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一切經音義 67.20

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67.20

Curled and shrunken (卷[縮-百+(囟-乂+夕)]: the first character has the fanqie [sound] 橛 + 圓; also read with the fanqie 厥 + 遠, which is also roughly passable. The Kaosheng says: “卷 means bent or curved.” Also written as 𤷄, stating that 𤷄𤼣 denotes a disease of the hands and feet. The second character has the fanqie 搜 + 六. The Hanshi zhuan says: “縮 means shrunken or drawn together.” In the Shuowen, the standard form is [摍-百+(囟-乂+又)], stating that it means constricted, and also to draw back; [摍-百+(囟-乂+又)][捆-木+支] means unable to extend; classified under the radical 'hand' (手) with [宿-百+(囟-乂+又)] phonetic. [捆-木+支] has the fanqie 細 + 六).

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