一切經音義 61.59

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61.59

Wilted and dried (蔫乾): The first character has the fanqie 偃 (y-) plus 言 (-an). The Guangya states that 蔫 means yellowing. The Shuowen jiezi states that 蔫 means withered (菸); it is formed with the grass radical (艹) and 焉 as the phonetic element (the character 焉 is formed from 一 and 烏; 菸 has the pronunciation 於).

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一切經音義 — 慧琳, Classical Chinese