| Chinese Text Project |
| 況 U+6CC1 |  Seal script | 况 Semantic variant Simplified character | 𡶢 Semantic variant |
| Radical: | 水+ 5 strokes = 8 strokes total. |
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| References: | Guangyun: p.426#35 Kangxi: p.615#01 Cihai: p.777r4c01 GSR: 765.g Hanyu: v3,p1586#02 |
| Composition: | Left: 氵, right: 兄. Component of: 𮭃 |
| Mandarin: | kuàng ㄎㄨㄤˋ |
| Cantonese: | fong3 |
| Tang reconstruction: | *xiuɑ̀ng |
| Shuowen: | 《水部》況：寒水也。从水兄聲。 |
| Guangyun: | 《廣韻·去聲·漾·況》況：匹擬也，善也，矧也。《說文》曰：寒水也，亦脩況琴名又姓何氏姓苑云今廬江人。許訪切，四。 |
| Kangxi: | 《康熙字典·水部·五》況：〔古文〕𡶢《唐韻》許訪切《集韻》《韻會》《正韻》許放切，𠀤音貺。《說文》寒水也。又矧也，譬也。《莊子·知北遊》每下愈況。又益也。《晉語》衆況厚之。又兹也。《詩·小雅》況也永歎。《箋》來兹對之，長歎而已。又滋也。《詩·大雅》亂況斯削。又賜也。與貺通。《前漢·武帝紀》遭天地況施，著見景象。又臨訪曰來況。《司馬相如·子虛賦》足下不遠千里，來況齊國。又《廣韻》修況，琴名。又姓。《蜀志》有況長寧。◎按佩觿集，况况況𠀤虛訪翻，况發語之端，况寒冰也，況形況，今多通用況字。又《集韻》或作湟。又古與兄通。 |
| Fanqie: | 許訪 (《廣韻·去聲·漾·況》) |
| Unihan definition: | condition, situation; furthermore |
Example usage
| 《孟子·盡心上》: | 況居天下之廣居者乎？ |
| How much more should a peculiar air distinguish him whose position is in the wide house of the world! | |
| 《禮記·緇衣》: | 龜筮猶不能知也，而況於人乎？ |
| If such a man cannot know the tortoise-shell and stalks, how much less can he know other men? | |
| 《孝經·孝治》: | 子曰：「昔者明王之以孝治天下也，不敢遺小國之臣，而況於公、侯、伯、子、男乎？」 |
| The Master said, "Anciently, when the intelligent kings by means of filial piety ruled all under heaven, they did not dare to receive with disrespect the ministers of small states. How much less would they do so to the dukes, marquises, counts, and barons!" | |
| 《揚子法言》: | 習乎習，以習非之勝是也，況習是之勝非乎？ |
| Practice, practice! By means of practicing what is false, one overcomes what is true. How much more does practicing what is true overcome what is false. | |
| 《墨子·尚賢上》: | 況又有賢良之士厚乎德行，辯乎言談，博乎道術者乎，此固國家之珍，而社稷之佐也，亦必且富之，貴之，敬之，譽之，然后國之良士，亦將可得而眾也。 |
| How much more should this be done in the case of the virtuous and the excellent who are firm in morality, versed in rhetoric, and experienced in statecraft - since these are the treasures of the nation and props of the state? They should also be enriched, honoured, respected, and commended in order that they may abound. | |
| 《莊子·齊物論》: | 自此以往，巧歷不能得，而況其凡乎！ |
| Going on from this (in our enumeration), the most skilful reckoner cannot reach (the end of the necessary numbers), and how much less can ordinary people do so! | |
| 《道德經》: | 天地尚不能久，而況於人乎？ |
| If Heaven and Earth cannot make such (spasmodic) actings last long, how much less can man! | |
| 《商君書·賞刑》: | 晉國之士，稽焉皆懼，曰：「顛頡之有寵也，斷以殉，況於我乎？」 |
| The scholars of the state of Jin, having investigated the matter, were all afraid, and said: 'Considering that Dien Xie was a favourite and still he has been sawn through, as an expiatory death, how will it fare with us?' | |
| 《孫子兵法·始計》: | 多算勝，少算不勝，而況於無算乎？ |
| Thus do many calculations lead to victory, and few calculations to defeat: how much more no calculation at all! | |
| 《荀子·解蔽》: | 心不使焉，則白黑在前而目不見，雷鼓在側而耳不聞，況於使者乎？ |
| 《說苑·君道》: | 《易》曰：『夫君子居其室，出其言善，則千里之外應之，況其邇者乎？』 |
| 《春秋繁露·竹林》: | 況傷民乎？ |
| 《韓詩外傳·卷一》: | 而況國君乎 |
| 《大戴禮記·盛德》: | 夫祭祀致饋養之道也，死且思慕饋養，況於生而存乎？ |
| 《白虎通德論》: | 司空主土，不言土言空者，空尚主之，何況於實？ |
| 《新書·君道》: | 文王之澤，下被禽獸，洽于魚鱉，故禽獸魚鱉攸若攸樂，而況士民乎 |
| 《新序·善謀下》: | 夫以一趙尚易燕，況兩賢王左提右挈，執直義而以責不直之弱，燕滅無日矣。 |
| 《中論·法象》: | 夫以之困、白刃之難，猶不忘敬，況於遊宴乎！ |
| 《孔子家語·致思》: | 水且猶可以忠信成身親之，而況於人乎？ |
| 《潛夫論·讚學》: | 夫此十一君者，皆上聖也，猶待學問，其智乃博，其德乃碩，而況於凡人乎？ |
| 《論衡·幸偶》: | 物善惡同，遭為人用，其不幸偶，猶可傷痛，況含精氣之徒乎？ |
| 《太玄經·太玄攡》: | 況其否者乎？ |
| 《風俗通義·愆禮》: | 子路喪姊，朞而不除，仲尼以為大譏，況於忍能矯情，直意而已也哉！ |
| 《孔叢子·論書》: | 古之帝王功成作樂，其功善者其樂和，樂和，則天地且猶應之，況百獸乎？ |
| 《申鑒·政體》: | 君子不犯辱，況於刑乎？ |
| 《忠經·天地神明章》: | 忠能固君臣、安社稷、感天地、動神明，而況於人乎？ |
| 《新語·辨惑》: | 當此之時，秦王不能自信其自，而從邪臣之說，夫馬鹿之異形，眾人所知也，然不能兮別是非也，況於闇昧之事乎？ |
| 《蔡中郎集》: | 時處士平陽蘇騰，字玄成，夢陟首陽，有神馬之使在道，明覺而思之，以其夢陟狀上聞天子，開三府請雨，使者與郡縣戶曹掾吏登山升祠，手書要曰：「君況我聖主以洪澤之福，天尋興雲，即降甘雨。」 |
| 《列子·天瑞》: | 況外物而非盜哉？ |
| 《鶡冠子·學問》: | 不知善善，故有身死國亡絕祀滅宗，細人猶然，不能保壽，義則自況。 |
| 《文子·道原》: | 古民童蒙，不知東西，貌不離情，言不出行，行出無容，言而不文，其衣致，神德不全於身者，不知何遠之能壞，欲害之心忘乎中者，即飢虎可尾也，而況於人？ |
| 《文始真經·五鑑》: | 聖人方且不識不知，而況于爾！ |
| 《列仙傳·務光》: | 吾聞非義不受其祿，無道之世不踐其位，況於尊我，我不忍久見也。 |
| 《老子河上公章句》: | 而況於人乎？ |
| 《韓非子·解老》: | 天地不能常侈常費，而況於人乎 |
| 《管子·版法解》: | 管子對曰：「不然，夫學者所以自化，所以自撫，故君子惡稱人之惡，惡不忠而怨妒，惡不公議而名當稱，惡不位下而位上，惡不親外而內放，此五者，君子之所恐行，而小人之所以亡，況人君乎？」 |
| 《六韜·賞罰》: | 夫誠暢於天地，通於神明，而況於人乎。 |
| 《尉繚子·制談》: | 試聽臣言，其術足使三軍之眾，誅一人無失刑，父不敢舍子，子不敢舍父，況國人乎？ |
| 《淮南子·道應訓》: | 薄疑對曰：「烏獲舉千鈞，又況一斤乎？」 |
| 《呂氏春秋·壹行》: | 盜賊大姦也，而猶所得匹偶，又況於欲成大功乎？ |
| 《尹文子·大道上》: | 三曰況謂之名，賢愚愛憎是也。 |
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