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xi4Mathews: 2458GSR: 854d
Dictionary Definition
(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
Radical: 120+13 | First occurrence: Hexagram 12.5
Concordance & Context (4 occurrences)
Entries shown in Hatcher's reference chain order. First Witness at 12.5
5th Line★
secured; (as) sure(ly), secure; bound
休否，大人吉。其亡其亡，繫于苞桑。
Easing out of separation
The mature human being’s promise:
This passes, that passes
As surely as mulberry seedlings
Stats: 120+13→ 25.3
3rd Line
tethers, ties up; tethering, tying up
無妄之災，或繫之牛，行人之得，邑人之災。
One without pretense still has misfortunes
Sometimes tying one’s ox
Means the drifter’s gain
And the townsfolk’s disaster
→ 44.1
1st Line
secured, affixed, restrained, (held) fast(ened)
繫于金柅，贞吉。有攸往，見凶。羸豕孚之躅。
Secured by a metal brake
Persistence is promising
Have somewhere to go
Look at the unfortunate
The weak swine is sure to dig in and struggle
→ 12.5
Xiao Xiang 1
secured
繫于金柅，柔道牽也。
44.1x Secured by a metal brake:
The flexible nature (is) led along
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錫xi1awards, confers, grants; ^awarded, granted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虩xi4fear, fright, terror, dread, alarm, anxiety "夕xi4( at, by) night(fall), dark, twilight, evening
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