一切經音義 2.53

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2.53

Gleaming white (皓白: [皓 is] hao + gao fan. The Yunying says: 皓 means plain white. The Erya says: white. The Shuowen jiezi says: the character 皓 takes the white (白) signific and hao abbreviative phonetic. In the sūtra it takes the sun (曰/日) signific, which is a popular character).

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一切經音義 — 慧琳, Classical Chinese