一切經音義 1.30

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1.30

Sole throughout antiquity [隻千古] (zheng-yi fan [zhī]; Shuowen: "A single item." Guiyuan zhucan: "Single." Qunshu zhiyao: "The character zhi [隻] is composed of 'short-tailed bird' [隹], which is a bird, and 'claw' [又], which is a hand; a hand holding one bird is a single [隻], a pictographic character; in the sutra text it is sometimes written with 'again' [又], which is an error").

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一切經音義 — 慧琳, Classical Chinese