一切經音義 42.458

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作模 (fanqie: 莫 + 逋 [mú]. Zheng's gloss on the Shijing says: 'Mú means a model.' Zheng's commentary on the Liji says: 'Mú is a mould used to cast decorative patterns.' Gu Yewang states: 'To delineate a form; to take an impression or likeness.' Sometimes written with the hand radical as 摹. The Shuowen jiezi also says: 'A model; it takes the tree radical [木] with 莫 as the phonetic component').

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一切經音義 — 慧琳, Classical Chinese