一切經音義 2.47

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2.47

Or seize (或攫: gui + yue fan, or pronounced gui + bi fan, which is also acceptable. The Huainanzi says: when birds are hard-pressed they strike; when beasts are hard-pressed they seize. The Cang Jie pian says: 攫 means to strike and seize. The Shuowen jiezi says: to snatch. It takes the hand (手) signific and jue phonetic. In the sūtra text it is written as 爴 with the same pronunciation; none of the character dictionaries contain this character 爴, and its provenance is unclear. 矍 is wang + jue fan; 搏 is bo; 扟 is suo + jin fan; 矍 is xiong + yue fan).

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一切經音義 — 慧琳, Classical Chinese