一切經音義 6.71

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6.71

Banner marks (幢相: the first is pronounced with the fanqie 濁江 [chuáng]. The Guangya says: "A banner (zhuang) is called a [翿-吋+可]." [翿-吋+可] is pronounced with the fanqie 徒到 [dào]. The Fangyan says: "A banner is a screen." Guo Pu's commentary says: "What dancers use to shield and conceal their bodies; in southern Chu a screen is called a [翿-吋+可], which is a banner." The Shuowen says: "Deriving from 'cloth' [巾] with 童 as phonetic." 巾 is pronounced jīn).

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一切經音義 — 慧琳, Classical Chinese