一切經音義 20.48

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20.48

拇指 ("thumbs"; [the former] fanqie: 矛 + 厚. The Cangjie pian says: "Mu (拇) means the leading finger." Jia Kui's Commentary to the Guoyu says: "Mu means the thumb (big finger)." The Shuowen says: "It takes 手 as semantic and 母 as phonetic." In the sūtra text it is written with 木 as 拇, which is incorrect).

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