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一切經音義 89.117

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89.117

Shell breaks and chicks walk ([穀-(一/禾)+(夕*ㄗ)]破雛行: the first character has the fanqie 控 + 缶. The Guiyuan zhucong says: "殻 means the outer skin of an egg." The Gujin zhengzi takes 夘 as semantic classifier and 殼 as phonetic component; 殼 has the same sound as above. The transmitted text writes it as 殼, a vulgar character. The third character has the fanqie 鋤 + 娛. Guo [Pu's] commentary on the Erya says: "Chicks are those that feed themselves when hatched." The Shuowen jiezi says: "A chick is a young bird." It takes 隹 as semantic classifier and 芻 as phonetic component; 芻 has the fanqie 楚 + 俱. The large seal script writes it as 鶵; the transmitted text writes 雛, which is interchangeable).

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