介
jie4Mathews: 0629
Dictionary Definition
No detailed glossary definition available for this character.
Concordance & Context (4 occurrences)
Entries shown in Hatcher's reference chain order. First Witness at 16.2
2nd Line★
resolved, bound(ed), set, [inscribed] ; harder
介于石，不終日，贞吉。
Resolved in stone
An unending day
Persistence is promising
Stats: 9+2→ 35.2
2nd Line
boundary, border, limitation, constraint (s)
晋如愁如，贞吉。受茲介福于其王母。
So far along to be so worried
But persistence is promising
Accept these present constraints
as if a blessing from one’s grandmother
→ 58.4
4th Line
limit, curb, restrain, contain, resolve, correct
商兌，未寧，介疾有喜。
Measured joy is less than serene
Limit the anxiety to own happiness
→ 16.2
Xiao Xiang 2
constraints
受茲介孚，以中正。
35.2x Accepting these present boundaries (as) a blessing:
Applying the central principle
Homophones (jie)
皆jie1completely, entirely, altogether; all (of them)偕jie1^ together, jointly, as a pair, in unison, accord "階jie1(is) by, in steps, degrees, grades, stages嗟jie1lam ent, complaint, sigh, groan, moan (s, ing)接jie1meet, connect, interrelate節jie2(to be) restrained, constrained, moderate, temperate, controlled, limited, regular, defined, definite, articulated; (a, the) limit, restraint, constraint, limitation, regulation, (regular) division, rule, law, moderation, temperance, control, discipline, term, boundary, condition, articulation, article, joint, node, knot, period, time, degree, detail, section, segment, juncture, chapter, abridgement (s); (in due, duly) proportioned, in proper balance; (to) regulate, discriminate (s, ed, ing)觧jie3(to) release, relieve, discharge, let go (of), dispel, allay, dismiss, loosen, untie, relax, undo, untangle, liberate, free, alleviate, remove, temper, mitigate, deliver, separate, open up, break up, disperse, interpret, solve, dissolve, resolve, settle, explain, understand, comprehend, get rid of, be free of, divide; cut, pull open, apart (s, ed, ing); (a, the) solution(s), liberty, freedom, relief, release, delivery, deliverance, liberation, disaggregation, disintegration戒jie4limit, guard, defend (ing); defenses, vigilance誡jie4coerced, enjoined, conscripted, compelled藉jie4(for, the) cushion(s, ing), (offering) mats +
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