| Chinese Text Project |
| 曾 U+66FE |  Seal script |  Jinwen |  Jiaguwen | 曽 Alternate form |
| Radical: | 曰+ 8 strokes = 12 strokes total. |
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| References: | Guangyun: p.201#21 p.201#35 Kangxi: p.503#03 Cihai: p.653r1c01 GSR: 884.a Hanyu: v2,p1521#03 |
| Composition: | Component of: 𠟂 𬤤 僧 𭂡 僧 噌 𫘯 𭨟 增 嶒 鄫 憎 𡡑 潧 𡪠 𡼳 層 𢅋 𢎒 層 [More] |
| Mandarin: | céng zēng ㄘㄥˊ ㄗㄥ |
| Cantonese: | cang4 zang1 |
| Tang reconstruction: | *dzhəng *tzəng |
| Shuowen: | 《八部》曾：詞之舒也。从八从曰，𡆧聲。 |
| Guangyun: | 《廣韻·下平聲·登·增》曾：則也，亦姓曾參之後漢有尚書曾偉古作曾。又音層。 《廣韻·下平聲·登·層》曾：經也。又作滕切。 |
| Kangxi: | 《康熙字典·曰部·八》曾：《唐韻》昨稜切《集韻》《韻會》徂稜切，𠀤音層。《說文》詞之舒也。从八从曰𡆧聲。《九經字樣》曾从𡆧。𡆧，古文窻字。下从曰，上从八，象氣之分散也。經典相承，隷省作曾。《詩·大雅》曾莫惠我師。《論語》曾是以爲孝乎。《孟子》爾何曾比予於是。又《廣韻》經也。《增韻》嘗也。《韻會》乃也，則也。又與層通。《後漢·張衡傳》登閬風之曾城兮。《文選》作層城。又《廣韻》作滕切《集韻》《韻會》咨騰切，𠀤音增。《書·武成》惟有道曾孫周王發。《爾雅·釋親》王父之考爲曾祖，孫之子爲曾孫。《註》曾，猶重也。又《左傳·襄十八年》曾臣彪將率諸侯以討焉。《註》曾臣，猶末臣。《疏》曾祖曾孫者，曾爲重義。諸侯之於天子，無所可重。曾臣猶末臣，謙𤰞之意耳。又《楚辭·九歌》翾飛兮翠曾。《註》曾，舉也。又與橧同。《禮·禮運》夏則居橧巢。《釋文》橧，本又作曾。又與增同。《孟子》曾益其所不能。《孫奭·音義》曾當讀作增。又姓。《姓氏急就篇》曾氏出於鄫，姒姓，莒滅鄫，子孫在魯者別爲曾氏。《孫奕·示兒編》曾字除人姓及曾孫外，今學者皆作層字音讀。然經史𠀤無音，止當音增。《韻會》今詳曾字有音者，合從本音。餘無音者從層音，亦通。 |
| Fanqie: | 作滕 (《廣韻·下平聲·登·增》) 昨棱 (《廣韻·下平聲·登·層》) 作滕 (《廣韻·下平聲·登·層》) |
| Unihan definition: | already; sign of past |
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[Show proper names]Example usage
| 《論語·學而》: | 曾子曰：「吾日三省吾身：為人謀而不忠乎？」 |
| The philosopher Zeng said, "I daily examine myself on three points: whether, in transacting business for others, I may have been not faithful." | |
| 《孟子·告子下》: | 故天將降大任於是人也，必先苦其心志，勞其筋骨，餓其體膚，空乏其身，行拂亂其所為，所以動心忍性，曾益其所不能。 |
| Thus, when Heaven is about to confer a great office on any man, it first exercises his mind with suffering, and his sinews and bones with toil. It exposes his body to hunger, and subjects him to extreme poverty. It confounds his undertakings. By all these methods it stimulates his mind, hardens his nature, and supplies his incompetencies. | |
| 《禮記·曲禮下》: | 臨祭祀，內事曰孝子某侯某，外事曰曾孫某侯某。 |
| If he be taking part at a sacrifice in his ancestral temple, 'the filial son, the prince of such-and-such a state, the prince so-and-so.' If it be another sacrifice elsewhere, the style is, 'so-and-so, prince of such-and-such a state, the distant descendant.' | |
| 《孝經·諫諍》: | 曾子曰：「若夫慈愛、恭敬、安親、揚名，則聞命矣。」 |
| The disciple Zeng said, "I have heard your instructions on the affection of love, on respect and reverence, on giving repose to (the minds of) our parents, and on making our names famous." | |
| 《揚子法言》: | 何不能居世也，曾範、蔡之不若！ |
| Why could he not occupy an official position in his time? Even Fan Ju and Cai Ze were not like that! | |
| 《墨子·親士》: | 非賢無急，非士無與慮國，緩賢忘士而能以其國存者，未曾有也。 |
| Enthusiasm is to be shown only to the virtuous, and plans for the country are only to be shared with the learned. Few are those, who, neglecting the virtuous and slighting the learned, could still maintain the existence of their countries. | |
| 《莊子·應帝王》: | 且鳥高飛以避矰弋之害，鼷鼠深穴乎神丘之下，以避熏鑿之患，而曾二蟲之無知！ |
| Think of the bird which flies high, to avoid being hurt by the dart on the string of the archer, and the little mouse which makes its hole deep under Shen-qiu to avoid the danger of being smoked or dug out; are (rulers) less knowing than these two little creatures? | |
| 《史記·五帝本紀》: | 帝嚳高辛者，黃帝之曾孫也。 |
| Emperor Ku, or Gaoxin was Huangdi's great grandson. | |
| 《詩經·河廣》: | 誰謂河廣、曾不容刀。 |
| Who says that the He is wide? It will not admit a little boat. | |
| 《荀子·大略》: | 曾子食魚，有餘，曰：「泔之。」 |
| 《說苑·脩文》: | 公孟不知以告曾子，曾子愀然逡巡曰：「大哉言乎！」 |
| 《春秋繁露·竹林》: | 曾子曰：「辱若可避，避之而已。」 |
| 《韓詩外傳·卷一》: | 曾子仕於莒，得粟三秉，方是之時，曾子重其祿而輕其身。 |
| 《大戴禮記·主言》: | 孔子閒居，曾子侍。 |
| 《白虎通德論·謚》: | 故《曾子問》：「孔子曰：天子崩，臣下之南郊，告謚之。」 |
| 《新書·六術》: | 六親始曰父，父有二子，二子為昆弟，昆弟又有子，子從父而昆弟，故為從父昆弟，從父昆弟又有子，子從祖而昆弟，故為從祖昆弟，從祖昆弟又有子，子從曾祖而昆弟，故為從曾祖昆弟，曾祖昆弟又有子，子為族兄弟。 |
| 《新序·善謀》: | 《詩》云：「曾是莫聽，大命以傾。」 |
| 《中論·脩本》: | 曾子曰：「士任重而道遠，仁以為己任，不亦重乎？」 |
| 《孔子家語·王言解》: | 孔子閑居，曾參侍。 |
| 《潛夫論·賢難》: | 夫二子之於君也，可謂見知深而寵愛殊矣，然京房冤死而上曾不知，晁錯既斬而帝乃悔。 |
| 《論衡·累害》: | 已用也，蒙三害，雖孔丘、墨翟不能自免，顏回、曾參不能全身也。 |
| 《太玄經·太玄數》: | 神靈之神靈之曜曾越卓。 |
| 《風俗通義》: | 賀早失母，不復繼室，云：「曾子失妻而不娶，曰：『吾不及用吉甫，子不如伯奇。』」 |
| 《孔叢子·記義》: | 閔子自外聞之，以告曾子曰：「嚮也夫子之音清澈以和，淪入至道。」 |
| 《新語·道基》: | 故虐行則怨積，德布則功興，百姓以德附，骨肉以仁親，夫婦以義合，朋友以義信，君臣以義序，百官以義承，曾、閔以仁成大孝，伯姬以義建至貞，守國者以仁堅固，佐君者以義不傾，君以仁治，臣以義平，鄉黨以仁恂恂，朝廷以義便便，美女以貞顯其行，烈士以義彰其名，陽氣以仁生，陰節以義降，《鹿鳴》以仁求其群，《關雎》以義鳴其雄，《春秋》以仁義貶絕，《詩》以仁義存亡，《乾》、《坤》以仁和合，《八卦》以義相承，《書》以仁敘九族，君臣以義制忠，《禮》以仁盡節，樂以禮升降。 |
| 《獨斷·卷下》: | 世祖父南頓君曰皇考，祖鉅鹿都尉曰皇祖，曾祖鬱林太守曰皇曾祖。 |
| 《蔡中郎集·獨斷》: | 世祖父南頓君曰皇考，祖鉅鹿都尉曰皇祖，曾祖鬱林太守曰皇曾祖。 |
| 《列子·天瑞》: | 逆之壠端，面之而歎曰：「先生曾不悔乎，而行歌拾穗？」 |
| 《鶡冠子·天則》: | 符節亡此，曷曾可合也，為而無害，成而不敗，一人唱而萬人和，如體之從心，此政之期也。 |
| 《列仙傳·昌容》: | 殷女忘榮，曾無遺戀。 |
| 《韓非子·初見秦》: | 夫以大王之明，秦兵之強，棄霸王之業，地曾不可得，乃取欺於亡國，是謀臣之拙也。 |
| 《管子·輕重戊》: | 有虞之王，燒曾藪，斬群害，以為民利，封土為社，置木為閭，民始知禮也。 |
| 《淮南子·齊俗訓》: | 故孔丘、曾參無所施其善。 |
| 《呂氏春秋·必己》: | 親莫不欲其子之孝，而孝未必愛，故孝己疑，曾子悲。 |
| 《春秋左傳》: | 秋，齊侯伐我北鄙，中行獻子將伐齊，夢與厲公訟，弗勝，公以戈擊之，首隊於前，跪而戴之，奉之以走，見梗陽之巫皋，他日見諸道，與之言同，巫曰，今茲主必死，若有事於東方，則可以逞，獻子許諾，晉侯伐齊，將濟河，獻子以朱絲係玉二榖而禱曰，齊環怙恃其險，負其眾庶，棄好背盟，陵虐神主，曾臣彪將率諸侯以討焉，其官臣偃實先後之，苟捷有功，無作神羞，官臣偃無敢復濟，唯爾有神裁之，沈玉而濟。 |
| 《逸周書·朱右曾序》: | 朱右曾曰：周書偁逸昉說文繫之汲冢自隨書經籍志隨志之失先儒辨之不逸而逸無以別于逸尚書故宜復漢志之舊題也其書存者五十九篇并序為六十篇較漢志篇數亡其十有一焉注之者晉五經博士孔晁每篇題云某某解弟幾此晁所目也。 |
| 《國語·吳語》: | 吳王曰：「大夫奚隆于越，越曾足以為大虞乎？」 |
| 《晏子春秋》: | 犒魯國化而為一心，曾無與二，其何暇有三？ |
| 《吳越春秋》: | 吳王曰：「寡人有疾三月，曾不聞相國一言，是相國之不慈也。」 |
| 《越絕書·外傳計倪》: | 桓稱仲父，文稱太公，計此二人，曾無跬步之勞、大呼之功，乃忘弓矢之怨，授以上卿。 |
| 《戰國策》: | 昔者曾子處費，費人有與曾子同名族者而殺人，人告曾子母曰：「曾參殺人。」 |
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