一切經音義 51.62

English (machine translation) 51.62

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51.62

"A key, indeed?" (Fanqie: 健 + 偃 [jiàn]. The Zhouli states that the gate official takes charge of issuing the official keys to open and shut the city gates. Zheng's commentary says: '鍵 means a lock and key.' The Fangyan says: 'Between Chen and Chu, a key is called a jiàn.' The Shuowen jiezi says it derives from the metal radical with 建 as phonetic).

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一切經音義 — 慧琳, Classical Chinese