愆

Pronunciationqiān
Five Elements
Strokes13 strokes

Basic Info

Pronunciation qiān
Five Elements
Fortune
Radical
Simplified Strokes 13 strokes
Traditional Strokes 13 strokes

Naming Meaning

Kangxi Dictionary

View Original Page 393
View Original Page 393
Mao Collection, Upper Volume Radical: Heart (xīn) Kangxi stroke count: 13 Page 393, Entry 35 Ancient text: According to the Broad Rhymes (Guangyun), pronounced qian. According to the Collected Rhymes (Jiyun), pronounced qian. According to the Zheng Rhyme (Zhengyun), pronounced qian. In the Analytical Dictionary of Characters (Shuowen Jiezi), it means to pass or exceed. According to the Expanded Rhymes (Zengyun), it means difference. It also means crime or fault. In the Book of Documents (Shujing), specifically the Instructions of Yi (Yixun), it states, These three winds and ten faults. The commentary defines this as faults. It also refers to an evil illness as qian. In the Zuo Tradition (Zuo Zhuan), under the twenty-sixth year of Duke Zhao, it states, The King suffered a fault in his own person. It also rhymes with qi, pronounced qian. In the Book of Odes (Shijing), Lesser Odes (Xiaoya), it states, My suffering is severe, yet in the performance of rites there is no error. The court invoker gives notification, and comes to present gifts to the filial descendants. In the Essay Sacrificing to My Elder Brother by Han Yu, it states, If there is no harvest, it is to compensate for my faults. It rhymes with fen, en, yuan, and ben. It also rhymes with qi, pronounced qian. In the Book of Odes (Shijing), Lesser Odes (Xiaoya), it states, Felling trees on the slope, filtering wine and pouring it out, sacrificial vessels are orderly, brothers are not distant. The people have lost their virtue, relying on dry rations to cause errors. In the Model Mystery (Taixuanjing) by Yang Xiong, it states, The well has no rim, the water flows straight, neither stream nor valley, finally ending in error. Sometimes also written in a variant form (qian). Also written in variant forms (qian) and (qian). The ancient seal script form is written (qian).

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