一切經音義 63.58

English (machine translation) 63.58

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63.58

籤刺 Piercing with a slip (the first character is qian + yan [qiān]; the Kaosheng says: "A 'qian' is a small slip; to pierce through." The Guangya says: "'Qian' is called a spatula." The Shuowen says: "Sharp; [the character] derives from 'bamboo' with 'xian' phonetic; chan has the sound cha + xian [chǎn]; qian has the sound xi + lian [qiān]." The second character is qing + yi [cì]; Gu Yewang says: "To pierce human flesh with a sharp instrument is 'ci'." The Shuowen says: "To injure directly; [the character] derives from 'knife' with 'ci' phonetic; ci has the sound cì").

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一切經音義 — 慧琳, Classical Chinese