一切經音義 86.141

86.141

To dissect and analyze 剖析 (the first character is pronounced with the fanqie 普 + 垢; the Shuowen jiezi says: "Pou means to cut open"; it takes the knife radical 刀 and the phonetic 咅. The second character is pronounced with the fanqie 星 + 擊; the Shuowen jiezi says: "Xi means to split apart"; it takes the wood radical 木 and the axe radical 斤).