一切經音義 19.88

English (machine translation) 19.88

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19.88

Fragrant and sweet-smelling (芬馥: the upper character is with the fanqie of 方 and 文. Zheng's Jian commentary on the Maoshi says: "芬 means fragrant." The Fangyan says: "Harmonious." Guo's commentary states: "A balanced and harmonious fragrance is called 芬芳." The Shuowen says: "With the radical 草 and 分 as phonetic." The lower character is with the fanqie of 馮 and 目. The Han-shi says: "馥 is the appearance of a fragrant scent." The Gujin zhengzi gives it with the radical 香 and 复 as phonetic; 复 has the same sound as above).

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一切經音義 — 慧琳, Classical Chinese