一切經音義 29.48

English (machine translation) 29.48

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29.48

Ladder and steps (梯蹬): The upper character has the fanqie *tǐ* + *xī* (梯). Jia [Kui]'s commentary on the *Guoyu* says: 'A ladder is stairs.' The *Shuowen [jiezi]* says: 'Wooden steps. It is derived from 木 (wood) with 弟 as phonetic.' The lower character has the fanqie *dēng* + *gèn* (蹬). The *Guangya* says: 'Steps are for treading.' It is a phono-semantic compound.

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一切經音義 — 慧琳, Classical Chinese