一切經音義 7.19

English (machine translation) 7.19

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7.19

霑彼 ("moistening those"): The character has the fanqie reading [ʈɕ- + -jɛm = zhān] (輒廉反). The Han Shi says: "霑 means soaked." The Kaosheng says: "Slightly moistened (濕, fanqie 尸執反)." The Liji states that Confucius said: "Rain soaked my clothes and I lost my composure." Gu Yewang says: "霑 means soaked (濡, fanqie 耳珠反)." The Wenzi jilüe writes it in the abbreviated form 沾. The Shuowen says: "霑 means 𩃵 (pronounced rǎn). It is formed with the radical 雨 ('rain') and 沾 as phonetic."

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一切經音義 — 慧琳, Classical Chinese