一切經音義 89.15

English (machine translation) 89.15

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89.15

圖讖 [túchèn] (The first character has the fanqie du + nu. The Zuozhuan says: 'Tú means drawings and plans.' Zheng's commentary on the Zhouli says: 'Tú refers to statements evaluating achievements.' He's commentary on the Gongyang zhuan says: 'To calculate.' The Shuowen says: 'Tú means drawing plans to address difficulties. It has the radical 囗 and [圖-囗] as phonetic.' [圖-囗] has the sound tú, bearing the sense of difficulty; it is an associative transfer character. The second character has the fanqie chu + zen. The Cangjie pian says: 'Chèn means prognostic verification.' The Shuowen says: 'It has the radical 言 (words) and xian as phonetic.' 韱 has the sound qiān).

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一切經音義 — 慧琳, Classical Chinese