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一切經音義 80.219

一切經音義 80.219

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80.219

燉煌(上徒魂反下音皇燉煌古郡名漢書武帝元年分酒泉置燉煌之郡今沙州是也說文燉煌二字皆從火敦皇亦聲)。

Dunhuang (the first character has the fanqie: tu + hun; the second character has the sound huang. Dunhuang is the name of an ancient commandery. The Hanshu states that in the first year of Emperor Wu, Jiuquan was partitioned to establish Dunhuang Commandery, which is modern Shazhou. The Shuowen jiezi states that the two characters dun and huang both follow radical huo [fire], with dun and huang also providing the phonetic components).

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