一切經音義 25.22

25.22

'Early morning' [晨朝] (The first character has the fanqie shi + ren [chén]. The Erya says: 'Chen means early; it means bright.' The Shiming says: 'Chen means extending, referring to the unfolding light at clear dawn.' The second character has the fanqie zhi + yao [zhāo]. The Yunying says: 'An early time.' The Shuowen says: 'Dawn; it takes gàn [倝] and zhōu [舟] as phonetic; gàn [倝] is pronounced with the fanqie gān + dàn').