一切經音義 22.185

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22.185

Deaf and dumb (Dumb [聵] is pronounced with the fanqie wu-guai [wai/kui]. Wei Zhao's commentary on the Guoyu states: "When the ears do not distinguish the harmony of the five tones, this is called deaf (long); to be born deaf is called kui (瞶). The character is also written as [蔽/耳] or [豸*貴].")

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一切經音義 — 慧琳, Classical Chinese