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50.96

Cataracts and dizziness [翳眩] (yi: y[ī] + [j]ì fan; character dictionaries say: '"Yì" means to shade and conceal.' Guo's Commentary on the Fangyan says: '"Yì" means to cover up.' The Guangya says: 'To block.' The Shuowen says: 'It takes the phonetic "yì" (殹) under the "yǔ" (羽) radical.' Xuan: xu[án] + [ju]àn fan; the Cangjiepian says: '"Xuàn" is dimness of sight; it means deluded.' The Shuowen says: 'It takes the phonetic "xuán" (玄) under the "mù" (目) radical.' Yì is wū + jì fan).

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