一切經音義 11.40

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11.40

丕構 (The first character is pronounced pī. The Shuowen jiezi says: "Pī means great; it is formed from [the semantic component] 一 and takes 不 as its phonetic component." The sūtra text writes it with 十 as 㔻, which is a non-standard popular character and incorrect. The second character has the fanqie gǒu-hòu [gòu]. Gu Yewang says: "Gòu means to join together." The Mao Commentary on the Classic of Poetry says: "Gòu means to complete." The Shuowen jiezi says: "Gòu means a thatched roof covering; it is formed from [the semantic component] 木 (wood) and takes 冓 (with the fanqie gǔ-hòu) as its phonetic component").

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一切經音義 — 慧琳, Classical Chinese