一切經音義 87.53

English (machine translation) 87.53

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87.53

跬步 Half step: the first character is pronounced with the fanqie 窺 + 癸. The Book of Rites says: 'The gentleman does not dare to forget even for a single step.' The Fangyan says: 'Half a pace is a kui (跬).' The Shuowen says it takes the foot radical (足) and 圭 for phonetic.

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一切經音義 — 慧琳, Classical Chinese