一切經音義 11.6

English (machine translation) 11.6

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11.6

拯 (zh-[i]-j-[ing] fan; its pronunciation takes the rising tone of the character 蒸 [zhēng]. The Yunying says: '拯 means to rescue, to pluck out.' Du Yu's commentary on the Zuo zhuan says: '拯 means to save, to assist.' The Shenglei says: '拯 means to elevate.' The Guangya says: '拯 means to save.' The Shuowen jiezi writes it as 抍: 'To lift up; it derives from 手 [hand] with 升 [shēng] phonetic').

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一切經音義 — 慧琳, Classical Chinese