一切經音義 41.13

English (machine translation) 41.13

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41.13

Rising sun (旭日: the first character is pronounced [凶 + 玉] x-ù [xù]. The Kaosheng says: "旭 (xu) means bright." The Shuowen says: "The appearance of the sun rising at dawn. It derives from 日 and 九." The second character is pronounced [而 + 質] r-ì [rì]. The Shuowen says: "The essence of great yang; it is a pictographic character").

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一切經音義 — 慧琳, Classical Chinese