一切經音義 67.35

English (machine translation) 67.35

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67.35

What is tasted (所甞: the second character has the sound 常. According to character dictionaries, 甞 is the standard form. In the treatise text it is written as 甞, which is incorrect. Gu Yewang says: “甞 means to test or try.” The Shuowen says: “It means to taste flavor; classified under the radical 'sweet' (甘) with 尚 phonetic”).

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一切經音義 — 慧琳, Classical Chinese