舊
jiu4Mathews: 1205
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 06.3
3rd Line★
long-standing, conventional, familiar, classic
食舊德，贞厲，終吉。或從王事，無成。
Incorporating long-standing virtues
In order to be steadfast
Distressing, but in the end, auspicious
Yet for someone engaged in the royal service
There is no completion
Stats: 134+12→ 48.1
1st Line
(an, the) old, ancient, classic
井泥不食，舊井無禽。
The well’s mud is not consumed
An ancient well with nothing to take
→ 06.3
Xiao Xiang 3
long-standing
食舊德，從上吉也。
06.3x Incorporating long-standing virtues:
Following the superior (is) promising
Xiao Xiang 1
(an) ancient
井泥不食，下也。舊井無禽，時舍也。
48.1x The well’s mud is not consumed:
(It is) at bottom
* An ancient well with nothing to take:
In time, forsaken
Homophones (jiu)
久jiu3(to) continue, endure, last, go on, last/take long, persevere, persist (in), survive, await (s, ed, ing); (to be) ancient, chronic, classic, continued, prolonged, protracted, sustained; long, long since, (long) continued, lasting, lived, sustained; enduring, surviving; (a, the) long time (ago), longevity; long since; as long as; (after, for) so long, a long time, so long a time, all this time; finally九jiu3(a, the) nine; nine times, ninefold, ninth酒jiu3wine, drink, spirits, refreshment疚jiu4suffering, distress, remorse咎jiu4(a, the) blame, reproach, guilt, fault (found), error, mistake, wrong, failure, harm (done), defect, flaw, misfortune, wickedness, calamity, guilt; (to) blame, find fault, censure, reproach, do harm (s, ed, ing); (to be) mistaken, blameworthy, bad, wrong, responsible, culpable, faulty, erroneous, unworthy, guilty, harmful, mistaken, inauspicious就jiu4(has, have) gone, come around, circlulated v
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