一切經音義 20.43

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20.43

分劑 ("limits and portions"; the former character, fanqie: 墳 + 問. Gu Yewang says: "Fen (分) is like bounds and limits." The Shuowen says: "Fen means to divide; it takes 八 and 刀." The latter character, fanqie: 齊 + 䋄. The Zishu says: "Ji (劑) means divided sections." The Gujin zhengzi says: "It takes 刀 as semantic and 齊 as phonetic." In the sūtra text it is written as 齊, which is the character for blending and adjusting).

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一切經音義 — 慧琳, Classical Chinese