一切經音義 76.49

English (machine translation) 76.49

Language: English

76.49

Raking and scratching (杷搔: the first character has the fanqie *bai* [b-] + *ma* [-a], [pa]. The Kaosheng says: "杷 is like scratching." Gu Yewang says: "To scratch flesh with the hand is called 杷." The Shuowen jiezi says: "Derived from 'wood' (木), with *ba* (巴) phonetic." It is also written with 'claw' (爪) as 爬. The second character has the fanqie *sao* [s-] + *zao* [-au], [sao]. The Kaosheng says: "To rub." The Shuowen jiezi says: "To scrape. Derived from 'hand' (手), with *zao* (蚤) phonetic." 蚤 is pronounced like 早 [zao]).

Previous: 76.48
Next: 76.50
Up: 76

Linked texts (1)

一切經音義 — 慧琳, Classical Chinese