| Chinese Text Project |
| 等 U+7B49 |  Seal script |  Jianbo | 寸 Semantic variant | 朩 Alternate form |
| Radical: | 竹+ 6 strokes = 12 strokes total. |
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| References: | Guangyun: p.274#35 p.321#1 Kangxi: p.882#24 Cihai: p.1011r5c03 GSR: 961.i' Hanyu: v5,p2962#01 |
| Composition: | Top: 𥫗, bottom: 寺. Component of: 𠎬 𠟚 𬼑 𠾡 𢡩 𫮨 㩐 𣛆 𮖴 𥢜 𥪸 𦅯 𨅸 𮆠 𨬻 𮆩 𫂨 |
| Mandarin: | děng ㄉㄥˇ |
| Cantonese: | dang2 |
| Tang reconstruction: | *də̌ng |
| Shuowen: | 《竹部》等：齊簡也。从竹从寺。寺，官曹之等平也。 |
| Guangyun: | 《廣韻·上聲·海·等》等：齊也，多改切，又多肯切，一。 《廣韻·上聲·等·等》等：齊也，類也，比也，輩也。多肯切，一。 |
| Kangxi: | 《康熙字典·竹部·六》等：《廣韻》《正韻》多肯切《集韻》《韻會》得肯切《海篇》登上聲。類也，比也，輩也。《易·繫辭》爻有等，故曰物。《禮·曲禮》見同等不起。又齊也。《左傳疏》春秋分而晝夜等，謂之日中。又等級也。《禮·樂記》則貴賤等矣。《周禮·春官》以玉作六瑞，以等邦國。《左傳·隱五年》明貴賤，辨等列。又稱量輕重也。《孟子》等百世之王。《史記·夏本紀》四岳曰：等之未有賢於鯀者。又《篇海》等𠋫，待也。又《說文》齊𥳑也。从竹从寺。寺，官曹之等平也。又《字彙補》發等沐樹也。《王褒·僮約》焚槎發等。又佛書有方等經。又《廣韻》多改切《集韻》打亥切。齊也。又叶補里切。《韓愈·許國公神道𥓓銘》養安蒲坂，萬邦作等。與宰字叶。宰，獎里切。 |
| Fanqie: | 多改 (《廣韻·上聲·海·等》) 多肯 (《廣韻·上聲·海·等》) 多肯 (《廣韻·上聲·等·等》) |
| Unihan definition: | rank, grade; wait; equal; 'etc.' |
Example usage
| 《論語·鄉黨》: | 出，降一等，逞顏色，怡怡如也。 |
| When he came out from the audience, as soon as he had descended one step, he began to relax his countenance, and had a satisfied look. | |
| 《孟子·萬章下》: | 天子一位，公一位，侯一位，伯一位，子、男同一位，凡五等也。 |
| The Son of Heaven constituted one dignity; the Gong one; the Hou one; the Bai one; and the Zi and the Nan each one of equal rank - altogether making five degrees of rank. | |
| 《禮記·曲禮上》: | 主人就東階，客就西階，客若降等，則就主人之階。 |
| The former going to the steps on the east, and the latter to those on the west. If the guest be of the lower rank, he goes to the steps of the host (as if to follow him up them). | |
| 《揚子法言》: | 或曰：「人有齊死生，同貧富，等貴賤，何如？」 |
| Someone said: Some people think that life and death are equivalent, poverty and wealth are the same, and honor and lowliness are indistinguishable. What do you think about that? | |
| 《莊子·讓王》: | 至於岐陽，武王聞之，使叔旦往見之，與盟曰：「加富二等，就官一列。」 |
| (Accordingly) they came to the south of (mount) Qi; and when king Wu heard of them, he sent (his brother) Shu Dan to see them, and make a covenant with them, engaging that their wealth should be second (only to that of the king), and that their offices should be of the first rank. | |
| 《商君書·立本》: | 凡用兵，勝有三等：若兵未起而錯法，錯法而俗成，俗成而用具。 |
| Generally, in the utilizing of soldiers, there are three stages to victory: prior to the outbreak of hostilities, laws should be fixed (764); laws being fixed, they should become the custom; when they have become customary, supplies should be provided. | |
| 《史記·夏本紀》: | 四嶽曰：「等之未有賢於鯀者，願帝試之。」 |
| The president of the four mountains said, 'Among his equals there is no one so worthy as Gun; I wish your Majesty would try him.' | |
| 《荀子·成相》: | 守其職，足衣食，厚薄有等明爵服。 |
| 《說苑·至公》: | 太公擇地而封營丘，爵士等，其地不若營丘之美，人民不如營丘之眾。 |
| 《春秋繁露·精華》: | 《春秋》慎辭，謹於名倫等物者也。 |
| 《韓詩外傳·卷三》: | 頒其爵列等級田疇，以賞有功。 |
| 《大戴禮記·主言》: | 是故聖人等之以禮，立之以義，行之以順，而民棄惡也如灌。 |
| 《白虎通德論·爵》: | 爵有五等，以法五行也。 |
| 《新書·官人》: | 王者官人有六等：一曰師，二曰友，三曰大臣，四曰左右，五曰侍御，六曰廝役。 |
| 《新序·善謀下》: | 雖臣等百餘人，何益？ |
| 《中論·佚文》: | 昔之聖王制為禮法，貴有常尊，賤有等差，君子小人，各司分職，故下無潛上之愆，而人役財力，能相供足也。 |
| 《孔子家語·相魯》: | 至會所，為壇，土階三等，以遇禮相見，揖讓而豋。 |
| 《潛夫論·忠貴》: | 此等之儔，雖見貴於時君，然上不順天心，下不得民意，故卒泣血號咷，以辱終也。 |
| 《論衡·幸偶》: | 等之金也，或為劍戟，或為鋒銛。 |
| 《風俗通義》: | 壇廣十二丈，高三尺，階三等。 |
| 《孔叢子·記義》: | 貴賤殊等，不為同官。 |
| 《申鑒·時事》: | 下及士庶，等各有異，咸在載籍，或欲顯而不得，或欲隱而名章，得失一朝，而榮辱千載，善人勸焉，淫人懼焉。 |
| 《忠經·廣至理章》: | 聖德無涯，與天地等。 |
| 《新語·辨惑》: | 孔子歷階而上，不盡一等而立，謂齊侯曰：「兩君合好，以禮相率，以樂相化。」 |
| 《獨斷·卷上》: | 五等爵之別名：三公者，天子之相。 |
| 《蔡中郎集·獨斷》: | 五等爵之別名：三公者，天子之相，相、助也，助理天下，其地方百里。 |
| 《墨子·經說上》: | 焉等，異論也。 |
| 《魯勝墨辯注敘》: | 荀卿、莊周等皆非毀名家，而不能易其論也。 |
| 《列子·仲尼》: | 欲惑人之心，屈人之口，與韓檀等肄之。 |
| 《鶡冠子·環流》: | 故東西南北之道踹然，其為分等也。 |
| 《文子·微明》: | 故善也否同非譽俗趨行等逆順左右。 |
| 《文始真經·四符》: | 等死，無甲乙之殊。 |
| 《列仙傳·安期先生》: | 始皇即遣使者徐市、盧生等數百人入海，未至蓬萊山，輒逢風波而還 |
| 《韓非子·愛臣》: | 主妾無等，必危嫡子。 |
| 《管子·山國軌》: | 宮室械器，非山無所仰，然後君立三等之租於山，曰：『握以下者為柴楂，把以上者為室奉，三圍以上，為棺槨之奉。』 |
| 《吳子·料敵》: | 若此之等，選而別之，愛而貴之，是謂軍命。 |
| 《六韜·文師》: | 太公曰：「釣有三權：祿等以權，死等以權，官等以權。」 |
| 《司馬法·天子之義》: | 下苟不伐善，則亡等矣。 |
| 《尉繚子·戰威》: | 爵列之等，死喪之親，民之所營不可不顯也。 |
| 《九章算術·均輸》: | 今有五人分五錢，令上二人所得與下三人等。 |
| 《孫子算經·卷中》: | 甲語乙、丙：「各將公等所持錢半以益我錢，成九十。」 |
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