濡
ru2Mathews: 3149GSR: 134f
Dictionary Definition
(to) (get) wet, soak, moisten, immerse, drip, saturate, dampen, steep, ret (s, ed, ing); (to be) wet, soaked, moist, saturated, glossy
Radical: 85+14 | First occurrence: Hexagram 22.3
Concordance & Context (11 occurrences)
Entries shown in Hatcher's reference chain order. First Witness at 22.3
3rd Line★
^ dripping (wet); to drip; drippy, moist
賁如濡如，永贞吉。
So elegant looking, as though dripping
With enduring persistence, promising
Stats: 85+14→ 43.3
3rd Line
getting wet, immersed, damp, soaked
壮于頄，有凶。君子夬夬，獨行遇雨，若濡有慍，無咎。
Vigorous in the cheekbones
Presuming the worst
The noble young one is resolved and decided
All alone in advancing, to greet the rain
As if getting wet
Were displeasure
Nothing is wrong
→ 63.1
1st Line
soaking, wetting, immersing, saturating 64.0
曳其輪，濡其尾，無咎。
Braking those wheels
Soaking one’s tail
No harm done
→ 63.6
6th Line
soaking, wetting, immersing, saturating
濡其首，厲。
Soaking one’s head
Serious
→ 64.0
Gua Ci
(to) soak, wet, immerse, saturate (ing) 64.1
未濟。亨。小狐汔濟，濡其尾，無攸利。
Fulfillment
The little fox is almost across the half-frozen stream
To soak that tail
Is not a direction with merit
→ 64.1
1st Line
soaking, wetting, immersing, saturating 63.1
濡其尾，吝。
Soaking one’s tail
Embarrassing
→ 64.6
6th Line
(but) (to) soak, wet, immerse, saturate (ing)
有孚于飲酒，無咎。濡其首，有孚失是。
Being confident on top of drinking wine
Not wrong
But to soak one’s own head,
Even with truth, is truly to lose it
→ 22.3
Xiao Xiang 6
soaking
濡其首厲，何可久也。
63.6x Soaking one’s head (is) serious:
(But) how could this continue?
Xiao Xiang 1
soaking
濡其尾，亦不知極也。
64.1x Soaking one’s tail:
Such an extreme indiscretion
Xiao Xiang 6
(and) soaking
飲酒濡首，亦不知節也。
64.6x Drinking wine (and) soaking the head:
Truly without comprehending the limits
Tuan Zhuan
to soak
未濟亨，柔得中也。小狐汔濟，未出中也。濡其尾，無攸利，不續終也。雖不當位，剛柔應也。
P wei4 (to be) not yet
ji4 complete
heng1 (means) fulfillment
* rou2 3133 02.T the flexible, gentle, yielding; flexibility
de2 6161 02.0 gain, secure, find, occupy, claim (s) 06.T
zhong1 1504 03.3 the center, middle, mean, balance "
P xiao3 (the) little
hu2 fox
qi4 (is) almost
ji4 across (the) (half-frozen) stream
* wei4 (but) not yet
chu1 1409 05.4 out of, beyond, past; (sur)passed, departed
zhong1 1504 03.3 the center, middle, balance; concentration
S ru2 to soak
qi2 that
wei3 tail
* wu2 (is) not
you1 (a) direction
li4 with merit
* bu4 5379 02.2 (this is, would) not, to not; wanting; failing
xu4 2865 120+15 HL (to) continue, connect; go (ing) on, through
zhong1 1500 01.3 to the end, outcome, conclusion, finish
S sui1 5519 55.1 F even if, though; although 05.6x
bu4 5379 02.2 not, im-; in-; un-; less than; nothing, none "
dang1 6087 05.6x (is, are) properly, appropriately, suitably "
wei4 7116 45.5 placed, positioned, situated, dignified "
* gang1 3268 03.T the firm, strong, resolute; firmness
rou2 3133 02.T (and) the flexible, gentle, yielding; flexibility
ying4 7477 02.T (all) correspond, resonate, relate, reciprocate
Homophones (ru)
如ru2(to be) (just, much) as/like; homogeneous, alike, identical, uniform; similar to, the same as, as good/well as, equivalent to, equal to, about; (to) appears/seem (to, to be); compares (well) to/with; assume, resemble, suppose, go to, proceed; desire, follow, listen to; allow, permit, accord with (s, ed, ing); it (may) seem(s) like/that; might as well be; apparently, seemingly; can compare with; such as, for instance, apparently; the same; in accordance/compliance with, in this way, according to, as to, as though, if, as if, if also; (is, seems) quite, such, so; what; what ..., what a ...; how (very); so ... like, so ... looking; alike, uniformly; instead of, rather than; about; -ish, -like, -looking, -ly; (often positioned as a suffix)茹ru2(by the) roots "袽ru2(to, i nto) (caulking) rags, wadding, patches襦ru2short coat, perhaps u.f. ru 3149, wet (gloss.)入ru4(to) enter, come (into), agree with, join, become a member of; bring in, admit, present; take to heart; (to go) into, inside, beneath, within; lead into, penetrate, put in, encroach, gain access, cross into, join, receive, admit (s, - ed, -ing); (a, the) income, receipts, imports; entry, access, admission, membership; (to be) admitted, accepted, led into, received, at home, within, inside; going ... [with preposition]
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