一切經音義 8.178

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8.178

善䠶 (the fanqie 常 + 夜 [shè]; the Shuowen says: "Bows and crossbows discharged from the body to strike afar; it takes its components from 身 [body] and 矢 [arrow]." In small seal script, it takes 寸 and is written as 射. The Shuowen says: "寸 means measure; it also means hand." Both forms are standard).

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一切經音義 — 慧琳, Classical Chinese