一切經音義 51.31

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51.31

"To sniff raw [meat]" (Fanqie: 休 + 又 [xiù]. The Shuowen jiezi says: 'To bring the nose close to a scent is called xiu (齅).' It derives from the nose radical and scent (臭); scent also provides the phonetic).

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一切經音義 — 慧琳, Classical Chinese