一切經音義 12.112

English (machine translation) 12.112

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12.112

Rescuing the drowning (拯溺: the character 拯 is in the rising tone, zhēng-jìng fan [zhěng]. It is a vulgar character used in clerical script. The orthodox form in the Shuowen takes shǒu [hand] as radical and shēng as phonetic. It is also written with dēng as 橙. The Shuowen says: "To lift upward." Du Yu says: "To save and assist." The Fangyan says: "To pull out from drowning." The Guangya says: "To scoop up and gather." It takes shǒu [hand] as radical and chéng as phonetic).

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一切經音義 — 慧琳, Classical Chinese