一切經音義 14.78

English (machine translation) 14.78

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14.78

咀嚼 (Pronounced ju3 [qing-yu fan]. The Guangya says: '咀 means to chew.' The Cang Jie pian says: '噍,' pronounced jiao1. The Shuowen jiezi says: 'To savour in the mouth.' Formed from 'mouth' (口) with 且 as phonetic. The Shenglei writes 齟 with 'teeth' (齒). The lower character is pronounced jue2 [qiang-yao fan]. The Guangya says: '嚼 means to chew/ingest.' A character book says: '咀.' Indeed, 嚼 also means to bite. Formed from 'mouth' (口) with 爵 as phonetic).

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一切經音義 — 慧琳, Classical Chinese