一切經音義 3.10

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3.10

黠慧 (shrewd and wise; the former is xian/jia fan; Fangyan says: '慧 means 黠 [shrewd]'; Shuowen jiezi says: 'Firm and black; composed of 黑 with 吉 phonetic'; the latter is xie/gui fan; Guo Pu's commentary on Fangyan says: '慧 means the mind is discerning and bright'; Jia's commentary on Guoyu says: 'Clever and observant'; Shuowen jiezi says 'agile; composed of 心 with 彗 phonetic'; 儇 is xue/yuan fan, also meaning 'clever'; 彗 is sui/hui fan).

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一切經音義 — 慧琳, Classical Chinese