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一切經音義 24.318

一切經音義 24.318

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Classical Chinese

24.318

一掬(官郁反古今正字云掬撮也亦曲手捧物也從手匊聲或作𰏮亦作䉅古作臼也)。

A handful (the second character is *guan* + *yu* [jū]. The Gujin zhengzi says: "*Ju* means to scoop up, and also to cup the hands to hold something; categorized under 'hand' [手] with *ju* [匊] phonetic." It is also written as 𰏮 or 䉅; anciently it was written as 臼).

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