一切經音義 91.161

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91.161

妍蚩 [beauty and ugliness] (The first character is pronounced with the fanqie 嚙堅 [yán]; the orthodox form of the character 研. 妍 means fine, beautiful, intelligent. The second character is pronounced with the fanqie 齒之 [chī]. The Shiming says: 'Foolish.' The Shenglei says: '蚩 means foolish.' The Kaosheng says: '蚩 means bad/ugly.' The Shuowen jiezi says: 'It derives from 虫 [insect] with 㞢 as phonetic.' 㞢 is an ancient form of 之).

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一切經音義 — 慧琳, Classical Chinese