一切經音義 15.78

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15.78

Swimming (游泳: the first character is pronounced 由. The Kaosheng says: "The appearance of flowing with the water." It is composed of 水 with 遊 abbreviated for phonetic value. The second character has the fanqie 榮命. The commentary on the Mao Shi says: "Moving submerged." The Erya says: "泳 means to swim (游)." Guo Pu says: "Moving submerged under the water." It takes 水 as radical with 永 for phonetic value).

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一切經音義 — 慧琳, Classical Chinese