一切經音義 82.79

English (machine translation) 82.79

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82.79

Steep and towering (the upper character is pronounced with the fanqie 蹌醮 [tsh- + -iɛu = tshiɛu]. The Shuowen jiezi writes it 陗, saying: "Steep; composed of 阜 with 肖 as phonetic." In the Record it is written 峭, a commonly accepted popular form. The lower character is pronounced with the fanqie 荀駿 [s- + -iun = siun]. Kong's commentary on the Shangshu says: "峻 means grand." The Shuowen jiezi says: "陗; composed of 山 with 夋 as phonetic; properly written [峻]").

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一切經音義 — 慧琳, Classical Chinese