一切經音義 72.112

English (machine translation) 72.112

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72.112

Searching and pecking (探啄: the first character [探] is fanqie 塔南 [tàn]. The Erya says: "探 means snatching and seizing." The Shenglei says: "探 means reaching deep to take." The Shuowen says: "Taking from afar." It is formed with the hand radical [手] and 罙 as phonetic; 罙 has the fanqie 大感 [dàn]. The second character [啄] is fanqie 竹角 [zhuó]. The Shijing says: "Do not peck my millet." The Guangya says: "啄 means biting." The Shuowen says: "啄 is the way birds eat." It is formed with the mouth radical [口] and 豖 as phonetic; 豖 has the fanqie 丑錄 [chù]).

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