一切經音義 66.63

English (machine translation) 66.63

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66.63

Moulded into shape (摶如; the upper character [摶] is fanqie 奪鸞. The Kaosheng says: 'To cause to adhere together.' The Boya says: '摶 is like gripping; to hold close.' Du's commentary on the Zuo zhuan says: '摶 means to shape with the hand.' It also says: 'To take.' Lexicons state: 'To roll into a sphere.' The Shuowen says: 'Round.' It is composed with 'hand' (手) as semantic and 專 as phonetic).

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一切經音義 — 慧琳, Classical Chinese