一切經音義 29.77

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29.77

Gold ingot (金𮡻): Pronounced *tǐng* (𮡻), an ascending-tone character. Xu Shuzhong's commentary on the *Huainanzi* says: 'An ingot (𮡻) refers to gold, silver, copper, and the like before they are fashioned into utensils; when cast into cakes (𭤟), they are called ingots (𮡻).' It is a phono-semantic compound.

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一切經音義 — 慧琳, Classical Chinese