一切經音義 82.140

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82.140

篡弑 (usurping and regicide): The fanqie 芻 (ch-) + 患 (huàn) [cuàn]. The Shuowen jiezi says: "To seize unlawfully is called 篡. It takes 厶 as semantic component and 篡 as phonetic component." The second character is the fanqie 尸 (sh-) + 至 (zhì) [shì]. The Baihu tong says: "弑 is like killing; it refers to a minister killing his ruler or a son killing his father, which is called 弑." The Shuowen jiezi also says: "A minister killing his ruler. It takes an abbreviated 殺 as semantic component and 式 as phonetic component."

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一切經音義 — 慧琳, Classical Chinese