一切經音義 85.8

English (machine translation) 85.8

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85.8

拘羑 (The first character is pronounced jū. The Kaosheng says: "拘 means confined; detained." The Shuowen jiezi says: "To seize. Formed from 手 with 句 phonetic." The second character is pronounced yǒu: an ancient prison name, located in Dangyin, the place where King Wen was imprisoned. The Shuowen jiezi says: "To promote goodness. Formed from 羊 with 久 phonetic." It is also interchangeably written as 羌. Some write 牖, which is not applicable here.)

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一切經音義 — 慧琳, Classical Chinese