一切經音義 2.167

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2.167

竊作 (qī + jié [qiè]. Kaosheng says: 'To take secretly.' Shuowen says: 'Thieves emerging from within. Derived from 穴 (cave), 廿 (twenty), and 米 (rice), with 卨 as phonetic.' Nowadays, following vulgar usage, it is written in abbreviated form without the 廿. 廿 is pronounced jí; 卨 is pronounced xiè).

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一切經音義 — 慧琳, Classical Chinese