一切經音義 2.21

English (machine translation) 2.21

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2.21

Claws and teeth (爪齒: the upper character is ce + jiao fan. The Shuowen jiezi says: the nails of hands and feet; it is a pictographic character. The lower character is chang + zhi fan. The Shuowen jiezi says: the bones of the mouth and gums; it is pictographic of the teeth in the mouth, with zhi (止) phonetic. Gums (齗) is pronounced yin).

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一切經音義 — 慧琳, Classical Chinese