一切經音義 12.167

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抓掌 (claw and palm): The upper [character] is *zhǎo* (側狡反 [tsˠaǔ]); the lower is *zhǎng* (章養反 [t͡ɕɨɐŋ̌]), meaning "hand". The *Shuowen* writes it as 爪. The sūtra text writes it with the hand radical as 抓 (*zhāo*, 側交反 [t͡ʃˠau]), which is incorrect. The tip of a finger is a "claw" (爪); below the fingers is the "palm" (掌). In the *Shuowen*, the character 掌 has the fanqie 爪 (i.e. reversed 爪 is 爪).