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一切經音義 1.170

一切經音義 1.170

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竹葦(說文竹字象形下為鬼反說文大葭也從草韋聲案即蘆之大者也)。

竹葦 (The Shuowen jiezi says: 'The character 竹 [bamboo] is a pictograph.' The lower character has the fanqie 為鬼 [wěi]. The Shuowen jiezi says: 'Large reed; it takes 草 as radical and 韋 as phonetic.' In fact, it refers to the larger varieties of reeds).

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