一切經音義 7.87

English (machine translation) 7.87

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7.87

Extremely emaciated (𤸃極; se + zhou fanqie. The Erya says: "Shou (瘦) means emaciated (ji, pronounced ji)." The Wenzi jilüe says: "Depletion of muscle and flesh." The Shuowen says: "Shou means gaunt (qu)." The standard form is written 𤸃; nowadays it is commonly written 瘦, which is a vulgar character. The Erya says: "Qu means emaciated." The Shuowen says: "Ji means little flesh." It takes the sickness radical (疒) with sou (叜) phonetic.).

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一切經音義 — 慧琳, Classical Chinese