一切經音義 68.7
English (machine translation) 68.7
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68.7
Polishing and lustering (摩鎣) (the upper character has the fanqie: 莫婆 [mó]. Guo [Pu's] commentary on the Erya says: "Jade and stones being ground is like a person cultivating and adorning himself." Gu Yewang says: "Mó means to sharpen." The Shuowen says it is formed from "hand" with 麻 as its phonetic component; sometimes written as 攠. The lower character has the fanqie: 縈迥 [yíng]. The Guangya says: "Yíng also means to polish." Gu Yewang says: "It means wiping pearls, jade, and tube-shaped ornaments to make them gleam with light." The Shuowen says it is formed from "metal" with the abbreviated 熒 as its phonetic component. In the treatise text it is written as 瑩, which is also interchangeable. 琯 has the fanqie: 古閟 [guàn]).
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