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一切經音義 34.143

一切經音義 34.143

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Classical Chinese

34.143

采蓮(上猜宰反考聲云采取也說文從爪從木今經從手通用也)。

Plucking lotuses [采蓮]: the first [character is pronounced with the fanqie] cai-zai (猜宰反). The Kaosheng states: 'Cǎi (采) means to pick/gather.' The Shuowen [jiezi] says it is formed from [the semantic components] zhuǎ (爪, hand/claw) and mù (木, tree). In the present sūtra text, it is written with the hand radical (採), which is interchangeably used.

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