一切經音義 53.174

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53.174

Flashing lightning (閃電: the upper [character has the fanqie] 苫𮉼 [sh- + -ǎn → shǎn]; the lower [character has the fanqie] 田鍊 [d- + -èn → diàn]. The Shuowen says: “電 (lightning) is the flashing forth of yin and yang stimulating each other. Formed from 雨 (rain) and 电; 电 has the sound diàn or the sound shēn”).

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一切經音義 — 慧琳, Classical Chinese