一切經音義 36.51

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36.51

潬潭: The first character has the fanqie tan + nan (shàn). The *Erya* says: 'A sandbank emerging from the water is called a shan; a phono-semantic compound character.' The second character is pronounced tan (tán). Wang Yi's commentary to the *Chuci* says: 'Tan means calm and deep.' The people of southern Chu call deep water tan; tan means tranquil and deep; it is also a phono-semantic compound character. Writing it as 灘 is not the ancient character.

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一切經音義 — 慧琳, Classical Chinese