一切經音義 41.21

English (machine translation) 41.21

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41.21

Drawing and guiding (汲引: the first character is pronounced [金 + 立] j-í [jí]. The Shuowen says: "To draw water. It derives from 水 with 及 as phonetic." [The second character] is pronounced [以 + 忍] y-ǐn [yǐn]. Du [Yu's] commentary on the Zuo zhuan says: "引 (yin) means to guide." The Shuowen says: "To draw a bow. It derives from 弓 and 〡." 〡 is pronounced [曳] y-è [yè]. Ancient graphs derive from 手, written 㧈, or written 弘).

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一切經音義 — 慧琳, Classical Chinese