一切經音義 89.36

English (machine translation) 89.36

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89.36

僅以 (Only by means of; barely): The first character has the sound *jìn* [jǐn]. The *Guangya* states: '僅 (*jǐn*) means few or barely.' He Xiu's commentary on the *Gongyang zhuan* states: '僅 means inferior/scarce.' Jia Kui's commentary on the *Guoyu* states: '僅 means barely able.' The *Shuowen jiezi* also states: 'It means barely able; it is classified under the radical *rén* (person) with *jǐn* (堇) phonetic.' 堇 is pronounced *jǐn*.

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一切經音義 — 慧琳, Classical Chinese