一切經音義 14.79

English (machine translation) 14.79

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14.79

溼以 (Pronounced shi1 [shi-ru fan]. The Kaosheng says: '溼 means damp, soaked.' The Shuowen jiezi says: 'Dark and wet.' Formed from 'water' (水), 𢆶, and 'earth' (土); '一' represents covering. It is an associative compound character indicating water dampening where earth is covered. The sūtra text writes 濕 with 'sun' (日) and 'silk' (絲), which is incorrect. 濕 was originally pronounced ta4 [ta-he fan], the name of a river in Wuyang of Dong Commandery).

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一切經音義 — 慧琳, Classical Chinese