一切經音義 29.69
English (machine translation) 29.69
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29.69
Pointing into the void (撝空): The upper character has the fanqie *huǐ* + *wēi* (撝). The *Yupian* says: 'To wave (*huī*) is what is pointed to by the hand.' The *Shuowen [jiezi]* writes it with 軍 as 揮; both are acceptable, and both are phono-semantic compounds. The character 為 is derived from 爪 (claw).
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