一切經音義 19.109

English (machine translation) 19.109

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19.109

染纈 (the first character is rǎn, fanqie 而琰 [r- + -(y)em]: The Boya says: 'Rǎn means to stain.' The Kaosheng says: 'To apply.' The Shuowen jiezi says: 'Dyeing silk into a deep color.' It takes the water semantic and zá (杂) phonetic. The second character is xié, fanqie 賢結 [x- + -(k)et]: The Wenzi jilüe says: 'Tying silk and dyeing it, then untying it to form patterns.' The Kaosheng also states: 'Tying silk and dyeing it to produce patterns.' The Gujin zhengzi takes the silk semantic and jié (頡) phonetic).

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一切經音義 — 慧琳, Classical Chinese