) of your words, my old friend, and that neglect is occasioning my death. Though I do not presume to grudge dying.' | |
| 《孝經·開宗明義》: | 《大雅》云：『無念爾祖，聿脩厥德。』 |
| It is said in the Major Odes of the Kingdom: Ever think of your ancestor, Cultivating your virtue. | |
| 《揚子法言》: | 忠以衛上，君念其賞。 |
| If you show loyalty by protecting those above, the ruler's thoughts will be on rewards. | |
| 《論衡·率性》: | 夫刃、火，非人性之所貪也，二主激率，念不顧生。 |
| Human nature is not particularly fond of swords and fire, but the two rulers had such a power over their men, that they did not care for their lives. | |
| 《莊子·盜跖》: | 此六子者，無異於磔犬、流豕、操瓢而乞者，皆離名輕死，不念本養壽命者也。 |
| (The deaths of) these four men were not different from those of the dog that is torn in pieces, the pig that is borne away by a current, or the beggar (drowned in a ditch) with his alms-gourd in his hand. They were all caught as in a net by their (desire for) fame, not caring to nourish their life to its end, as they were bound to do. | |
| 《史記·夏本紀》: | 苗頑不即功，帝其念哉。 |
| But the Miao tribes were obstinate, and refused to do their work. Think of this, your Majesty. | |
| 《荀子·賦》: | 其小歌曰：念彼遠方，何其塞矣，仁人絀約，暴人衍矣。 |
| 《說苑·雜言》: | 故學者非為通也，為窮而不困也，憂而不衰也，此知禍福之始而心不惑也，聖人之深念獨知獨見。 |
| 《春秋繁露·玉杯》: | 今全無悼遠之志，反思念取事，是《春秋》之所甚疾也。 |
| 《韓詩外傳·卷六》: | 《詩》曰：「靡有旅力，以念穹蒼。」 |
| 《大戴禮記》: | 孔子曰：「不克不忌，不念舊惡，蓋伯夷、叔齊之行也。」 |
| 《白虎通德論·蓍龜》: | 先盡人事，念而不能得，思而不能知，然後問於蓍龜。 |
| 《新書·春秋》: | 王曰：「我食寒葅而得蛭，念譴之而不行其罪乎，是法廢而威不立也。」 |
| 《新序·雜事四》: | 王曰：「我食寒葅而得蛭，念譴之而不行其罪乎？」 |
| 《中論·法象》: | 故《書》曰：「惟聖罔念作狂。」 |
| 《孔子家語·弟子行》: | 孔子曰：「不克不忌，不念舊怨，蓋伯夷叔齊之行也。」 |
| 《潛夫論·愛日》: | 《詩》云：「莫肯念亂，誰無父母！」 |
| 《風俗通義·六國》: | 趙之先與秦同祖，其裔孫曰造父，於周穆王，為御驊騮、騄耳之乘，西謁西王母，東滅徐偃王，日馳千里，帝念其功，賜以趙城，因以為姓。 |
| 《孔叢子·廣訓》: | 無念，念也。 |
| 《申鑒·雜言下》: | 存張騫於西極，念蘇武於朔垂，而知懷閭室者之足鄙也。 |
| 《素書·遵義章》: | 念舊而棄新功者凶。 |
| 《蔡中郎集·青衣賦》: | 思爾念爾，惄焉且饑。 |
| 《列子·黃帝》: | 自吾之事夫子友若人也，三年之後，心不敢念是非，口不敢言利害，始得夫子一眄而已。 |
| 《文子·微明》: | 與民同欲則和，與民同守則固，與民同念者知，得民力者富，得民譽者顯，行有召寇，言有致禍，無先人言，後人已。 |
| 《列仙傳·子主》: | 且念汝家，當有暴死女子三人。 |
| 《老子河上公章句》: | 當念道無為以解釋。 |
| 《韓非子·六反》: | 故明主之治國也，適其時事以致財物，論其稅賦以均貧富，厚其爵祿以盡賢能，重其刑罰以禁姦邪，使民以力得富，以事致貴，以過受罪，以功致賞而不念慈惠之賜，此帝王之政也。 |
| 《管子·桓公問》: | 齊桓公問管子曰：「吾念有而勿失，得而勿忘，為之有道乎？」 |
| 《六韜·文啟》: | 文王曰：「公言乃恊予懷，夙夜念之不忘，以用為常。」 |
| 《淮南子·說山訓》: | 念慮者不得臥，止念慮，則有為其所止矣，兩者俱忘，則至德純矣。 |
| 《呂氏春秋·謹聽》: | 周箴曰：「夫自念斯，學德未暮。」 |
| 《春秋左傳》: | 鄭厲公自櫟侵鄭，及大陵，獲傅瑕，傅瑕曰，苟舍我，吾請納君，與之盟而赦之，六月，甲子，傅瑕殺鄭子，及其二子，而納厲公，初，內蛇與外蛇鬥於鄭南門中，內蛇死，六年而厲公入，公聞之，問於申繻曰，猶有妖乎，對曰，人之所忌，其氣燄以取之，妖由人興也，人無釁焉，妖不自作，人棄常，則妖興，故有妖，厲公入，遂殺傅瑕，使謂原繁曰，傅瑕貳，周有常刑，既伏其罪矣，納我而無二心者，吾皆許之，上大夫之事，吾願與伯父圖之，且寡人出，伯父無裡言，入，又不念寡人，寡人憾焉，對曰，先君桓公，命我先人，典司宗祏，社稷有主，而外其心，其何貳如之，苟主社稷，國內之民，其誰不為臣，臣無二心，天之制也，子儀在位，十四年矣，而謀召君者，庸非二乎，莊公之子，猶有八人，若皆以官爵行賂勸貳，而可以濟事，君其若之何，臣聞命矣，乃縊而死。 |
| 《逸周書·祭公解》: | 三公，汝念哉！ |
| 《國語·吳語》: | 今大夫老，而又不自安恬逸，而處以念惡，出則罪吾眾，撓亂百度，以妖孽吳國。 |
| 《晏子春秋》: | 今者妾觀其出，志念深矣，常有以自下者。 |
| 《吳越春秋》: | 十一年，越王深念永思，惟欲伐吳，乃請計研問曰：「吾欲伐吳，恐不能破，早欲興師，惟問於子。」 |
| 《越絕書·計倪內經》: | 念樓船之苦，涕泣不可止。 |
| 《戰國策》: | 武靈王平晝間居，肥義侍坐，曰：「王慮世者之變，權甲兵之用，念簡、襄之跡，計胡、狄之利乎？」 |
| 《鹽鐵論·刺復》: | 是以夙夜思念國家之用，寢而忘寐，饑而忘食，計數不離於前，萬事簡閱於心。 |
| 《列女傳·齊相御妻》: | 今者吾從門間觀其志氣，恂恂自下，思念深矣。 |
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