一切經音義 34.151

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34.151

Fingernail scratching [指抓]: the second [character is pronounced with the fanqie] ce-jiao (側絞反). The Zuozhuan states: 'Fingernails.' The Picang states: 'Zhuā (抓) means to scratch or pinch.' It is also written as 爪. The Shuowen [jiezi] states: 'Zhuā means to scrape.' It is formed from [the semantic component] shǒu (手, hand) and [the phonetic component] zhuǎ (爪).

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一切經音義 — 慧琳, Classical Chinese