錫
xi1Mathews: 2505
Dictionary Definition
No detailed glossary definition available for this character.
Concordance & Context (5 occurrences)
Entries shown in Hatcher's reference chain order. First Witness at 06.6
6th Line★
awards, confers, grants; ^awarded, granted
或錫之鞶帶，終朝三褫之。
If somehow one is awarded the leather belt and ribbons
By the end of the morning they will be three times stripped away
Stats: 167+8→ 07.2
2nd Line
grants, confers, presents, awards, bestows
在師中，吉，無咎。王三錫命。
At the heart of the militia
Promising
Not a mistake
The sovereign three times grants commissions
→ 35.0
Gua Ci
grants, awards, rewards, gifts
晋，康侯用錫馬蕃庶，晝日三接。
The prosperous lord* uses grants of horses
to breed a multitude
And by the light of a day three times grants audience
→ 06.6
Xiao Xiang 2
grants
在師中吉，承天寵也。王三錫命，懷萬邦也。
07.2x At the heart of the militia (is) promise:
Upholding heaven’s favor
* The sovereign three times grants commissions:
Embracing the myriad realms
Tuan Zhuan
grants
晋，進。明出地上，順而麗乎大明。柔進而上行，是以康侯用錫馬蕃庶，晝日三接。
Expansion
(Means) progress
The light rises over the earth
Compliance along with reliance upon great clarity
The flexible advances, but with superior conduct
And so it is that the prosperous lord uses grants (of) horses
To breed a multitude
(And) by the light of a day three times grants audience
Homophones (xi)
嘻xi1(are) smirking, snickering, tittering西xi1(from) west "晳xi1plainly, distinctly, (resolution of starlight)息xi1(a, the) breath, sigh; laxity, pause, quiet, relaxation, relief, repose, rest, suspension; extinction, extinguishing; (new) growth, proliferation, waxing; (to be) at rest; (to) appease, cancel, cease, desist, extinguish, finish, go out, nullify, pause, put a stop to, quit, relax, rest, stop, subdue, suspend, wrap up; grow, proliferate, wax (s, ed, ing) ap xi2臘xi1pr eserved, dried & salted, seasoned, jerked習xi2(a, the) habit, custom, duplication, exercise, experience, familiarity, practice, rehearsal, repetition; duplicity; (to) do repeatedly, familiarize (with), keep on, learn, practice, rehearse, repeat, train, work at; (to be) double, familiar, multiple, practiced, repeated; twice; having to work at something喜xi3(a, the) happiness, joy, rejoicing, enjoyment, gladness, gratification, gratitude, delight, elation, well-being, good news, happy event; (to) enjoy, rejoice, exult, delight (in) (s, ed, ing); (to be) happy, joyous, glad, joyful, gratified, grateful, cheerful, pleased, elated (in, of, with)係xi4attached, bound, tied, belonging to繫xi4(to) tie (up), bind, gird, attach to, fasten, affix, tether, restrain, suspend, remember, keep in mind (s, ed, ing); (to be) attached, appended, related, connected, bound虩xi4fear, fright, terror, dread, alarm, anxiety "夕xi4( at, by) night(fall), dark, twilight, evening
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