一切經音義 71.86

English (machine translation) 71.86

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71.86

衰耄 [feeble and senile] (the graph is written as 𤸬; pronounced with the fanqie 所龜 [s- + -ui = shui]: The Shuowen states: “Shui (𤸬) means to diminish; to decline.” The Liji states: “At fifty years of age, one begins to decline (衰).” Shuai means to become slack. The lower character in ancient script is written with the two forms 𠅸 and 耄; now written as 秏; pronounced with the fanqie 莫報 [m- + -ao = mao]: The Liji states: “At eighty, one is called mao (耄).” Mao refers to being muddled and forgetful, confused and disorderly).

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一切經音義 — 慧琳, Classical Chinese