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一切經音義 68.152

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68.152

Abundant harvest (豐稔): the first character is [pronounced with the fanqie] 覆 + 風. The Zhouyi says: 'Fēng means large.' Zheng Xuan says: 'Fēng means great.' Jia Kui says: 'Flourishing.' The Commentary to the Mao Poetry says: 'Luxuriant.' The Shuowen says: 'A dou vessel filled to the brim; it takes the radical 豆 (vessel) and is pictographic.' The second character is [pronounced with the fanqie] 壬 + 甚. Jia Kui says: 'Rěn means ripe.' Gu Yewang says: 'It means fully ripe.' The Shuowen says: 'Grain ripening; it takes the radical 禾 (grain) and 念 is phonetic.'

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