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一切經音義 36.177

一切經音義 36.177

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36.177

盥洒(上音管說文澡手也從臼從水從皿會意字下西禮反或作洗說文洒滌也形聲字也)。

Washing and cleansing (盥洒: the upper character [盥] is pronounced 管; the Shuowen says it means to wash hands, an associative compound composed of 臼, 水 'water', and 皿 'basin'; the lower character [洒 is pronounced] 西 + 禮 fanqie, sometimes written 洗; the Shuowen says 洒 means to wash and cleanse, a phono-semantic character).

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