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一切經音義 67.38

一切經音義 67.38

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Classical Chinese

67.38

啄啖(上陟角反字書正體字也論文作啄俗字也廣雅云啄齧也說文鳥食也從口啄聲也下談敢反正啖字也論文作噉俗用字也廣雅云噉食也說文從口炎聲)。

Pecking and devouring (啄啖: the first character has the fanqie 陟 + 角; it is the standard character in character dictionaries. In the treatise text it is written as 啄, which is a popular variant. The Guangya says: “啄 means to bite.” The Shuowen says: “Birds eating; classified under the radical 'mouth' (口) with 豖 phonetic.” The second character has the fanqie 談 + 敢; it is the standard character for eating. In the treatise text it is written as 噉, which is a popular character in common use. The Guangya says: “噉 means to eat.” The Shuowen states it is classified under the radical 'mouth' (口) with 炎 phonetic).

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