一切經音義 80.127

English (machine translation) 80.127

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80.127

文揣 ("Literary appraisal"): The second character is pronounced with the fanqie 初 + 委 (chuǎi). Guo's commentary on the Fangyan states: 'Chuǎi means to calculate.' The Shuowen jiezi states: 'It means to measure; it takes the radical 手 (hand) and 耑; it is an ideogrammatic compound.'

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一切經音義 — 慧琳, Classical Chinese