一切經音義 76.43

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76.43

Cutting off their [noses] (㓷其: [㓷] has the fanqie *yi* [ŋ-] + *ji* [-ei], [yi]. Kong's commentary on the Book of Documents says: "㓷 means to cut off." Zheng's commentary on the Rites of Zhou says: "To cut off their noses." The Shuowen jiezi gives the same meaning; derived from 'knife' (刀), with *nie* (臬) phonetic. It is also written with 'nose' (鼻) as 劓, which is interchangeable. 臬 has the fanqie *yan* [ŋ-] + *jie* [-ɛt], [nie]).

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一切經音義 — 慧琳, Classical Chinese