一切經音義 85.14

English (machine translation) 85.14

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85.14

挻埴 (The first character is *sh-y-, the second *ch-l-. The Huainanzi says: "The potter's kneading of clay." Xu's commentary says: "挻 means to press." Kong's commentary on the Shangshu says: "埴 is sticky clay." The Shiming says: "Greasy earth; slippery like fat." Ru Chun says: "挻 means to strike; 埴 means soft and harmonious." The Shuowen jiezi says: "挻 is formed from 手, and 埴 is formed from 土; both are phono-semantic characters.")

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一切經音義 — 慧琳, Classical Chinese