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shi2Mathews: 5807GSR: 686a

Dictionary Definition

(a, the) ten; ten times, tenfold, tenth; -ty

Radical: 24+0 | First occurrence: Hexagram 03.2

Concordance & Context (6 occurrences)

Entries shown in Hatcher's reference chain order. First Witness at 03.2
2nd Line
ten (more)
屯如邅如,乘馬班如。匪寇,婚媾。女子贞不字,年乃字。
It seems like needing assistance is the same as turning back A team of four horses arrayed alike Not an adversary but a marital suitor* The woman, of tender years, is resolved: no babies Ten years, then babies
Stats: 24+024.6
6th Line
ten
迷復,凶,有災眚。用行師,終有大敗,以其國君凶,至于年不克征。
Lost return Ominous There will be calamity and grave errors If trying to advance the military In the end there will be a major defeat Reaching one’s domain and its nobility with misfortune Even after ten years, no ability to campaign*
27.3
3rd Line
(for) ten
拂頤,贞凶。年勿用,無攸利。
Dismissing the appetites Persistence has pitfalls For ten years not to be functional Is not a direction with merit
41.5
5th Line
(by) ten "
或益之朋之龜,弗克違,元吉。
Somebody grants one ten matched pairs of tortoise shells One cannot refuse Outstanding opportunity
42.2
2nd Line
(by) ten "
或益之朋之龜,弗克違,永贞吉。王用享于帝,吉。
Somebody grants one ten matched pairs of tortoise shells One cannot refuse Enduring commitment is promising The sovereign presents offerings to the divine* Promising
03.2
Xiao Xiang 2
ten
六二之難,乘剛也。年乃字,反常也。
03.2x Six second has difficulties Overcoming resolve * Ten years, then babies: Revise the rules

Homophones (shi)

shi1(dead) bodies, corpses, fatalities, casualtiesshi1(a, the) militia, military, reserves, army, armies, host, hosts, legion(s), troops, garrison; general, master, specialist, tutor, expert, leader, instructor, director, assessor, example, (role) model, sage; expertise, organization, preparedness, readiness; [liquidity]; all; the people, the multitude, population; (to) teach, instruct, emulate, imitate, take as a norm or standard; model or pattern after another; militarily; a unit of 2500 troops 440shi1(to) extend (to), expand, distribute, give (to), apportion, deliver, issue, fall (from), give alms, broadcast, spread (out), add to, exhibit, display, show, express, diffuse, reach, carry out, execute, enforce, enact, practice, perform, apply, influence, apply, place, arrange, supply, pass down, give, grant, confer, bestow, dispense, stray, digress, go too far (s, ed, ing); (to be) extended, expanded, granted, bestowed, expressed, apportioned, carried out, supplied; (a, the) ramifications, (full) extent, attenuation, reach, scope, gift, grant, given, influence, apportionment, distribution, allocation; extensively, generouslyshi1(to) dismiss, disregard, err, fail, forget, forgo, go back on, give up, let go of, (let) slip, lose, lose control (of), miss, neglect, omit, relinquish; break, depart, deviate, escape, stray (from), (s, ed, ing); (to be) lost, off, out of; (to have) left, lost, forgone, forsaken; (a, the) defect, deficit, disregard, error, failure, fault, lack, heedlessness, loss, mishap, mistake, negligence, omission 441shi2(a, the) time, timing, opportune timing, right time, timeliness, season, period, epoch, moment, occasion, opportunity (s); occasions of, times of; (to be) present, current, by season, in season, of the season; (in, of, by) time; timely, timelier, well-timed, seasonal, seasonable, opportune, momentous; this, now, then; (the) time’s, season’s, moment’s, opportunity’s; at all times, constantlyshi2(a, the) food, feed, feast, nourishment, sustenance, subsistence, refreshment, meal, fare, eats; sufficiency; (to) eat (up), have eaten, feast, have feasted, dine, have dined, consume, feed (on, upon), devour, take, partake (from, in), subsist on, draw from, draw upon, drink (from), ingest, swallow, take nourishment; incorporate, appropriate, embody (s, ed, ing); (to be) eaten, consumed, taken in, ingested, devoured, swallowed, eclipsed, diminished, nourished by, nourishing, sustained by, sustaining; wanesshi2stone, rock (s)shi2(a, the) squirrelly, long-tailed, skulkingshi2(a, the) substance, reality, effect, result, fruit, fruition, manifestation, development; sincerity, authenticity; belonging, riches, possession; real, real thing, truth, facts, stuff, content (s); (to be) actual, substantial, substantive, substantiated, authentic, confirmed, honest, real, genuine, sincere, solid, solidified, hard, true, concrete, practical, applicable, factual, rich, full; (to) make real, verify, validate, substantiate, develop into, feed, satisfy, enrich, fill, stuff (s, ed, ing); really, truly, actually, exactly, in fact, in reality, in truth; this, that; id estshi2(recorded) knowledge, learning, experience +shi3boar, hog, pig, swineshi3scribes, chroniclers, recorders, [ reporters]使shi3(a, an, this) commission, charge, assignmentshi3(a, the) beginning(s), birth, start, genesis, conception, commencement, onset, origin, outset, precursor, source; (at, from, in) (the) beginning, first, outset, start; (to) begin, commence, initiate, originate, renew, start (out), (s, ed, ing) (with); (to be) early, first, fresh, new; after, after this, then; as soon as, from now onshi3(and) arrowsshi4divining, consultation, oracle, inquiry +shi4(to) bite (into, on), bite down on, bite off, eat, devour, gnaw, chew (on) (s, ed, ing)shi4(a) young (gentle)man, male; bachelorshi4(a, the) activity, affair, assignment, duty, business, busyness, challenge, concern, effort, endeavor, engagement, event, function, job, involvement, matter, mission, office, occasion, occupation, problem, project, undertaking, responsibility, service, trouble, task, work; case, fact, matter, subject, phenomena(on), thing; official, delegate, servant, functionary; work to do, work to be done; matter/task (s) at hand; sacrifice; (to) attend to, do business, carry out, get involved, help, manage, serve, tend to, try, wait upon, work (for); make/take effort/trouble; engage in ... activity, make ... effort (s, ed, ing); (to be) engaged (in), hands on, occupiedshi4(to) see, watch, look, observe, regard (ing) "shi4(and) young maleshi4(and) so it is (that), (it) is (...) that, true; (and) so there/one/they is/are/will be; certainly, indeed, surely, truly; to be this; to be right; in actuality/fact/truth; it is truly; it, that, thus, this, these, such, there (is, are) (indeed); to be, be this; it is (a, an); is to be; itself is, such is, what is; to this; (to be) absolute, certain, correct, exact, positive, right, sure, true; such, thus, this, which (is/may be/might be); correctly, (a, the) certainty, right(ness, eousness); (is, are, may) actually, correctly, exactly, positively, precisely, rightly, truly, in truth (be); yes; that ...shi4(an) experiment, test, trial (s); testing, provingshi4capacity, forte, (special) strength, dispositionshi4embellishment, adornment; pretense; falseshi4(their) domestic affairs, household, home
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