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一切經音義 68.119

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68.119

Thirst and craving (㵣愛; [the first character is] 看 + 割. The *Kaosheng* states: "㵣 means longing for water." The *Shuowen jiezi* states: "㵣 means wishing to drink. Composed of 'yawn' (欠) and 渴 as the phonetic." Nowadays popular usage mostly abbreviates it as 渴. The *Shuowen jiezi* states: "渴 means exhausted/dried up").

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