一切經音義 55.87

English (machine translation) 55.87

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55.87

目䀹 ('eyelashes'): The second character has the fanqie [j- + ian >] jiān and [y- + e >] yè. The Shiji says: 'The eye can see a fine autumn hair but cannot see its own eyelashes.' The Kaosheng says: '䀹 are the hairs upon the eyelids.' The Rites of Zhou says: 'The eyes do not blink (䀹).' The Shuowen says: 'Composed of 目 with 夾 phonetic.' The sūtra writes 睫, which is a vulgar character.

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一切經音義 — 慧琳, Classical Chinese